Darnall engine shed
{{Short description|Disused railway maintenance depot in Darnall, Sheffield}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox Railway Depot
| name = Darnall DMU Depot
| location = Darnall, Sheffield
| coordinates =
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| grid_ref_UK = SK386877
| owner = British Rail
| type = DMU
| closed = {{ubl|1965 (to steam){{cite web|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/d/darnall/|title=Disused stations - Darnall|work=Disused Stations|access-date=2 December 2016}}|1984 (to diesel){{cite web|url=http://www.railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=96121|title=Sheffield Grimesthorpe Diesel Depot|work=RailUK Forums|access-date=2 December 2016}}}}
|image = Sheffield Darnall Locomotive Depot 2082387 6b58b7ea.jpg
|image_alt = Darnall Locomotive Depot
|caption = Darnall Locomotive Depot
}}
Darnall DMU Depot was a traction maintenance depot in Darnall, Sheffield, England. It was built by the London and North Eastern Railway to serve the Sheffield area, passenger trains originating or changing at Sheffield Victoria and goods and pilot workings. The shed was built adjacent to the main line immediately west of Darnall station. British Railways initially allocated the shed code 39B to Darnall, and later 41A, both within the Eastern Region code sequence.
History
Knowing that facilities at Neepsend were too cramped to operate efficiently the L.N.E.R. set about finding a suitable site for new facilities with easy access to their system in Sheffield. A site at Darnall was chosen and planning for the new engine shed commenced in 1936. Opening did not take place until 1943 with much machinery, due to wartime restrictions on new purchase, being brought from Neepsend. Photographs published in the "LNER Journal" showed the new facilities but, due to information restrictions at the time, it was captioned as being "somewhere in the north of England".
Layout
The building was a 10 track straight through brick shed, with a large coaling plant and turntable. After the electrification of the local railways, an electric locomotive shed was also built and, in 1958, a {{convert|300|by|60|ft|adj=on}}, 3-road, brick and glass diesel depot was added to service 60 new diesel multiple units.Railway Magazine June 1958 p. 432
Closure
It closed on 4 October 1965 when Tinsley Marshalling Yard and its depot opened. The depot buildings were then used as a wagon-repair depot until the late 1980s.
Locomotives
Locomotive classes allocated to Darnall in 1952 included: