Tinsley Motive Power Depot
Tinsley TMD in 1990
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| Location | |
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| Location | Tinsley, South Yorkshire |
| Coordinates | 53°23′44″N 1°22′35″W / 53.3956°N 1.3765°WCoordinates: 53°23′44″N 1°22′35″W / 53.3956°N 1.3765°W |
| OS grid | SK415889 |
| Characteristics | |
| Owner(s) | British Rail |
| Depot code(s) | TI (1973 –) |
| Type | Diesel |
| History | |
| Opened | 1965 |
| Closed | 1998 |
| Former depot code(s) | 41A (1964–1973) |
Tinsley Motive Power Depot, latterly Tinsley Traction Maintenance Depot (TMD), was a railway depot in Tinsley, South Yorkshire, near Sheffield. Access by road was from Brinsworth, near Rotherham. The depot was situated on the freight line between Treeton Junction and the A631 Shepcote Lane.
The depot was built as part of the Sheffield district rail rationalisation plan of the 1960s opening during 1965 and 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.
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.
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