Feltham marshalling yard is not far from where i live . There are plans to build on the land and i want to try and get enough information about the place before it is gone forever .
At the moment there are still signs of there being a shunting yard there . The ground is black with coal dust and you can still where the long since removed tracks used to lay . There are also the remains of three turn tables .
I have found small peices of information on the internet but want to try and get them all together in one place if i can . No reason really i just find the place interesting and want to know more about it .
The first peice of information is as follows ...
"Feltham Concentration Yard was built in 1917 by German prisoners-of-war. With its 25 miles of sidings it was second largest in the country, equipped with two gravity shunting humps and repair shops for wagons and locomotives. It lasted little over half a century, closing on 6th January 1969. Today, it an overgrown wilderness."
So i am guessing that this was a prisoner of war camp that then became a marshalling yard built by the prisoners .
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