Derbyshire - the second week

On the Sunday we went to Barrow Hill Roundhouse. It is the last surviving operational roundhouse engine shed.

The roundhouse itself is where the engines were stabled and serviced.

In front of Sue the edge of the turntable can be seen.

Here you can see the water tower, red and white structure on top of a brick building.

This held 23,000 gallons of water for the locomotives!

Barrow Hill is run by volunteers so is open only on Saturdays and Sundays.

Here they are doing a bit of shunting.