BRITISH RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE DEPOTS, WORKS AND STABLING POINTS.
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TINSLEY TRACTION MAINTENANCE DEPOT (TI) - The depot was built as part of the Sheffield district rail rationalisation plan of the 1960's opening in April 1964 replacing Millhouses, Grimesthorpe, Darnall and Canklow steam sheds. 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 Grimesthorpe until the new facilities were completed and the locomotives were moved to their new home. The site also included a small electric locomotive servicing shed at the south end of the Secondary Yard, replacing the facilities at Darnall. Diesel railcars, which had been serviced at Darnall, were moved to a new servicing depot adjacent to the "Fish Dock" at the south end of Sheffield Midland station. In October 1965, the allocation consisted of 74 Class 08's, 3 Class 13's, 12 Class 20's, 11 Class 25's, 57 Class 31's, 42 Class 37's and 73 Class 47's, a total of 272 locomotives, making it one of the larger in the country. During the sectorisation period of British Rail, the depot came under the control of Railfreight Distribution (RFD). The sub-sector was responsible for non-trainload freight operations, as well as Freightliner and intermodal services. By 1995 the Class 47's, the class of loco that made up a large part of the allocation, 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. In March 1998 the shed closed and by March 1999 had been demolished. The depot was chiefly notable for being the home of the three Class 13 'master and slave' shunters, formed by joining two Class 08's but with only one cab. They were withdrawn by 1985 when the Tinsley Hump Yard closed. seen here is Class 25 BR Type 2 Bo-Bo DE No.D7636, built in December 1965 by Beyer Peacock & Co. It became 25286 under TOPS and then, as withdrawal loomed, in November 1985 it was converted to a dedicated Engineering Department loco and became 25 905, lasting another 10 months unitl it was finally withdrawn from Carlisle Kingmoor TMD.