🚂 Lost Engine Sheds – Saltley Shed, Birmingham 🚂 Hidden in the industrial heart of Birmingham once stood one of the greatest locomotive depots in Britain – Saltley Shed. Built in 1854 and expanded into a massive three-roundhouse complex by 1900, Saltley was the beating heart of the Midland Railway and later British Railways. For over a century, Saltley turned out steam locomotives of every kind – from hardworking 8Fs to elegant Black 5s – with shed code 21A etched into the memory of thousands