Tinsley Motive Power Depot
Location | |
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Location | Tinsley, South Yorkshire |
Coordinates | 53°23′44″N 1°22′35″W / 53.3956°N 1.3765°W |
OS grid | SK415889 |
Characteristics | |
Owner | British Rail |
Depot code | TI (1973 –)[1] |
Type | Diesel |
History | |
Opened | April 1964 |
Closed | 28 March 1998 |
Former depot code | 41A (1964–1973)[1] |
Tinsley Motive Power Depot, latterly Tinsley Traction Maintenance Depot (
History
The depot was built as part of the Sheffield district rail rationalisation plan of the 1960s opening in April 1964 replacing Millhouses, Grimesthorpe, Darnall and Canklow steam sheds.[3] It was situated adjacent to, but at a higher level than, the new Tinsley Marshalling Yard alongside the Sheffield District Railway.
Diesel locomotives had been stationed at the old steam shed at
During the
In 1995, as a part of the reorganisation for privatisation, RFD was required to relinquish some of its Class 47s to Freightliner. The following year, EWS bought RFD, mostly for the lucrative Channel Tunnel operations.
Since the Class 47s were considered life expired by EWS management, and there were other depot facilities relatively close by (Toton, Bescot and Doncaster), and the other RFD locomotives were all electrics based at Crewe Electric TMD, the need for the Sheffield depot was deemed unnecessary.
On 28 March 1998 the shed closed[4][page needed][5][6] and by March 1999 had been demolished.[7][8]
The site of the sidings was reopened in 2021 as a terminal for intermodal freight services.[9]
Allocations
In October 1965 the allocation of motive power to Tinsley depot was as follows:
Around 1987, the depot's allocation included Classes 08, 20, 31, 37, 45 and 47.[2] However, Class 56s and DMUs could also be seen stabled there.[10]
References
- ^ a b "The all-time guide to UK Shed and Depot Codes" (PDF). TheRailwayCentre.com. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Marsden 1987, pp. 18–19
- ^ Tinsley becomes major Speedlink depot Rail Enthusiast issue 75 December 1987 page 15
- Rail Express. No. 22. March 1998.
- ^ "The end of the line for Tinsley TMD". The Railway Magazine. No. 1165. May 1998. pp. 53–55.
- ISBN 978-1871233-28-5.
- Rail Magazine. No. 346. 16 December 1998. p. 8.
- Rail Magazine. No. 355. 21 April 1999. p. 8.
- ^ "On shed/No Shed
TINSLEY". Infrastructure. The Railway Magazine. Vol. 170, no. 1477. April 2024. pp. 40–41. - ^ Webster, Greengrass & Greaves 1987, p. 81
Sources
- Marsden, Colin J. (1987). BR Depots. Motive power recognition. Vol. 6. OCLC 18685680.
- Webster, Neil; Greengrass, Robert; Greaves, Simon (1987). British Rail Depot Directory. Metro Enterprises Ltd. OCLC 20420397.
Further reading
- Batty, Stephen R. (June 1984). Rail Centres: Sheffield. Shepperton: ISBN 0-7110-1366-7. CE/0684.
- "Tinsley's last stand". Traction. No. 44. Warners Group Publications. June 1998. ISSN 1354-2680.
- Sutton, Philip (June 1996). "Tinsley – three decades of change". OCLC 498432844.