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Once a major centre for rail freight, even the locomotive depot, top right, is now closed.
©Michael Parry
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©Steve Fareham
Dist:0.3km<br/>A view from the road bridge that lead to Tinsley yard and depot.A couple of class 37 locos await the next turn of duty. The overhead wires were the end of the Woodhead route which included the electrification into Tinsley yard and depot. This closed just a few weeks later. Tinsley was a very busy freight yard but now stands empty and the depot has been demolished. Tinsley Marshalling Yard was located near Tinsley in Sheffield. It was opened in 1965 as a part of a major plan to rationalise all aspects of the rail services in the Sheffield area, and closed in stages from 1985 with the run-down of rail freight in Britain. It was also the site of Tinsley Traction Maintenance Depot which was closed in 1998. At its peak 200 locomotives were allocated to this depot
©roger geach
Dist:0.3km<br/>A view of the hump marshalling yard at Tinsley, Sheffield on 27 May 1981 with wagons being propelled over the hump into the sorting sidings. The control tower is on the right of the picture and the diesel servicing shed is in the centre background. The traction maintenance depot was behind the photographer to the left
©Rob Newman
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©Glyn Drury
Dist:0.3km<br/>This is what appears to be a derelict building on the old Tinsley Yards.
©James Hill
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©Martin Speck
Dist:0.4km<br/>Leads to a new huge warehouse built on the site of Tinsley marshalling yards.
©Steve Fareham
Dist:0.4km<br/>I was fortunate enough to be given permission to photograph inside the depot on several occasions and given free reign to wander about, both in the depot and in the yard. I don't know how the depot compared with others in terms of the number of locomotives allocated, but Tinsley had a good many. I also don't know whether steam locomotives ever got to this depot, other than Open Days, but the depot opened in 1965 and steam locomotives were active until August 1968. I was very sorry to see it closed in 1998. Refuelling nearest the camera is 37198/37059. At the side of the shed, nearest, is 47296 and then 47012. Nearest in the shed is 47123 and at the far side is 47321. If I told you it rained a little 10mins after this shot would you believe me? I went to the depot many times, but never saw rain like I did this day. I almost made it back to the car, with my son in tow, but not quite.
©Dave Hitchborne
Dist:0.5km<br/>This large Traction Maintenance Depot at Tinsley [coded TI], seen here in the spring of 1981, was home to a large number of locomotives in British Rail days. Today, however, the depot has closed and has been demolished. The locomotives in the picture are Class 20 diesel electric Type 2s Nos 20098 and 20211.
©Rob Newman
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©JThomas
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©Neil Theasby
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©Steve Fareham
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©JThomas
Dist:0.6km<br/>The Europa Link is a new road serving the business park developments on reclaimed industrial land in the east end of the city.
©Graham Hogg

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