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Highcliffe Court, MEXBOROUGH, S64 8LE

The railway junction at Swinton. The tracks to the left go to Leeds, those to the right to Mexborough and Doncaster. The train is a First Transpennine Class 185 diesel multiple unit No 185127, crossing over to take the Mexborough route.

Class 47/4 diesel electric locomotive No 47445 at Swinton Junction with a freight train in the summer of 1990

...or what remains of it at Swinton. The canal, linking Swinton with Barnsley opened in 1804 but by the middle of the twentieth century was in full decline.

The idea of creating a navigable waterway from the River Don to Barnsley along the course of the River Dearne was first proposed in 1773 by the Marquess of Rockingham. However, the idea was not pursued, until a meeting of the shareholders of the Don Navigation Company in 1792, where a canal from the River Don Navigation into Barnsley was proposed. It was fully opened in November 1804 at a cost of just under £100,000 and soon proved a vital and profitable transport artery - mostly for the haulage of coal.

This canal linked Barnsley with the River Don. Most of its length has been abandoned but a short section from the River Don to this point remains. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dearne_and_Dove_Canal

Class 60050 is heading north to Doncaster.

Class 153 diesel multiple unit No 153363 approaches Swinton [South Yorkshire] station

Opened in 1899 by the Midland Railway on its line from Rotherham to Leeds, this station replaced the first Swinton station (which coincidentally is also the site of the 3rd and current "Swinton South Yorkshire" station). The second station closed in 1968. View north from the current station. The station entrance was on Station Street and was still extant when this image was taken (see Image]) - the roof can be seen far left. The two island platforms started where the red structure on the left can be seen, and were accessed by subway.