Construction
From Wicker Station in Sheffield the line proceeded to the first stopping place at Brightside. It then followed the River Don to the next stop at Holmes, then passing close to Masbrough where the North Midland Railway would later cross it. The line then crossed the River Don arriving at Westgate Station in Rotherham.
The whole line was just over 5 miles more or less straight, with gentle gradients apart from a one in 68 section just before Rotherham. There were 13 bridges, six level crossings and five footpath crossings.
The track was laid to the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm), since it would meet the North Midland Railway, and used fish bellied rail at about 50 lb. to the yard, on stone blocks or plain larch sleepers.
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