Pyewipe Junction engine shed

Pyewipe Junction engine shed was a motive power depot operated by the Great Eastern Railway (GER) located in Lincolnshire, England.

This map of Lincoln's railways shows Pyewipe Junction in the top left hand corner.

By 1886 some locomotive sidings and a water column had been installed and in 1897 the LD&ECR was opened, which gave the GER running powers over that line as well.

During World War I the increased need for coal saw traffic on the GNGEJR rise, and the sidings and engine shed at Pyewipe Junction were extremely busy.

Locomotive coaling was undertaken by hand and although a turntable is evident on plans of the site, it is not known whether it was installed when the shed opened.

Pyewipe West was used for crew and locomotive changes and for watering at least until 1963 by Grimsby to Whitland express fish trains and at least until 1962 by Summer weekend holiday traffic to Cleethorpes, Mablethorpe, Skegness and Yarmouth Vauxhall.

[10] It is unclear when the site fell out of use, but a number of factors suggest the 1960s: The LD&ECR line west from Pyewipe remained in use until a derailment at Clifton-on-Trent on 21 February 1980[11] led to the immediate closure of the line from High Marnham Power Station through the station to Pyewipe Junction.