Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway

Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway

Infobox rail
railroad_name=Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway
gauge=RailGauge|24
start_year=1986
end_year=Present
hq_city=Leadhills
locale=ScotlandThe Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway, a RailGauge|24 gauge railway in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, is laid on the trackbed of the former Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch of the Caledonian Railway which led off the main line between Carlisle and Glasgow at Elvanfoot.

Overview

The "preserved" section runs from Leadhills for about 1 km towards Wanlockhead and is the highest adhesion railway in the UK. Trains are currently diesel worked with the locomotive propelling the train up hill away from Leadhills.

The original railway closed in the late 1930s shortly after the mines in Wanlockhead had closed.

The railway currently stops at the border of South Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway.

Locomotives

References

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See also

* British narrow gauge railways

External links

* [http://www.leadhillsrailway.co.uk/ The Railway website]


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