08870-AS&W-Meadowhall 240485 GE870
The daily BR 'wagonload' pick up goods service to the Allied Steel and Wire Ltd private sidings at Meadowhall, diagrammed for Tinsley-allocated class 08 08870, has split the points and derailed. It awaits a BR re-railing team on 24th April 1985. The building behind was originally part of the Yorkshire Engine Company's works, a small independent locomotive manufacturer in Sheffield. The Company was formed in 1865 and continued to produce locomotives and carry out general engineering work until 1965. Mainly known for shunting engines for the British market, but it also built main line engines for overseas customers. ©Gordon Edgar/Rail Photoprints