goods shed

English

Noun

goods shed (plural goods sheds)

  1. (rail transport) A building in a railway goods yard for the storage of goods before or after transport by train, typically with a track running through it to allow goods wagons to be unloaded under cover, although sometimes they were built alongside a track with possibly just a canopy over the door.
    • 1955 December, “Notes and News: Women Delay Railway Demolition”, in Railway Magazine, page 878:
      At Kiwi, 40 miles from Nelson [New Zealand], eight women installed themselves in the goods shed, taking with them their knitting, and a supply of food and magazines. The demolition crew was unable to pull the building down without injuring them.
    • 1958 October, Rev. A. W. V. Mace, “From Faversham to Dover—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 670:
      There are extensive sidings on both sides of the line and mostly at the Dover end of the station, where, beside the modern (and ugly) goods shed, there are cattle pens and a chocolate distribution depot, all on the down side, […] .
    • 2021 October 20, Mark Rand, “S&C: a line fit for tourists... and everyone?”, in RAIL, number 942, page 42:
      And it wasn't just station buildings - workers' cottages, stationmasters' houses, signal boxes and goods sheds largely survived at a time when main line intermediate stations were being demolished.

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