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.
    • 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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