id Url Resource class Title Creator Subject Description Contributor Date Type Coverage Alternative Title Spatial Coverage https://www.collections.yorkarchaeologicaltrust.co.uk/s/collections/item/128027 dctype:Event P0579 The Motive Power Depot, National Railway Museum York Archaeological Trust Monument Type - Engine Shed | Monument Type - Railway Engineering Works | Monument Type - Alluvial | Monument Type - Natural The majority of the trenches revealed the concrete slab of the former motive power works on the site. This slab was recorded above a layer of modern rubble and the foundations of the original engine sheds which were constructed in the 1870s with natural deposits below. In one of the trenches in the northern corner of the site, a depth of river silts was encountered. Russell Marwood (fieldwork) | B Milner (fieldwork) | N Macnab (fieldwork) 1998-06-16/1998-07 Watching Brief Modern | Undated 1998.160 YORYM The Motive Power Depot National Railway Museum, Leeman Road, York | SE51505194