var banners = ['top-dmpu', 'mpu2', 'mpu3', '']; "Earl Fitzwilliam's Private Railway Station" by D.L.Franks. Stephanie Peacock, Barnsley East MP, backed the lines reopening and praised volunteers work. As the MP for Barnsley East and the Chair of the Industrial Heritage All-Party Parliamentary Group, Im committed to ensuring our local history and heritage are accessible and protected for future generations, she said. Exhibits encouraging visitors to explore the people and places of Barnsley. The Elsecar branch closed in 1984 following closure of the final colliery on the line. Directions: Situated 15 miles West of Doncaster via A635, A6195. A council spokesperson said: Barnsley Council want to make sure that theres a future for a heritage railway in Elsecar. Currently, the locomotive is undergoing another overhaul, including a 10-year boiler overhaul, and given that a single example of the basic design was constructed for the LMS in 1932 and William was originally named after Sir William Stanier, a director of Courtaulds who presided over the naming ceremony on June 27 1956, the temptation could not be resisted to remove the tapered upper portion of the bonnet and apply the livery of the main line company (a classic application of the celebrity lookalike principle). JavaScript is disabled. However, given the wider sites rich past and it now being designated as an ancient monument by conservation body Historic England, more archaeological digs could be required before services resume. Funds raised through this scheme have since been used to purchase barriers and traffic signals for the crossing ready for installation. Elsecar Heritage Railway operated on a station built to serve the Earls Fitzwilliams ironworks, but the mile-long stretch of track was mothballed in 2020 when a lease was handed back to Barnsley Council by a charity - the Elsecar Heritage Railway (EHR) Trust - which had run it as a visitor attraction since 2006. Its our belief that news should be available to everyone regardless of their circumstance. Thanks to the extensive and positive response to consultation earlier in the year, an inspiring new vision has been coming together for the future of a heritage railway in Elsecar. That vision to create a sustainable future for a heritage railway in the village will need significant investment, which is currently being explored. It opened in 1850 as part of the South Yorkshire Railway, known as the Elsecar Branch. My memories of it were always as a kit of bits at various locations around the railway. Like many villages in the area, it was for many years a colliery village until the widespread pit closures during the 1980s. var i, sizes; Works records of Elsecar show that these trains ran until 'the early years of the 20th century'. 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The railway in 2021, post-closure The statement read: "Over recent months, thanks to the extensive and positive response to consultation earlier in the year, an inspiring new vision has been. var banners = ['mpu2', 'mpu3', 'mpu4', '']; While its disappointing that the railway is not currently operating, I welcome Barnsley Councils commitment to ensure that it has a future in Elsecar. For the time being, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, railway events will not be taking place, but our fantastic Elsecar Heritage Centre is still open for business. if (window.innerWidth >= 768) { Although the railway is closed at the moment, hard work has been ongoing behind the scenes to evaluate the condition of the site, its buildings and railway equipment, the council spokesperson added. Work on the extension is currently proceeding as time and resources will allow, but currently the Tingle Bridge Lane to Smithy Lane section is all on concrete sleepers and partly-ballasted. Elsecar Heritage Railway trustees, essential work has been agreed to remove some of the disused track at the site. Currently operating on a one mile section of track, passengers are pulled by a selection of steam and diesel engines, with a variety of coaching stock. However, with its move to Elsecar has come restoration to working order, making it the only known Sentinel conversion from a conventional steam locomotive in existence in this condition. At present it is not possible for passengers to alight anywhere on the line apart from the main terminus at Elsecar, and the lack of a passing loop at the Hemingfield end means that unless top-and-tail working is adopted, a train has to be propelled on its return to Elsecar. Barnsley Council owns sites at Elsecar and Cortonwood, along with a track between the two and it was leased to the Elesecar Heritage Railway Trust, a charity which ran it for many years. But spiralling financial problems, compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic, saw the trust surrender the lease back to the council. 2150 is the sole survivor of the makers OQ class 0-6-0ST with 18in x 26in cylinders, 4ft 1in wheels and a boiler pressure of 200psi. Working closely with the Elsecar Heritage Railway Trust, Barnsley Council will be talking with partners, volunteers and the local community over the summer to explore options for the future and to find out what people would like to see. 9599 William, which was delivered in 1956 to Courtaulds Fibres Ltd, at Great Coates, near Grimsby, where it was employed hauling the materials necessary for the factorys normal processes, including the hazardous cargo of caustic soda (sodium hydroxide). The railway sites include Elsecar, Cortonwood and the railway line between them. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. The remainder of the line, from Cortonwood to Elsecar Junction near Brampton, was closed after the closure of Cortonwood colliery in 1985, and the track lifted. After a thorough overhaul, the Mardy Monster was returned to working order and it started passenger services on June 21, 2003. } } else { This will also allow small temporary structures and cabins, which belong to third parties, to be removed from the site. The railway's extension, currently under construction, involves the reinstatement of two level crossings, Tingle Bridge Lane and Smithy Lane. Elsecar railway station is a railway station serving the village of Elsecar in South Yorkshire, England. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Its our belief that news should be available to everyone regardless of their circumstance. So I not only gained knowledge of the place, but am now hesitant to go back there Good luck to them. A great deal of work has been carried out to establish how a successful and sustainable heritage railway offer can be re-established at Elsecar, reflecting the pride in our railway heritage and what it can mean for our regions visitor economy. A heritage railway near Barnsley faces an uncertain future after its operators decided to surrender their lease. The line remains closed but new plans for its future have now been revealed - and work on the track is already underway. Elsecar is near the town of Hoyland and the villages of Jump and Wentworth. Williams spell in Leeds was destined to be a short one as two years later it began a 12-year period on the Battlefield Railway, at Shackerstone, before finally arriving at Elsecar in March 2008. Closed now Visit website Call Email Write a review About Elsecar Heritage Railway is South Yorkshire's only Heritage Railway. The Elsecar Heritage Railway (EHR) Trust, a group of volunteers which has maintained the railway line from Elsecar to Hemingfield since 2006, has for years had an agreement in place with an outside engineering firm in a bid to cope with the labour and financial demands of the project. The railway's diesel locomotives are used to operate both passenger and engineering trains. The story of the former Elsecar mineral branch might have ended in the 1980s, but for one reason: the Elsecar end of the line features many of the buildings that constituted the Earls workshops (later becoming the workshops of the NCB Barnsley Area) and the decision was taken by Barnsley Council to develop the area as a tourist attraction, known as the Elsecar Heritage Centre. "The board of trustees have expressed that their best, and only course of action is to surrender their lease to the railway sites that are owned by Barnsley Council while further work takes place to determine their next steps. Barnsley Council recently bought a redundant factory site to provide additional car parking. The Elsecar Heritage Railway (EHR) is located on the southern part of the former South Yorkshire Railway freight-only branch which ran from Elsecar Junction on its Mexborough to Barnsley Line. The locomotive Earl Fitzwilliam has already been referred to and this engine was originally supplied by its Bristol-based manufacturer as Pitsford to Pitsford ironstone quarries, in Northamptonshire, as a representative of the mature phase of Avonside industrial locomotive design. It is not clear whether the closure of Elsecar's visitor attractions for prolonged periods during 2020 has been a factor in the decision. William hauled its first passenger train in South Yorkshire on May 31 of the succeeding year. var banners = ['mpu2', 'mpu3', 'mpu4', '']; [1] 848 of 1883) which underwent conversion in 1922 and 1924, respectively. 9376 was bought by a member of the Sentinel Trust and initially moved to the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre at Quainton Road (which, it must be remembered, is currently home to a Sentinel railcar repatriated from Egypt). Currently operating on a one mile section of track, passengers are pulled by a selection of steam and diesel engines, with a variety of coaching stock. Elsecar Main Colliery was closed in October 1983. In 2006, they handed over its running to the Elsecar Heritage Railway Trust and leased the site. The trustees have now confirmed that they have had to hand back the lease to the council, who will explore options over its future viability. This loco is a diesel-hydraulic conversion, from an unidentified Sentinel steam locomotive in 1965, by the aforementioned Thomas Hill (No. Production Editor, Ashley Ball, said: "In an ever changing media world, its important that news is reported correctly and without any hidden agenda. var i, sizes; The third survivor, Gervase, was originally built, as with Ancoats, as a Manning, Wardle H class locomotive, in this instance No. 1091 of 1888) and K class 0-6-0ST(No. This is denoted by the flat-sided, full-length saddle tank, which gives the 14 inch outside cylinder locomotive the appearance of being larger than it is in reality. The Earl's parties were conveyed by coach from Wentworth Woodhouse to the station to join these trains which were known, and shown in railway publications as "E.F.W. The station was opened in 1870, after the line passed to the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway and was used by the Earl's . At present the line in use extends from the terminus at Elsecar over a run of about one mile to Hemingfield (Tingle Bridge Lane), but the present state of affairs is very much work in progress as a further mile is in the process of being laid to the projected eventual destination of Cortonwood. The Middleton is one of the few sites I've never been to but the number of railways where Mike's engines can run at on a regular basis is quite limited. "Due to be complete in early 2023, the work to remove the track will enable storage units to be taken off the site, and access for future developments planned for the space to occur. This will require investment and funding. Over the coming weeks, sections of the modern track in the station area, laid since the 1990s, will be lifted so archaeological digs and ground investigations can take place. By. This 1954-built Peckett locomotive No. Something went wrong, please try again later. } The Elsecar Heritage Railway became the operator in 2006. Return to the Closed Elsecar Heritage Railway 4/6/2021 LJ Trains 226 subscribers 13 761 views 1 year ago On the 4th June I returned to the closed/abandoned Elsecar Heritage Railway to. One type of locomotive that is very well represented in the EHR collection is Mike Harts collection of Sentinel patent high-pressure-geared locomotives produced by the Sentinel Wagon Works in Shrewsbury. Your support allows us to keep holding decision-makers to account and report on everything that happens in the town, good or bad, fairly. I presume all this means that owners of stock based on the railway haven't received assurances that it'll be seeing use any time soon? Earlier this month it was announced that 16 buildings in the village had either been newly listed at Grade II or given upgraded protection status by the government. We will not share your information and will, Plans afoot for ill youngsters home adaptations, Mum speaks out over shock cancer diagnosis, SEND school undergoes colourful transformation, Charity shop to be opened by ex-rugby star, Barnsley MasterChef contestant through to knockout stage, Birds of prey re-introduction scheme is unsuccessful. That was the issue why they never came to the head of the overhaul queue at the K&esr. } Much of the current running line passes alongside important aspects of the areas industrial heritage and this is a major asset for both present operations and future ambitions. We look forward to sharing more about that work and the resulting vision soon.. Nearly 10 years later, responsibility for the running of the railway passed from the council by way of a 50-year lease to the Elsecar Railway Preservation Group, which was rebranded under a charitable trust as the Elsecar Heritage Railway during the following year, 2007. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. The line to Cortonwood, where a miners memorial park and new 25,000 station were planned to open to the public in 2019, fell into disrepair when the colliery was closed in the miners strike in 1984/85. A key feature of the route is the passage under the high moorlands of the northern Peak District through the Woodhead Tunnels.The line was electrified in 1953 and closed between Hadfield and Penistone in 1981.. As is well known, the collieries were nationalised on January 1, 1947, with the GCRs successor, the LNER, following suit during the succeeding year. This engine was restored to its original BP livery and ran in this condition at Elsecar following an overhaul during the winter of 2005/6, but it is currently out of service undergoing repairs to its transmission components.