Canklow engine shed

{{Short description|Disused railway maintenance depot in England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}

{{Infobox railway depot

| name = Canklow Engine Shed

| location = Canklow, Rotherham

| coordinates ={{coord|53.4038|-1.3606|type:landmark_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google| display=inline, title}}

| grid_ref_UK = SK426898

| owner = British Rail

| type = Diesel

| opened = 1900

| closed = 11 October 1965{{cite web|url=http://brdatabase.info/sites.php?page=depots&subpage=main&id=113|title=Locomotive Depots: Canklow (Details)|work=BRDatabase|access-date=13 February 2017}}

| former_depot_codes = 41D (1 February 1958 - 31 May 1965)

| image = Canklow Locomotive Depot with LNE B1 4-6-0 passing geograph-2837945-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg

| caption = LNER B1 4-6-0 passing Canklow Locomotive Depot

}}

Canklow Engine Shed was a traction maintenance depot located in Canklow, Rotherham, England. The depot opened in 1900 and was situated on the Midland Main Line, {{convert|1.5|mi}} south of Rotherham Masborough station.{{cite book |last1=Batty |first1=Stephen |title=Rail Centres Sheffield |date=1984 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton |isbn=0-7110-1366-7 |page=94}} The depot area had six lines; three of these fed into just one line that went through the shed, whilst the other three were sidings, one of which had the coal stage.{{cite book |last1=Batty |first1=Stephen |title=Rail Centres Sheffield |date=1984 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton |isbn=0-7110-1366-7 |page=95}}

The shed closed in 1965 and was later demolished with a housing estate erected on the site in 1990.{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Paul |title=The Handbook of Steam Motive Power Depots, Volume 3: North Midlands, Lancashire & Yorkshire |date=1990 |publisher=Platform 5 |location=Sheffield |isbn=1-872524-05-2 |page=79}}