Locomotive Washout Facilities (Woodpax HLF Project)

Phase 3 of Operation Undercover included a new locomotive washout pit in an area south of Sheffield Park Shed that is not open to the public. The total cost for the whole project was £3.9 million, of which £2.875 million was covered by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

This collection features the construction of the wash out facilities. Please note that this site is strictly out of bounds except to authorised personnel.

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Ballast has been laid in part (but not all) of the headshunt in preparation for the arrival of the track. This view looks south. 29.08.2011 2776
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Ballast has been laid in preparation for the arrival of the track. This view looks north. 29.08.2011 2780
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking north towards the wash out pit from the buffers at the end of the line, with the area that will form the headshunt on the right. Ballast has yet to be laid at the southern end. 29.08.2011 2782
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking south down the wash out pit with chairs installed ready to receive the track. 21.05.2011 7137
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking north down the wash out pit with chairs installed ready to receive the track. 21.05.2011 7139
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
South of the wash out pit sleepers have started to arrive to carry the track in the new headshunt. This view looks south. 21.05.2011 7138
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
South of the wash out pit sleepers have started to arrive to carry the track in the new headshunt. This view looks north. 21.05.2011 7140
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking south along the length of the wash out pit with the new concrete cured and the shuttering removed. 25.03.2011 6560
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
A general view of the freshly concreted wash out pit looking south. 25.03.2011 6559
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
To the right of the pit an area where pipes have been laid has been flattened and will be filled in due course. 25.03.2011 6568
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
The new access ramp to the wash out pit with the concrete cured. 25.03.2011 6561
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Concrete has now been laid around the feeder pipe in the north east corner of the pit. 25.03.2011 6565
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking north along the length of the wash out pit from the southern end. 25.03.2011 6562
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking down into the wash out pit. Lights can be seen installed under the concrete overhang. 25.03.2011 6564
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking north along the western edge of the wash out pit with the wall of the original engine shed on the left. 25.03.2011 6563
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Work to reshape and reinstate the eastern embankment has been completed., This view looks south towards the ralway cottages. 25.03.2011 6569
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking west across the car park at the eastern embankment. 25.03.2011 6573
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking west at the reshaped eastern embankment. The wash out pit is behind the new fence. 25.03.2011 6574
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking west at the reshaped eastern embankment. The wash out pit is behind the new fence. 25.03.2011 6575
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking down at the car park where work to reinstate the surface is nearly complete. Some repairs to the fence remain to be carried out. 25.03.2011 6566
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking west at the culvert which carries the tributary to the River Ouse under the railway. Reinstatement of the sewer inspection chamber in the foreground is complete. 25.03.2011 6578
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking south along the wash out pit with shuttering in place and additional concrete poured. 17.03.2011 6370
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
A close up of the temporary shuttering in the pit. Plates and bolts to receive the track are in place. 17.03.2011 6373
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
A general view of the wash out pit area, looking south. 17.03.2011 6369
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking down at the north eastern corner of the wash out pit, with a new feeder pipe installed. It has now been agreed that these pipes are required on both sides of the pit, and one of the three from the west side has been repositioned. 17.03.2011 6501
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Contractors hard at work laying the ramp which will give access to the pit. 17.03.2011 6379
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Contractors hard at work laying the ramp which will give access to the pit. 17.03.2011 6368
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
The newly laid access ramp leading from the locomotive yard to the wash out pit. 17.03.2011 6500
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
The newly laid access ramp leading from the locomotive yard to the wash out pit. Space has been left for an inspection chamber. 17.03.2011 6484
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
A pipe passes under the track at this point and space has been provided for an inspection chamber at the point where it wil be connected. 17.03.2011 6380
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking north along the length of the wash out pit from the southern end. Shuttering is in place and additional concrete has been poured. 17.03.2011 6371
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Two feeder pipes are sited on the west side of the pit. The area around the pipes will be filled in due course. Between the pipes a piece of wood covers the area from which a third pipe has been removed. This has been repositioned on the other side of the pit. 17.03.2011 6374
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
A general view of the wash out pit looking north from the southern end. A new fence is on the right. 17.03.2011 6372
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Work to reinstate and reshape the eastern embankment adjacent to the works has made good progress. 17.03.2011 6377
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking east down into the staff car park, which is being returned to use after treatment tanks and waste water pipes have been installed. 17.03.2011 6376
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking north along the eastern embankment, towards the Workshops. 17.03.2011 6510
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking south along the reinstated eastern embankment. 17.03.2011 6509
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Putting the finishing touches to the reshaped eastern embankment. 17.03.2011 6517
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
The surface of the car park was being made good after drains were installed. 17.03.2011 6378
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Part of the public car park was closed whilst pipes were laid to the sewer. This area is being reinstated and this view looks west across the car park towards the eastern embankment. 17.03.2011 6503
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Looking west across the car park at the reshaped eastern embankment. 17.03.2011 6504
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Work to reinstate the surface of the staff car park is continuing. New drains are in the foreground. 17.03.2011 6516
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Work to reinstate the surface of the staff car park is continuing. 17.03.2011 6513
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Work to reinstate the surface of the staff car park is continuing. 17.03.2011 6514
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
Some making good is outstanding where drains have been connected to the existing sewer. 17.03.2011 6505
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
The ground has been made good around an existing sewer inspection chamber, to which new pipes were connected. In the background is the culvert which carries a tributary to the River Ouse under the railway. This view looks west, with the water flowing towards the camera. 17.03.2011 6506
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
New drains have been connected to the existing sewer pipe via the concrete inspection chamber in the centre of the picture. This view looks east with a tributary to the River Ouse emerging from a culvert under the railway behind the camera. The sewer also crosses the railway at this point and the river embankment has broken away and exposed a short length of the main pipe at the bottom of the picture. Nearer to the camera the sewer pipe is encased in a large concrete block as it enters the culvert to pass under the railway. To the right of the inspection chamber the ground has been made good, but the fence has yet to be replaced. 17.03.2011 6512
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway
A second shot of the river looking east. The river turns sharp left at the top of the picture, before running alongside the public car park, under the main station access road and out into the River Ouse. 17.03.2011 6511
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Wash Out Pit Bluebell Railway