dunsbyowl1867 Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Grimesthorpe depot was opened in 1877 and officially known as Sheffield. Primary duty to provide locos for freight. Closed September 1961. Must have been a busy spot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hjdary Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Where abouts was Grimethorpe loco and whats there now?? I've seen picture took up at Newhall road with Grimethorpe loco off in the distance so I was guessing it was somewhere near Forgemasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coldstreamer Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Grimesthorpe loco depot yard (with wagon sidings etc) was in the area now occupied by the Royal Mail depot. Engines travelled to and from Wicker goods yard between the steel works adjacent to Carlisle Street and of course Upwell Street goods yard was operational as well. When I was a young lad some of my friends and I went train-spotting and we once sneaked in to the engine shed. We preferred sneaking round Millhouses engine shed though where the more glamorous passenger engines were kept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Grimesthorpe loco depot yard (with wagon sidings etc) was in the area now occupied by the Royal Mail depot. Engines travelled to and from Wicker goods yard between the steel works adjacent to Carlisle Street and of course Upwell Street goods yard was operational as well. When I was a young lad some of my friends and I went train-spotting and we once sneaked in to the engine shed. We preferred sneaking round Millhouses engine shed though where the more glamorous passenger engines were kept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lysander Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 The shed still had a few locos with LMS on their tenders long after nationalisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 According to my 1960 Ian Allan book, Sheffield Grimesthorpe was shed no 41B. Here are 2 photos taken at Grimesthorpe shed taken in 1928 (reproduced courtesy of National Railway Museum and SSPL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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