Mexborough engine shed

In 1948, on the formation of British Railways Eastern Region, Mexborough bore the shed code 36B, then 41F from 1958.

In the 1920s, the depot was the stabling point for what was then the most powerful locomotive in the UK, the London & North Eastern Railway's Class U1 Garratt.

[2] In 1942 during the Second World War, three former Great Eastern Railway LNER J15 locomotives were drafted-in to assist with coal traffic.

Even the steam shunting engines for the marshalling work at Wath yard were replaced by diesel shunters in 1957.

The site of Mexborough depot is now occupied by units in an industrial estate off of Meadow Way in Swinton.