Building of Tinsley marshaling yard, linking up of through routes and closure of subsidiary yards on Eastern Region of British Railways; yard at Tinsley was designed to deal primarily with traffic to and from Sheffield industrial area; there are 11 reception lines with capacities of between 59 and 74 standard cars each, together with hump engine return line and engine line linking with servicing depot; southwest arrival line and reception lines 6 to 11 are electrified on 1500 v d-c overhead system; main sorting yard contains 53 sidings in eight balloons with individual capacities from 80 to 53 standard cars. (n 21 Nov 5 1965 p 867-73)


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    Title :

    Rationalisation of sheffield traffic


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 121 , n 22


    Publication date :

    1965


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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