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04's under wraps at SYRPS. Meadowhall.
The fledgling South Yorkshire Railway Preservation Society was formed in the mid 1980's and from 1988 leased the redundant BSC Meadowhall Sidings which were sandwiched between the BR Sheffield to Barnsley line and the freight only branch from Tinsley West Junction to Smithywood Coke Works. From the outset the SYRPS set about preserving ex BR diesel shunters and later morphed into the HST (Heritage Shunter Trust). With a lot of British industry dispensing with industrial locomotives and railways in the 1980's many of the locomotives used had been bought originally from British Railways in the 1960's and early 70's. The group soon started to amass an impressive collection as various types became available to preserve., In the early days seen here stored in Meadowhall Sidings are (nearest) class 04 no.D2337. This loco had seen just 7 years service with BR before being withdrawn on 15/7/1968 and then sold to the NCB (National Coal Board) where it was employed at Manvers Main Coal Preparation Plant at Wath-on-Dearne from June 1969. By April 1979 its working days were over and the loco was dumped on site at Manvers Main. The SYPRS rescued it for preservation in early 1988 and it initially went to their storage base in Attercliffe before moving to here on 15/9/1988., The second loco in line is another class 04 no.D2284. This loco managed 11 years BR service before withdrawal on 11/4/1971. Again like D2337 it was sold to the NCB and moved to the South Yorkshire Coalfield initially working at North Gawber Colliery before ending its days at Woolley Colliery. The loco was then donated to the SYRPS in August 1985 and after storage at several sites arrived here on 12/9/1988. The SYRPS site at Meadowhall was later acquired for redevelopment and the shunter trust relocated its collection to Peak Rail in 2002 based at Rowsley Shed in Derbyshire.
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