Sheffield Tram Sheds, September 2015:
Introduction:
Evening all, I was on my way to tourbus Castmaster Roll when I came across this place... I wasn't sure what to think really when I came across the place, it looked like a small factory derp though, I expected it might be something like Murpheys or George Barnsleys. I was going to drive on by anyway, I was dying to get to Castmaster but no, being an explorer curiousity naturally stopped me... I pulled over in the car and had a quick wander round, it didn't take me long to realise that the building was split into two, half been used by a warehouse selling tiles, and the other looking slightly more promising. I peered through the large wooden doors and was instantly taken back by what I saw... Row upon row of old busses just sat there, covered in pigeon shit and rust! That was that, Castmaster was now on the back burner, I had to get in, somehow! After a bit of fumbling about I found a way, it was a squeeze, but do able!
Once inside it became apparent that the place may not have been as abandoned as it first seemed, as I worked my way around I could see that some of the busses had seen some attention recently, I guess somebody must own them, and it's out of respect for whoever does that this is going into non public, still I had the place all to myself when I visited.
History:
The Tramshed as a building is pretty interesting on it's own, dispite the fact it's rammed to the brim with heritiage busses... The shed was opened in 1874 by the Sheffield Tram Company being built out of painted red brick, it was extened to house more trams in 1899. The trams where horse drawn until 1899 when the route was electrfied for the use of modern trams. The stables where demolished in this year and as mentioned previously the shed was extended to house 100 electrically powered tram cars. In 1960 the tramshed closed it's doors to traffic with the Sheffield tram system closing, ironic, considering the city now takes pride in it's 'super tram' system. After closure the site was used as a warehouse by G.E.C. Electrics who then passed the site on to the Tile depot who still operate the other side of the tram depot, I'm sure there's info out there that explains how these busses ended up in the other half of the shed, but I can't for the life of me find it... There's some seriously old kit in there though, and it looks like it's been in a long time!
Pictures:
I'll add more info alongside the images where relevant, as always!
Exterior:
Not a great pic, but the rear of the sheds, the tile company occupiy the right and the busses the left...
Interior:
Straight away you're confronted with busses, it's an unbeleivable place, or at least it is for a transport nut like me, I can't say busses are my thing, but the hertage behind them is amazing. I The oldest ones must date back to the 50's, surely?
And that's all from here, I would share more but I don't want to overload the page with busses!
Cheers for reading,
TAW
Introduction:
Evening all, I was on my way to tourbus Castmaster Roll when I came across this place... I wasn't sure what to think really when I came across the place, it looked like a small factory derp though, I expected it might be something like Murpheys or George Barnsleys. I was going to drive on by anyway, I was dying to get to Castmaster but no, being an explorer curiousity naturally stopped me... I pulled over in the car and had a quick wander round, it didn't take me long to realise that the building was split into two, half been used by a warehouse selling tiles, and the other looking slightly more promising. I peered through the large wooden doors and was instantly taken back by what I saw... Row upon row of old busses just sat there, covered in pigeon shit and rust! That was that, Castmaster was now on the back burner, I had to get in, somehow! After a bit of fumbling about I found a way, it was a squeeze, but do able!
Once inside it became apparent that the place may not have been as abandoned as it first seemed, as I worked my way around I could see that some of the busses had seen some attention recently, I guess somebody must own them, and it's out of respect for whoever does that this is going into non public, still I had the place all to myself when I visited.
History:
The Tramshed as a building is pretty interesting on it's own, dispite the fact it's rammed to the brim with heritiage busses... The shed was opened in 1874 by the Sheffield Tram Company being built out of painted red brick, it was extened to house more trams in 1899. The trams where horse drawn until 1899 when the route was electrfied for the use of modern trams. The stables where demolished in this year and as mentioned previously the shed was extended to house 100 electrically powered tram cars. In 1960 the tramshed closed it's doors to traffic with the Sheffield tram system closing, ironic, considering the city now takes pride in it's 'super tram' system. After closure the site was used as a warehouse by G.E.C. Electrics who then passed the site on to the Tile depot who still operate the other side of the tram depot, I'm sure there's info out there that explains how these busses ended up in the other half of the shed, but I can't for the life of me find it... There's some seriously old kit in there though, and it looks like it's been in a long time!
Pictures:
I'll add more info alongside the images where relevant, as always!
Exterior:
Not a great pic, but the rear of the sheds, the tile company occupiy the right and the busses the left...
Interior:
Straight away you're confronted with busses, it's an unbeleivable place, or at least it is for a transport nut like me, I can't say busses are my thing, but the hertage behind them is amazing. I The oldest ones must date back to the 50's, surely?
And that's all from here, I would share more but I don't want to overload the page with busses!
Cheers for reading,
TAW