(Photo: 2Bangkok.com)
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Makkasan Depot |
Above is the western end of the SRT Maintenance Center
at Makkasan as seen from Baiyoke II. 2. The machining building 3. Brake and gas compressor repair building 4. Train repair building - mainly passenger bogies 5. Train repair building - Locomotives and engines 6. Train repair building - Locomotives and parts storage 7. Employee entrance 8. Derelict locomotives line this main road in front of the repair buildings 9. Makkasan Station |
10. Junkyard for trains beyond repair 11. Garden railway project trains 13. Spirit house for the site 14. Remains of the on-site mosque--much of which was removed for the expressway construction 15. Car parking under the expressway 16. Site entrance from Nikon Makkasan Road 17. Brick warehouse visible from Nikon Makkasan Road (built in 1922) and siding for storage of the Royal coaches 18. Nikon Makkasan Road 19. Ayuthaya coaches 20. Employee cafeteria (to the left) |
(Photo: DigitalGlobe)
Aerial view of Makkasan - November 1, 2004
Nils sent in a 1:7000 scale photo (130kb) of the Makkasan Depot area
(Overall extent = 60 ha, Greatest length = 2350 m, Greatest width = 300 m).