Dinting Engine Shed / Heritage Centre
Another place ticked off on one of mine and @dansgas1000 little jolly outs. Not a huge amount to this one, but it does have some interesting history and is photogenic.
Dinting Engine Shed is situated in the small village of Dinting on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Line. The shed was constructed around 1889. It served from 1889 until 1934 when it closed for unknown reasons. It was put back in service around in 1942. It then closed again in 1954.
After a period of lying dormant, it was purchased by Jacob G Warburton in 1968 for a fee of £1500 and reopened as a heritage centre. The centre was run by the Bahamas Locomotive Society, who are based at Ingrow on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. They made pin badges to mark the connection between the charity and the site at Dinting, these were given to employees and occasionally handed out at events.
In 1974, the famous Flying Scotsman visited the centre for an open day.
In 1977, they constructed a miniature railway on site as to attract further visitors.
In 1979, the Flying Scotsman attended yet again, along with the Green Arrow.
The Heritage Centre then closed in 1990 following a previous disagreement with the landlord. The remaining collection was relocated to the aforementioned Ingrow Museum where it remains today.
The 9-acre site now sits disused after being purchased by some local solicitors, they attempted to get planning permission to build houses on the site, but this was rejected.
Some smaller buildings remain further down closer to the active Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway line. They are the old Manchester bound platform buildings. I found them difficult to photograph due to them being in such poor condition and there is a fence very close to the front of the buildings, meaning it was hard to get a good angle of them.
Starting at the main shed.
Beautiful old metal framed windows.
Onto the platform buildings
Looking out a window at the new buildings on the other side of the line.
Onto a few old photos of the site because I know people like seeing them! This shows what the old platform buildings used to look like.
The engine shed behind a lovely old loco
A visitor's guide that was available to read at the heritage centre
An image from 1990, it closed shortly after this was taken.
The site as shown on an old OS map
Another place ticked off on one of mine and @dansgas1000 little jolly outs. Not a huge amount to this one, but it does have some interesting history and is photogenic.
Dinting Engine Shed is situated in the small village of Dinting on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Line. The shed was constructed around 1889. It served from 1889 until 1934 when it closed for unknown reasons. It was put back in service around in 1942. It then closed again in 1954.
After a period of lying dormant, it was purchased by Jacob G Warburton in 1968 for a fee of £1500 and reopened as a heritage centre. The centre was run by the Bahamas Locomotive Society, who are based at Ingrow on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. They made pin badges to mark the connection between the charity and the site at Dinting, these were given to employees and occasionally handed out at events.
In 1974, the famous Flying Scotsman visited the centre for an open day.
In 1977, they constructed a miniature railway on site as to attract further visitors.
In 1979, the Flying Scotsman attended yet again, along with the Green Arrow.
The Heritage Centre then closed in 1990 following a previous disagreement with the landlord. The remaining collection was relocated to the aforementioned Ingrow Museum where it remains today.
The 9-acre site now sits disused after being purchased by some local solicitors, they attempted to get planning permission to build houses on the site, but this was rejected.
Some smaller buildings remain further down closer to the active Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway line. They are the old Manchester bound platform buildings. I found them difficult to photograph due to them being in such poor condition and there is a fence very close to the front of the buildings, meaning it was hard to get a good angle of them.
Starting at the main shed.
Beautiful old metal framed windows.
Onto the platform buildings
Looking out a window at the new buildings on the other side of the line.
Onto a few old photos of the site because I know people like seeing them! This shows what the old platform buildings used to look like.
The engine shed behind a lovely old loco
A visitor's guide that was available to read at the heritage centre
An image from 1990, it closed shortly after this was taken.
The site as shown on an old OS map
. I always like seeing this place pop up.
Oh and I love the trolley shot
