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Various steam locomotives around the turntable at Barrow Hill Engine Shed.

Barrow Hill Engine Shed, until 1948 known as Staveley Engine Shed, is a former Midland Railway roundhouse in Barrow Hill, near Staveley and Chesterfield, Derbyshire (grid reference SK435747). Operational from 1870 to 1991, it was closed after a period of low usage. After becoming a listed building and following extensive renovation, the roundhouse and associated lines were re-opened in 1998 and are now are home to many preserved locomotives.

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