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Sheffield And Rotherham Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![An almost new EE Type 1 stands alongside a not-so-new Stanier 8F outside the appositely named Grimesthorpe shed, Sheffield, in the spring of 1961. The shed, then coded 41B, had only a short time left at this point with official closure coming in September of that year (although it continued in use as a stabling point for a time pending completion of the new 'super-shed' at Tinsley). Grimesthorpe shed was eventually demolished in 1963. In the background stand the chimneys of the Cammell Laird Grimesthorpe works, closed in the 1980s.<br><br>[K A Gray 19/03/1961]](/images/28000/28090.jpg "Sheffield Grimesthorpe")
![A pair of Fowler 4F 0-6-0s in the sidings at Sheffield Brightside in March 1961. 43872 was a Grimesthorpe engine, while 44457 hailed from Normanton.<br><br>[K A Gray 19/03/1961]](/images/52000/52571.jpg "Sheffield Brightside")
![47548 is one of a number of steam locomotives 'stored' in the sidings at Sheffield Brightside in May 1961. The 0-6-0 is recorded as being officially withdrawn from Canklow shed in July the following year.<br><br>[K A Gray 27/05/1961]](/images/36000/36535.jpg "Sheffield Brightside")
![Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45575 <I>'Madras'</I> off Kentish Town shed stands in the yard at Sheffield Brightside on 27 May 1961.<br><br>[K A Gray 27/05/1961]](/images/40000/40194.jpg "Sheffield Brightside")
![Ex-LMS <I>Crabs</I> stabled in the sidings at Sheffield Brightside in May 1961. In the centre of the photograph is no 42797, allocated to Sheffield Grimesthorpe shed at that time.<br><br>[K A Gray 27/05/1961]](/images/41000/41965.jpg "Sheffield Brightside")
![Ex-Midland Johnson 3F 0-6-0 43637 in the sidings at Sheffield Brightside in May 1961.<br><br>[K A Gray 27/05/1961]](/images/55000/55166.jpg "Sheffield Brightside")
![In the middle of a complex area of railways on the northern edge of Sheffield was this rather linear view interrupted only by two power station cooling towers. The original plan for Meadowhall Interchange Station called for Intercity platforms on the main line, where the HST is passing, (on the site of the original Meadowhall and Wincobank Station) with shorter platforms for local services on the Chapeltown Branch (behind camera). In the foreground is also visible the former Backburn Junction line leading into Meadowhall Works. At the time of this photo it was in use by the South Yorkshire Railway Company to keep its collection of diesel shunters.<br><br>[Charlie Niven //1989]](/images/63000/63317.jpg "Meadowhall")
![The lines from Sheffield to Barnsley and to Swinton diverge at Meadowhall and with the construction of the nearby shopping centre, and the tram link, it is now a busy four platform interchange station. Northern Sprinter 150138 is taking the Barnsley line with a Huddersfield service and has just pulled away from the sharply curved Platform 4.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/03/2011]](/images/33000/33275.jpg "Meadowhall")
![With the M1 Tinsley viaduct in the background 142087, heading for Swinton, races a Sheffield Supertram away from Meadowhall. The tram will swing right before the bridge to return to the city centre while the Pacer is bound for Doncaster and Scunthorpe.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/03/2011]](/images/33000/33330.jpg "Meadowhall")
![In addition to the frequent service of local trains calling at Meadowhall, express trains also pass through Platforms 1 and 2 travelling to and from Sheffield. 43384 leads a Cross Country HST at speed towards Sheffield with 43378 on the rear. View north east towards Swinton with the M1 Tinsley viaduct visible in the distance.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/03/2011]](/images/33000/33835.jpg "Meadowhall")
![Looking towards Rotherham from the glass footbridge at Meadowhall as Sheffield Supertram 114 arrives at the interchange. The line of white poles denotes the tram route which turns sharp right just in front of the M1 Tinsley Viaduct to loop back towards the city centre.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 19/03/2011]](/images/37000/37056.jpg "Meadowhall")
![Scene at Sheffield's Meadowhall interchange on 12 March 2013 with class 144s at platform 1 heading to Lincoln and platform 2 heading to York. These platforms are on the lines towards York and Doncaster. Out of sight to the left platforms 3 and 4 serve the lines to Barnsley. Finally, to complete the 'interchange,' to the right of platform 1 are two further platforms on the terminus of the Sheffield <I>Supertram</I>.<br><br>[John McIntyre 12/03/2013]](/images/42000/42411.jpg "Meadowhall")
![Looking south from Meadowhall station as Northern DMU 150228 takes the Barnsley line on 12 March 2013 with a service to Huddersfield.<br><br>[John McIntyre 12/03/2013]](/images/62000/62148.jpg "Meadowhall")
![Looking north over the almost intact Rotherham Masborough station in October 2014 (closed October 1988), showing the passenger lines used by cross country services in the foreground and the goods lines to Chesterfield, avoiding Sheffield, over to the right. A goods loop line still exists, albeit covered in vegetation, on the far left. [See image 41035]<br><br>[David Pesterfield 13/10/2014]](/images/49000/49308.jpg "Rotherham Masborough")
