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Diverted! Swinton to Chesterfield via Rotherham, Barnsley & Sheffield

Name: Diverted! Swinton to Chesterfield via Rotherham, Barnsley & Sheffield
Start: 2022-05-11T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2022-05-11T21:30:00+01:00
Location: SFD Sheffield

11-May-2022 @ 19:30 - 21:30

In 2021 traffic returned to the east end of Tinsley Yard. 66103 on a spoil train from Ripple Lane that has just been unloaded onto the new pad and 66743 approaching the new container terminal with a train from Felixstowe on 19th November. Image Credit Phil Lockwood

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Branch members Phil Lockwood and Enid Vincent take us on the fourth and final leg of their convoluted journey from Doncaster to Chesterfield illustrated with slides, mainly of freight trains, taken between1976 and 2021.

Tonight’s route: Swinton to Sheffield by the Midland & GC routes – Meadowhall to Barnsley – Sheffield to Chesterfield via Dronfield.

Including: A variety of Diesel classes and liveries – Tram-train construction works and operation – Tinsley to Woodburn Jct prior to Supertram.

Recommended Donations:- RCTS Members £3, Guests £4

Details

Date:: 11-May-2022
Time:: 19:30 - 21:30

Organiser

SFD Sheffield branch

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Venue

: SFD Sheffield
: 60-68 Trippet Lane
Sheffield, S1 4EL United Kingdom + Google Map
Phone: 0114 273 7922