Tinsley Yard
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Tinsley Yard
Image: © Martin Addison Taken: Unknown
On a damp day in Sheffield this view shows the south yards as they were before the tracks were ripped up. The north yards were roughly twice this size. Tinsley was built as an automated wagon sorting yard and opened in 1965 employing hump shunting and automatic retarders to control the speed of the rolling wagons. The locos on the right are stabled outside the depot which is located on top of the embankment next to where I am standing. The bridge in the distance carries the A630 over the railway.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.395289
Longitude
-1.373771