Sheffield Park Carriage Shed (Woodpax HLF Project) 2012

The Woodpax site formed the basis for Phase 3 of Operation Undercover, which provided covered accomodation for up to 17 carriages, a new museum building, a new locomotive washout pit, and the repair and reconstruction of the platform buildings and canopy and provision of toilets on platform 2 at Sheffield Park Station. The total project cost was £3.9 million, of which £2.875 million was covered by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Please note that the Sheffield Park Carriage Shed and the Locomotive Washout Pit are strictly out of bounds except to authorised personnel.

Three collections feature the construction of the Sheffield Park Carriage Shed, covering 2012, 2011 and 2009-2010 respectively. Together there are approximately 1260 photos available, arranged in roughly date order, with the most recent at the start of each gallery.

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BRPS President Roy Watts holds the tape as 1638 draws up for the official opening of the SP Carriage Shed. 16.06.2012 5040. Please note that owing to restricted sight lines it is obligatory for Roy to wear hig-viz clothing in this position.
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
1638 prepares to enter SP Carriage Shed for the official opening ceremony. 16.06.2012 5039
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
Alastair Fairley, Committee Member for South East, Heritage Lottery Fund, addresses a small group of invited guests. A press release covers Alastair's speech. 16.06.2012 8113
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
Guests at the Opening Ceremony. 16.06.2012 5061
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
Roy Watts (who was dressed for shunting) awards a Life Membership of the BRPS to Tim Preston, watched by Alastair Fairley, Committee Member for South East, Heritage Lottery Fund. 16.06.2012 5065
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Nicholas Pryor looks across to the shunter, giving the signal for the official train to leave the shed. 16.06.2012 5067
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
As 1638 leaves the shed with the official train it presses against the tape across the entrance (see next).... 16.06.2012 5075
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
In a contest between 1638 and a plastic tape there will only be one winner and the tape breaks to formally release the official train. 16.06.2012 5076
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
Some of the crew members on 1638. 16.06.2012 5078
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
Later in the day, the scheme for the new Carriage and Wagon facilities at Horsted Keynes is explained to Alastair Fairley, Committee Member for South East, Heritage Lottery Fund. 16.06.2012 5103
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
Some of the state-of-the-art facilities that the railway has planning permission to replace. 16.06.2012 5102
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The jacks used to lift coaches are currently sited in the open. 16.06.2012 5106
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The HLF and other guests were given a tour of the existing Carriage and Wagon facilities at Horsted Keynes, conducted, in this picture, by Richard Salmon. 16.06.2012 5099
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The HLF and other guests were given a tour of the existing Carriage and Wagon facilities at Horsted Keynes, conducted, in this picture, by Richard Salmon. 16.06.2012 5100
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The HLF and other guests were given a tour of the existing Carriage and Wagon facilities at Horsted Keynes, conducted, in this picture, by Richard Salmon. 16.06.2012 5095
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The HLF and other guests were given a tour of the existing Carriage and Wagon facilities at Horsted Keynes, conducted, in this picture, by Richard Salmon. 16.06.2012 5085
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Sometimes things go wrong at the worst possible moment. You are on the footplate. You have a train full of HLF dignitaries, and your hat blows off. What do you do? Well, this is not Network Rail, so, of course, you stop and look for it.... 16.06.2012 8130
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Unfortunately the recent wet weather has produced waist high lineside weeds. Despite much shouted encouragement from the train the search was unsuccessful. If anyone finds a hat south of Town Place Farm Bridge I am sure Loco would be pleased to hear from you. Where are the lineside clearance team when you need them... 16.06.2012 8129
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The Withyham signal box is currently being fitted out internally with working levers. This will be covered in more detail when the new floor is installed. 16.06.2012 5029
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The Withyham signal box is currently being fitted out internally with working levers. This will be covered in more detail when the new floor is installed. 16.06.2012 5030
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The view from the Withyham signal box as a locomotive passes. Is the box small or the engine large? Or possibly both? 16.06.2012 5032
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The trees, grass and wild flowers on the green to the north east of the new shed are now beginning to flourish. 16.06.2012 5031
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The old temporary bat loft behind the new building is now being dismantled. Only licensed handlers from Natural England can enter the new bat loft above the north end of the building. 16.06.2012 5083
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Not the best of images (I was not equipped for a fly-past) but swallows are now beginning to occupy the upper reaches of the Carriage Shed. They were only still for seconds and flew at an astonishing speed in the confined space catching flies. 16.06.2012 8115
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Looking north along the length of the virtually complete Shefield Park carriage shed, with just some minor S&T and electrical work to finish. 25.03.2012 4138
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The reverse of the previous view, looking south along the length of the virtually complete Shefield Park carriage shed, from behind the buffers. 25.03.2012 4141
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
Just as a reminder, this is what the site looked like on 23.10.2009 0140
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The Sheffield Park Carriage Shed with new signs to designate the roads. 12.05.2012 4719
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The Sheffield Park Carriage Shed is now in operational use. In this sequence of pictures the Pullman is shunted into Road C of the shed, where there are facilities to service the train. 15.04.2012 4465
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The Sheffield Park Carriage Shed is now in operational use. In this sequence of pictures the Pullman is shunted into Road C of the shed, where there are facilities to service the train. 15.04.2012 4467
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The Sheffield Park Carriage Shed is now in operational use. In this sequence of pictures the Pullman is shunted into Road C of the shed, where there are facilities to service the train. 15.04.2012 4468
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The Sheffield Park Carriage Shed is now in operational use. In this sequence of pictures the Pullman is shunted into Road C of the shed, where there are facilities to service the train. 15.04.2012 4470
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The Sheffield Park Carriage Shed is now in operational use. In this sequence of pictures the Pullman is shunted into Road C of the shed, where there are facilities to service the train. 15.04.2012 4476
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The Sheffield Park Carriage Shed is now in operational use. In this sequence of pictures the Pullman is shunted into Road C of the shed, where there are facilities to service the train. 15.04.2012 4477
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The Sheffield Park Carriage Shed is now in operational use. After shunting the Pullman into Road C, 592 steams out again to enter Road B for a further shunting movement. 15.04.2012 4479
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The Sheffield Park Carriage Shed is now in operational use. 592 shunts in the SP Carriage Shed, with the Chairman acting as Shunter and the Retail Director driving. 15.04.2012 4486
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The Sheffield Park Carriage Shed is now in operational use. 592 collects the Birdcage Brake from Road B. 15.04.2012 4488
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The Sheffield Park Carriage Shed is now in operational use. 592 collects the Birdcage Brake from Road B. 15.04.2012 4487
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The Sheffield Park Carriage Shed is now in operational use. 592 moves out of the shed with the Birdcage Brake. 15.04.2012 4492
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
The Sheffield Park Carriage Shed is now in operational use. 592 moves out of the shed with the Birdcage Brake. 15.04.2012 4493
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
592 moves the Birdcage Brake from the headshunt into the platform. 15.04.2012 4498
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
Looking south from the middle of Shefield Park carriage shed. 25.03.2012 4139
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
Looking north from the middle of Shefield Park carriage shed. 25.03.2012 4140
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
Looking north at the new buffer stops with just some minor painting remaining. 25.03.2012 4137
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
Subsequently a new indcator was also installed at the exit from the headshunt, south of the water tower. 12.05.2012 4734
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
S&T were busy commissioning the signals, and adjacent to the 6 mile post the ground signal is shown in the Off position for road C in the carriage shed, which is the Pullman road (the eastern side). 25.03.2012 4148
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway
A view inside the indicator shows how the individual illuminated letters or numbers are formed. This is the reverse of road D (the Dock siding) created out of fibre optics. This equipment is made by S&T in house and is rarely seen. The workmanship is obvious, but it also shows just how much skilled work is hidden inside cabinets or trunking. 25.03.2012 4152
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The front of the apparatus case adjacent to the ground signal previously shown. The paper plans are not normally in there; the S&T team were working and stood aside for the photograph. 25.03.2012 4132
Woodpax Heritage Lottery Fund HLF Sheffield Park Carriage Shed Bluebell Railway