Industrial relations
THE first stop north of Derby, and certainly on 4 Shed’s doorstep, was Chaddesden Civil Engineers Tip Sidings, which consisted of eight roads with an outside road separate from the main body of the sidings shared in part with Steetley Construction Materials.
Its shunter, built by the Yorkshire Engine Company in 1964, sat out of use on No. 1 road at the ‘Wyvern end’ of the sidings until 1992, when Redland acquired the company. But at least it had its own loco up to then.
About a mile further north was Thomas Hill’s scrapyard, which used a suitably modified agricultural tractor to shunt wagons on and off its weighbridge. These were left to
