Narrow gauge slate railways in England

Narrow gauge slate railways in England

Narrow gauge railways were often deployed by the slate industry, due to their low cost of installation, operation, and easy relaying as quarrying developed.

Name Opened Closed Gauge Location Notes
Burlington Slate Quarries railway[1] [2] after 1975; by 1979 3 ft 2 1⁄4 in (972 mm) Kirkby-in-Furness, England Cumbrian slate quarry internal railway system operated by two diesel and a battery electric locomotives
Honister Slate Mine[3] ? Present 2 ft  (610 mm) Honister, England Working slate mine perched at the top of Honister Pass. The mine has gone through phases of activity and redundancy, the current operation started in 1997.
Old Delabole Slate Quarry [2] [4] before 1834 after 1987 [5] 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) Delabole, England Large Cornish slate quarry with extensive steam and diesel locomotive roster

References

  1. ^ Nicholson, Peter (1975). Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways in Britain. Truro: D. Bradford Barton. ISBN 0-85153-236-5. 
  2. ^ a b Industrial Locomotives 1979: including preserved and minor railway locomotives. Industrial Railway Society. 1979. ISBN 0901096385. 
  3. ^ "Industrial narrow gauge railways". http://www.ingr.co.uk/. 
  4. ^ Dart, Maurice (2005). Cornwall Narrow Gauge including the Camborne & Redruth tramway. Middleton Press. ISBN 190447456X. 
  5. ^ Bryant, R. S. (ed.) (1987). Industrial Locomotives, including preserved and minor railway locomotives. Industrial Railway Society. ISBN 0901096555. 

Bibliography

  • Richards, Alun John (2001). The Slate Railways of Wales (1st. edition ed.). Llanwrst, Wales: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 0-86381-689-4. 
  • Boyd, James I.C. (1990). Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire, Volume 1: The West. Headington, Oxford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-273-0. 

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