Eerie abandoned engine shed hidden in woodland 😨

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Dinting Railway Centre was one of the early success stories of UK steam train preservation, but sadly closed in 1990. Little now remains of the site, near Glossop in Derbyshire, England. Amid increasingly dense woodland, an old engine shed, built between 1888 and 1898, can still be seen. It's hard to imagine that historic steam locomotives such as Blue Peter, Scots Guardsman and Bahamas were once a familiar sight at a location now largely reclaimed by nature. The centre was near the old Woodhead line, which still runs as far as Hadfield, from where the trackbed now forms the Trans-Pennine Trail towards Penistone in South Yorkshire.

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@Flymochairman1 10 месяцев назад

Dinting was one of the first 'Preservation Sites' that I heard of as a lad too. Ah, well. A sad site right enough. Some things have to end before other things take off. Here's hoping that it can see some use again...maybe? Cheers Sarah. Keep safe out there!

@brianbunn3604 10 месяцев назад

Fascinating find, thanks for sharing. Shame it has been trashed, though the brickwork still looks strong. Things like this should be given a good clean-up and preserved

@spankflaps1365 10 месяцев назад

I visited Dinting around 1980, I was very young but vaguely remember Blue Peter and (rusty) Bittern. Even if it the buildings were listed, there’s little the authorities can do to make the owners maintain them. Some land owners deliberately leave them derelict, to improve chances of permission for demolition. There could be problems for developing the land due to railway contamination (coal, ash, oil). Although one large double shed at Whitby has recently been converted to apartments/maisonettes, but this is in a prime location.

@sarahandwills 10 месяцев назад

I read somewhere that an application to turn the nine acre site into a housing development was refused around a decade ago. I would imagine access was an issue as it's off a steep, narrow lane and, as you say, possibly land contamination.

@thatroverguy1937 10 месяцев назад

It’s sad really, we’ve lost so much character as a country, soon it’ll all just be housing estates and Tesco car parks

@iancook2036 10 месяцев назад

This should be preserved like Earby station was moved to the Keighley and worth valley railway. It's a heritage building and needs saving as you don't see many of these sheds if any up and down the country.

@sarahandwills 10 месяцев назад

I agree. It's a beautiful old building. Either move it or convert it for a new use. It would make quite a quirky setting for a restaurant - 'The Old Engine Shed' or something like that.

@iancook2036 10 месяцев назад

@@sarahandwills Absolutely but the way this country is at the moment I think they will just leave it to fall apart and say it can't be saved like many Grade 1 and 2 buildings .

@jeffsymons4535 10 месяцев назад

Great idea. Are you prepared to fund the hundreds of thousands that relocation would cost?

@m8rshall 10 месяцев назад

I mean..... It's a nice old shed, But that's all it is if we are going to be realistic, it's more than likely owned by someone & people don't appreciate someone else just taking their building. It's not a historical monument, it's not unique, and it doesn't hold any significance. It would cost a fortune to do anything with, and contrary to your opinion there are a lot still around in far better shape and still in use. Unfortunate as it is - there's a reason this place closed, some places just deserve to be remembered fondly, and returned to nature.

@sarahandwills 10 месяцев назад

I think you make some decent points, but it's worth at least having a discussion about possible future uses for an interesting building before it's lost forever. If, at the end of that discussion, the economics and practicalities of keeping it don't add up, bring in the bulldozers.