The Goods Shed
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The goods shed was constructed in 1902 at the same time as an identical structure which remains in place at Port St. Mary, also the gift shop at the Railway Museum at Port Erin Station is of a similar design and was converted into the shop in 1999; it replaced a smaller timber structure, the details of which are unknown, which stood on the same site. It is made of local slate with Ruabon brick quoins and three large windows on only one side and doors at both ends. It remains in largely original condition to this day.
A canopy survives on the southwest elevation and there was once a similar one at the rear platform-height doors where the station car park now stands; two additional platform height doors are located at each end, though one of these was bricked up in 1980. The shed is largely in its original form, once containing a small office for permanent way crews, this was removed in 2023 having been a modern addition. It is rail connected and served by a platform its entire length, presently used for storage of permanent way stock.
In the short-lived blue livery is M.N.Ry. No.4 Caledonia turned chimney first to Douglas during the short line workings in 2002 at the rear doors of the shed.
Posed outside the rear doors is M.N.Ry. No.4 Caledonia during a Winter Photography event in February of 2012, with stationmaster Grant Taylor.
Three-plank replica wagons H.1 and shunted into the shed by M.N.Ry. No.4 Caledonia during a Winter Photography event in February of 2012.
No.16 Mannin passing the shed showing how road vehicles could access the entire site until the lawn and platforms were added in the following years.
Michael Bishop captured this view during the 1966 closure, the image used to replicated the running in board on the wall by signwriters copying this original.
Car park works were ongoing in early 2020 when the exterior doors also received a full repaint in the standard beetle green. The baulks for the hoarding on the lawn.
The goods shed in February of 2019, a scene largely unchanged across many years, retaining the canopy over the southerly doors, only the camera spoils the appearance.
Showing that the floorspace has been cleared to allow a locomotive to pass through the shed for a Winter Photography event in February of 2013.
For the annual Manx Heritage Transport Festival in July of 2012 the restored Sentinel steam wagon is posed for photographers outside the goods shed.
Taped windows on the shed during one of the popular Island At War 1940s-themed events in the summer of 2014 showing the attention to detail for events.
For several years the windows were boarded over and a banner advertising the heritage sites of the town was along the wall; happily these were removed later.
In 1963 the shed was still in use, this view shows the gravelled area for access prior to the establishment of the raised lawn. Note the access steps later removed.
In early 2012 the frames of No.7 Tynwald (left) were still displayed on the exterior platform, removed that September destined for off-island storage.
This replica running in board was one of several provided and erected by the Friends Of... in 2012, in the same spot as the original, replicating history.
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