Meaning of goods shed | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

Examples

“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.”

“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, […].”

“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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