Report - CF Booth Rotherham February 2013

[Pudding_Face]

CF Booth is an enormous scrapyard in Rotherham for ferrous and non ferrous metals, and non ferrous melting shop. It's gantry cranes and derrick cranes make the site quite distinctive. London tube rolling stock and various trains are scrapped here, and recycled. Today, it is one of the largest manufacturers of copper based products in the UK. CF Booth also provides machining services on large billet and slab metal sections, which supply customers in the marine, oil and gas and defence industries.

British Rail Class 37

British Rail Class 37

British Rail Class 37

British Rail Class 37

British Rail Class 37

British Rail Class 56

High Speed Train (HST) that had been involved in a derailment.

London tube rolling stock being scrapped

London tube rolling stock being scrapped

 

[True_British_Metal]

Excellent photos, but this is 2013! I went here just before you did, I can remember.

37415 is now scrapped, but the blue 56009 is now at Shackerstone on the Battlefield Line. It's stored for now but will eventually be rebuilt and re-engined as part of a life extension project.

 

[Session9]

Excellent. Love these Was going to say about the 56, now in the company of the sorry looking 45015 at the Battlefield Line.

 

[Gr33nMachin3]

so these are not from feb 2017 ? im tryna find somewhere to go tomorrow, is it worth going ?

 

[Pudding_Face]

Excellent photos, but this is 2013! I went here just before you did, I can remember.

37415 is now scrapped, but the blue 56009 is now at Shackerstone on the Battlefield Line. It's stored for now but will eventually be rebuilt and re-engined as part of a life extension project.

Yes, you're right, my mistake - I posted the wrong date it was November 2013, I will amend the title. Thanks for checking my photos out, and for the info on the 37415 and 56009. I loved climbing around on the 37415, but sad to see it in such a sorry state.

 

[Pudding_Face]

so these are not from feb 2017 ? im tryna find somewhere to go tomorrow, is it worth going ?

These are from 2013 (put the wrong date by mistake, sorry!) CF Booths is definitely worth a visit. I'm not sure what's there at the moment, but I'm sure they'll have something interesting...

 

[Gr33nMachin3]

awesome, ive emailed asking permissiont o go on site to photograph , i doubt theyll reply, and then ill go anyway

 

[True_British_Metal]

awesome, ive emailed asking permissiont o go on site to photograph , i doubt theyll reply, and then ill go anyway

Go on Saturday between 10-12pm, pay £10 to the Sheffield children's cancer trust.

 

[Gr33nMachin3]

Go on Saturday between 10-12pm, pay £10 to the Sheffield children's cancer trust.

ye ? they allow this, im happy to make a donation.

 

[T1dm4]

Any luck getting on site?

ye ? they allow this, im happy to make a donation.