British industrial narrow gauge railways 4550910 225468926 2008-07-13T21:20:08Z Snigbrook 4995598 Disambiguate [[Redhill]] to [[Redhill, Surrey]] using [[:en:Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups|popups]] '''British industrial narrow gauge railways''' are [[narrow gauge railway|narrow gauge]] [[railways]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[Isle of Man]] that were primarily built to serve one or more industries. Some offered passenger services for employees or workmen, but they did not run public passenger trains. They are categorized by the primary industry they served. == Quarrying and mining == ==== Cement works ==== Many of the [[cement]] works and their associated [[chalk]] pits had narrow gauge railways, particularly those in the South East of England. The ''Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd.'' (APCM, ([[Blue Circle Industries]]), now part of [[Lafarge]]) was the major producer of cement in the United Kingdom in the second half of the twentieth century and many of their plants used railways. {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |- |[[APCM]] [[Cliffe Works]] |1934 ? |1959 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Cliffe-at-Hoo]], England |Extensive diesel-hauled chalk pit railway. |- |[[APCM]] [[Bevans Works]] |? |after 1962 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Northfleet]], England |Short line operating on a riverside wharf |- |[[APCM]] [[Harbury Works]]<ref name="NIC">{{cite book |author=Nicholson, Peter |title=Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways in Britain |publisher=Bradford, Barton |id=ISBN 0-85153-236-5 |year=1975}}</ref> |? |after 1961 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Harbury]], England |Quarry line worked with a rare [[John Fowler and Company|Fowler]] 2-4-0 diesel locomotive |- |[[APCM]] [[Holborough Works]]<ref name="KNG">{{cite book |author=Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith | title=Kent Narrow Gauge | publisher=Middleton Press | year=2000 | id=ISBN 1901706451 }} </ref> |1923 |1969 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Snodland]], England |Steam- and diesel- hauled railway at the [[Associated Portland Cement Manufacturer]] Ltd's cement plant at Holborough. |- |[[APCM]] [[Sittingbourne Brickworks]] |before 1898 |after 1963 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Sittingbourne]], England |Internal brickworks railway |- |[[APCM]] [[Rodmell Works]]<ref name="SNG">{{cite book|author=Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith| title=Sussex Narrow Gauge| publisher=Middleton Press| year=2001 |id=ISBN 1-901706-68-0}}</ref> |before 1910 |1975 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Rodmell]], England |Short line serving a cement works |- |[[APCM]] [[Sittingbourne Works]]<ref name="NIC" /> |? |1971 |4&nbsp;ft&nbsp;3&nbsp;in (1&nbsp;295&nbsp;mm) |[[Sittingbourne]], England |Cement works line with the last narrow gauge steam locomotive in that industry. |- |[[APCM]] [[Kent Works]]<ref name="KNG" /> |1877 |1927 |3&nbsp;ft&nbsp;9½&nbsp;in (1156&nbsp;mm) |[[Greenhithe]], England |Steam-hauled railway at the [[Associated Portland Cement Manufacturer]] Ltd's cement plant at Greenhithe. |- |[[APCM]] [[Sundon Works]]<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Industrial Railway Record|author=Leleux, Sydney A. | title=Industrial Railways of Bedfordshire: Sundon Cement Works|volume=36|pages=31–36|year=1971|month=April}}</ref> |? |1974 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Luton]], England |Cement works line. |- |[[British Standard Cement Works]] |1912 |1932 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Rainham, Medway|Rainham]], England |Notable as the only industrial line in Britain to use an ex-[[War Department Light Railways|WDLR]] Baldwin locomotive. |- |[[Broom Bank]] |1933 |1962 |{{RailGauge|4ft3in}} |[[Sittingbourne|Lower Twydall]], England |Steam hauled cement works and clay pit line |- |[[Chinnor Cement & Lime]]<ref name="AMB">{{cite web |url=http://home.fastnet.co.uk/gerrycork/amberleyrail/index.html |title=Amberley narrow gauge railway stock list}}</ref> | |1962 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Chinnor]], England |Locomotive and cable worked lines serving the chalk quarry and washmills. |- |[[Smeed Dean & Co.]] |1900 |1949 |3&nbsp;ft&nbsp;7½&nbsp;in (1105&nbsp;mm) |[[Sittingbourne|Lower Twydall]], England |Chalk pit line |- |[[Francis & Co.]] |1871 |1920 |3&nbsp;ft&nbsp;8½&nbsp;in (1130&nbsp;mm) |[[Cliffe]], England |Steam-worked chalk quarry railway |- |[[Gillingham Portland Cement Co.]] |1870s? |1910 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Gillingham, Medway|Gillingham]], England |Early cement works line |- |[[Isaac Charles Johnson|I. C. Johnson & Co.]] |before 1872 |1928 |3&nbsp;ft&nbsp;9½&nbsp;in (1156&nbsp;mm) |[[Greenhithe]], England |Internal steam hauled railway, replaced by a [[standard gauge]] line. |- |[[J. B. White & Bros - Swanscombe Works]]<ref name=NGIA /> |1825 |1929 |3&nbsp;ft&nbsp;5½&nbsp;in (1054&nbsp;mm) |[[Swanscombe]], England |Steam locomotive worked from 1875 onwards. Internal works line with rare outside flanged [[rolling stock]] |- |[[Knight, Bevan & Sturge]] |1873 ? |1928 |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;8½&nbsp;in (825&nbsp;mm) |[[Northfleet]], England |Extensive chalk quarry system, eventually superseded by a [[standard gauge]] line |- |[[Queensborough Cement Works]] |1896 |1930? |unknown |[[Queensborough]], England |Line worked by two [[Aveling and Porter]] steam locomotives |- |[[RPCM]] [[Barrington Cement Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |by 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Barrington]], England |Short locomotive-worked line |- |[[RPCM]] [[Rochester Works]] |? |1952 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Halling, Kent|Halling]], England |Extensive cement works railway |- |[[RPCM]] [[Southam Works]]<ref name="TFT">{{cite book|author=Trevor Rowe, D|title=Two Feet between the Tracks|publisher=Plateway Press|year=1990|id=ISBN 1-871980-12-7}}</ref> |? |1956 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Southam]], England |Steam locomotive worked railway |- |[[Tolhurst & Sons]] |1860s |before 1948 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Gravesend, Kent|Gravesend]], England |Large internal chalk quarry system |} ==== Lime works ==== [[Image:Bugsworth 058063.jpg|thumb|Peak Forest Tramway]] {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Barn Hill Quarry railway]]<ref name="IRS_AMR">{{cite journal |journal=Industrial Railway Record |author=Farmer, Keith |title=Amalgamated Roadstone |pages=269–281/288 |month=August |year=1968 |volume=20 |publisher=Industrial Railway Society}}</ref> |1928 |1938 |{{RailGauge|1ft8in}} |[[Chipping Sodbury]], England |800-yard long locomotive worked line; locomotive transferred to Penlee Quarry railway in 1947 |- |[[Black Rock Quarry]]<ref name=SDNG /> |before 1919 |1949 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Portishead, Somerset|Portishead]], England |Steam locomotive worked tramway connecting the Black Rock and Nightingale quarries with the [[Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway]] |- |[[British Quarrying Co Ltd]] [[Allington Quarry railway]]<ref name="IRS_AMR" /> |1928 |1956 |{{RailGauge|2ft}}? |[[Maidstone]], England |Locomotive worked internal quarry system |- |[[British Quarrying Co Ltd]] [[Borough Green Quarry railway]]<ref name="IRS_AMR" /> |before 1921 |1956 |{{RailGauge|1ft8in}} |[[Borough Green]], England |Internal quarry system for "Kentish [[Ragstone]]". Originally horse worked, [[Motor Rail|Simplex]] locomotive introduced in 1921 |- |[[Brockham Lime Works]]<ref name=SrNG/> |1870s (?) |1936 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Dorking]], England |Lime pits and works railway, later home of the [[Brockham Museum]] |- |[[Buriton Lime Works]]<ref name=HNG/> |before 1897 |after 1936 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Buriton]], England |Diesel locomotive worked railway |- |[[Butserhill Lime Works]]<ref name=HNG/> |before 1932 |by 1945 | |[[Butser Hill]], England | |- |[[Cauldon Low Quarry]] |before 1906 |1933 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Waterhouses]], England |Limestone quarry with an internal steam-worked railway system |- |[[Dorking Greystone Lime Co.]]<ref name=SrNG/> |1880 |1954 |3&nbsp;ft&nbsp;2¼&nbsp;in (970&nbsp;mm) and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Betchworth]], England |Well-known steam hauled internal limeworks line. |- |[[Dunball Quarry]]<ref name=SDNG /> |before 1930 |1954 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Dunball]], England |Steam locomotive worked tramway connecting the Dunball quarry with the lime works |- |[[Flagstaff Quarry]]<ref name=IRS_LIME /> | |1941 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Anglesey]], Wales |Internal incline-worked quarry line |- |[[Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway]]<ref name="BOYD3">{{cite book| author=Boyd, James I.C. |title=Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire: Volume Three The Dinorwic Quarry and Railways, The Great Orme Tramways and Other Rail Systems" |publisher=The Oakwood Press| year=2001 |id=ISBN 0-85361-328-1}}</ref> |1889 |1931 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Porth Dyniewyd]], Wales |Internal limestone quarry railway. |- |[[Milton Quarry]]<ref name=IRS_LIME>{{cite journal |title=Narrow Gauge Wagons: Lime Kiln Wagons |author=Down, C.G. |journal=The Industial Railway Record |publisher=Industrial Railway Society |volume=60 |pages=48–49 |year=1975}}</ref> |early 1900s |1966 |{{RailGauge|1ft11.5in}} |[[Weston-super-Mare]], England |Small limestone quarry with cable-hauled railway |- |[[Oxstead Greystone Lime Co.]]<ref name="NIC">{{cite book |author=Nicholson, Peter |title=Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways in Britain |publisher=Bradford, Barton |id=ISBN 0-85153-236-5 |year=1975}}</ref><ref name=SrNG/> |before 1912 |1971 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Oxstead]], England |Internal railway of lime quarry and works. |- |[[Parc-y-Meirch]] quarry railway<ref name=IRS102>{{cite journal |title=The Kinmel Camp Railway |journal=The Industrial Railway Record |publisher=The Industrial Railway Society |last=Hindley |first=Philip G. |volume=102 |pages=pp.309–322 |month=September |year=1985}}</ref> |1923 |1958 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[St. Asaph]], Wales |Locomotive-worked line connecting the limestone quarry with the standard gauge [[Kinmel Camp Railway]] |- |[[Peak Forest Tramway]] |1794 |1923 |4&nbsp;ft&nbsp;2&nbsp;in (1&nbsp;270&nbsp;mm) |[[Chapel en le Frith]], England |Early tramway that was horse and chain hauled throughout its life. |- |[[Whitehaven Quarry]] |1932 |1953 |{{RailGauge|4ft}} |[[Oswestry]], Wales |A series of rope-hauled inclines and steam locomotive worked tramways. |} ==== Brickworks ==== {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[A. Hone & Sons Ltd.]] [[Ewhurst Brickworks]]<ref name=SrNG/> | |after 1971 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Cranleigh]], England |Diesel and battery-electric locomotive worked line |- |[[Albrook Brickworks]]<ref name=HNG/> |before 1939 |after 1968 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Eastleigh]], England |Diesel locomotive worked line |- |[[Alne Brick Co. Ltd.]] [[Alne Brickworks]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Easingwold]], England |Locomotive-worked brickworks railway. |- |[[Alne Brick Co. Ltd.]] [[Hemingbrough Brickworks]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Selby]], England |Locomotive-worked brickworks railway. |- |[[Baxters Brickworks railway]]<ref name="SNG" /> |1888 |1969 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Bexhill]], England |Short line serving the clay pit and brickworks. |- |[[Bilsthorpe Brick Co.]] [[Bilsthorpe Brickworks]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} and 2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;8½&nbsp;in |[[Bilsthorpe]], England |Two lines serving the brickworks |- |[[Buckley Tramroad]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ngrm.org.uk/narrow_gauge/narrow_gauge.php?railway_id=60 |title=Narrow Gauge Railway Museum article on the Buckley Tramroad}}</ref> |1780s |1862 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Connah's Quay]], Wales |Early horse-worked plateway carrying coal and bricks from a canal wharf. |- |[[Butterley Brick Ltd.]] [[Cherry Orchard Lane Works]]<ref name="INGW" /><ref name=IL79 /> |? |1993 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Rochford]], England |Short line serving the clay pit and brickworks. |- |[[Butterley Brick Ltd.]] [[Star Lane Brickworks]]<ref name=IL79 /> |? |1991 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Great Wakering]], England |Short line serving the clay pit and brickworks. |- |[[Carbis Brickworks Tramway]]<ref name=CNG /> |1883 |1942 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Bugle, Cornwall|Bugle]], England |Hand and gravity worked line, 350 yards long. |- |[[Castle Firebrick Company]] |about 1865 |after 1920 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} (?) |[[Northrop]], England |Internal brickworks line, worked by steam locomotives after [[World War I]]. |- |[[Cattybrook Brickworks railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |before 1900 |after 1975 |2&nbsp;in&nbsp;10½&nbsp;in (876&nbsp;mm) |[[Cattybrook]], England |Line connecting clay pit to brickworks via an [[cable railway|incline]] and diesel worked sections |- |[[Chilton Trinity Brickworks railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> | |after 1962 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Somerset]], England |Locomotive worked clay pit line |- |[[Crowborough Brickworks]]<ref name="SNG" /> |before 1930 |1980 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Crowborough]], England |Internal line at the brickworks, latterly worked by battery-electric locomotives. |- |[[Coronation Brickworks]]<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Industrial Railway Record|author=Warrington, A.J. | title=Industrial Railways of Bedfordshire: Coronation Works, Elstow|volume=35|pages=5–11|year=1971|month=February}}</ref> |1935 |after 1969 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Elstow]], England |London Brick Co Ltd brickworks near [[Bedford]] |- |[[Cuckmere Brickworks railway]]<ref name="2FTW" /> |? |about 1956 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Berwick (Sussex) railway station|Berwick Station]], England |Clay pit line worked by internal combustion locomotives |- |[[DSF Refractories Ltd.]] [[Friden Brickworks]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Hartington]], England |Brickworks line worked by internal combustion locomotives |- |[[Gatwick Brick Co. Ltd.]] [[Hookwood Brickworks]]<ref name=SrNG/> | |1968 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Gatwick]], England |100 yard long diesel locomotive worked line |- |[[George Jennings]] [[South Western Pottery]]<ref name=SDNG /> |before 1937 |1963 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Parkstone]], England |Locomotive-worked line between the clay pit and the pottery |- |[[Gillingham Pottery, Brick & Tile Co. Ltd.]]<ref name=SDNG /> |before 1901 |1970 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Parkstone]], England |Locomotive-worked line between the clay pit and the pottery |- |[[Goxhill Building Products Ltd.]] [[Barrow Haven Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Barrow Haven]], England |Brickworks line worked by internal combustion locomotives |- |[[Halstow Creek Brickworks]] |before 1900 |1920s |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Lower Halstow]], England |Served claypit and brickworks. Originally horse worked, one of the first electric locomotives was introduced here in 1902. |- |[[Hambledon Lane Brickworks]]<ref name="INGW" /> |? |after 1983 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Nutbourne]], England | |- |[[Henry Oakland and Son Ltd.]] [[Escrick Tileworks]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[York]], England |Interal locomotive-worked line |- |[[Innes Lee Industries]] [[Campbell Brickworks]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |by 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Staveley]], England |Brickworks line worked by internal combustion locomotives |- |[[Littlethorpe Potteries]] <ref>{{cite journal|date=September 1998|journal=Narrow Gauge News|issue=28}}</ref> | |present |450&nbsp;mm |[[Littlethorpe]], England |Half-mile long hand-worked line connecting the clay pits to the pottery<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.littlethorpepotteries.co.uk/process.asp |title=Littlethorpe Potteries website article on pot making}}</ref> |- |[[The London Brick Company]] [[No. 2 Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Whittlesey]], England |Locomotive-worked brickworks railway |- |[[The London Brick Company]] [[Arlesey Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Bedford]], England |Short locomotive-worked line on top of clay kilns |- |[[The London Brick Company]] [[Clock Hill Works]]<ref name=SrNG/> | |after 1968 |{{RailGauge|2ft}}, 2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;11&nbsp;in and 3&nbsp;ft&nbsp;11&nbsp;in |[[Ockley]], England |Electric and diesel locomotive worked lines |- |[[The London Brick Company]] [[Fletton Works]]<ref name="NIC" /> |1889? |after 1960 |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;11&nbsp;in (889&nbsp;mm) |[[Peterborough]], England |Claypit and brickworks line of unusual gauge |- |[[The London Brick Company]] [[Warboys Works]]<ref name=IL79 /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leadhillsrailway.co.uk/rollings.htm|title=Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway rolling stock list}}</ref> | |1984 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Warboys]], England |Locomotive-worked brickworks railway |- |[[Ludlay Brick & Tile Co.]]<ref name="SNG" /> |? |1965 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Berwick]], England |Internal brick works railway at Berwick in Sussex. |- |[[Lytchett Brick Co. Ltd.]]<ref name=SDNG /> |before 1901 |after 1966 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Upton, Dorset|Upton]], England |Locomotive-worked line between the clay pit and the pottery |- |[[Manfield Brickworks]]<ref name=SrNG/> |before 1955 |after 1963 | |[[Cranleigh]], England |Diesel locomotive worked line, converted to cable haulage in 1955 |- |[[Midhurst Whites]]<ref name="SNG" /> |after 1913 |1980 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Midhurst]], England |Brickworks with three separate narrow gauge lines |- |[[Napton Brickworks railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> | |after 1961 |16&nbsp;in (406&nbsp;mm) |[[Napton]], England |Hand worked clay pit line |- |[[No. 5 Fireclay Mine railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |? |after 1968 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Micklam]], England |Diesel locomotive worked line operated by the [[British Steel Corporation]] |- |[[North Holmwood Brickworks]]<ref name=SrNG/> |? |1981 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Dorking]], England |Internal system for the [[Redland Brick Co.]]'s clay pit and brickworks using diesel, battery-electric and incline cable haulage |- |[[Nutbourne Brickworks]]<ref name=SrNG/> | |after 1980 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Hambledon, Surrey]], England |Diesel locomotive worked line connecting the brickworks and clay pits |- |[[Ockley (Surrey) Brick, Tile and Pottery Company]] [[Smokejacks Brickworks]]<ref name=SrNG/> | |after 1968 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]], England |Battery-electric and diesel locomotive worked line |- |[[Ospringe Brickworks railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> | |after 1968 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Faversham]], England |Extremely short line with one diesel locomotive |- |[[Rookley Brickworks]]<ref name=HNG/> | |1972 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Newport, Isle of Wight|Newport]], England |Diesel locomotive worked line in clay pit |- |[[Rosemary Brickworks railway]] |? |after 1970 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Cheslyn Hay]], England |Locomotive worked line in clay pit leading to an [[cable railway|incline]] to the brickworks |- |[[Rowlands Castle Brickworks]]<ref name=HNG/> |before 1932 |after 1964 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Rowlands Castle]], England |Hand-worked line in clay pit leading to cable hauled incline to brickworks |- |[[Smithbrook Brickworks (1936) Ltd.]]<ref name=SrNG/> | |after 1965 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Cranleigh]], England |Mainly hand-worked line, with occasional use of a Lister diesel locomotive |- |[[Standard Brick & Sand Co. Ltd.]] [[Holmethorpe Brickworks]]<ref name=SrNG/> |before 1911 |1963 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Holmethorpe]], England |An extensive steam and diesel locomotive worked clay tramway |- |[[Strensall Brickworks railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> | |by 1975 | |[[Strensall]], England |Locomotive worked clay pit line |- |[[Storr Hill Brickworks railway]]<ref name="INGW" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Narrow Gauge Railway Museum article on Birkby Brickworks |url=http://www.ngrm.org.uk/narrow_gauge/narrow_gauge.php?railway_id=85}}</ref> |1869? |1981 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Wyke]], England |An unusual chain-worked double track [[plateway]] only 250 yards long. |- |[[Swallow's Tiles (Cranleigh) Ltd.]]<ref name=SrNG/> |before 1953 |after 1966 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Cranleigh]], England |Mainly hand-worked clay pit line with cable hauled incline, and occasional use of a diesel locomotive |- |[[Warnham Brickworks]]<ref name="SNG" /> |before 1909 |1965 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Sandwich, Kent|Sandwich]], England |Internal line serving the brickworks and clay pit. |- |[[W. H. Collier]] [[Marks Tey Brickworks]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft8in}} |[[Marks Tey]], England |Internal locomotive-worked line serving the brickworks. |- |[[Wheatly and Co. Ltd.]] [[Springfield Tileries]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Stoke on Trent]], England |Locomotive-worked railway |- |[[William Blythe]] [[Barton Brick & Tile Yard]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Barton-on-Humber]], England |Locomotive-worked line |- |[[William Blythe]] [[Far Ings Tileries]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Barton-on-Humber]], England |Locomotive-worked line |- |[[Woodside Brickworks]]<ref name=SrNG/> |before 1949 |by 1967 |? |[[Croydon]], England |Internal brickworks railway notable for its two [[Sentinel Waggon Works|Sentinel]] high-pressure steam locos. |- |} ==== Clay extraction ==== {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[APCM]] [[Alkerden Works]] |before 1900 |1943 |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;8½&nbsp;in (825&nbsp;mm) |[[Swanscombe]], England |Large steam-worked clay pit line |- |[[BPCM]] [[Bean Works]] |1920 |1964 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Bean]], England |Short line serving a clay pit on the banks of the Thames |- |[[Far Ings Tileries]]<ref name="INGW" /> |1905 |2001 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Barton-upon-Humber]], England |Late survivor of the clay tramways, including a [[cable railway|cable-hauled]] [[incline]] and (diesel) locomotive worked sections. |- |[[Fayle's Tramway]]<ref name="PUR">{{cite book|author=Kidner R.W. |title=The Railways of Purbeck| publisher=Oakwood Press| year=2000| id=ISBN 0-85361-557-8}}</ref> |1905 |1971 |3&nbsp;ft&nbsp;9&nbsp;in (1&nbsp;143&nbsp;mm) until 1948<br>{{RailGauge|1ft11.5in}} after 1948 |[[Norden, Dorset|Norden]], [[Dorset]], England |Clay tramway that replaced the Middlesbere and Newton tramways. Remaining section around Norden regauged in 1948 to suit ex-[[Welsh Highland Railway|WHR]] locomotive ''Russell'' and various diesels |- |[[Furzebrook Railway]]<ref name="NGY">{{cite book|title=The Narrow Gauge Charm of Yesterday: A Pictorial Tribute |author=Peters, Ivo| authorlink = Ivo Peters |publisher=The Oxford Publishing Company| year=1976|id ISBN=090288865X}}</ref><ref name="PUR" /> |1830 |1968 |{{RailGauge|4ft}} until 1866 2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;8½&nbsp;in (825&nbsp;mm) after 1866 |[[Furzebrook]], [[Dorset]], England |Horse-hauled clay [[plateway]], replaced in 1866 by steam-hauled [[industrial railway]] serving the clay pits around Creech Heath. |- |[[John Knowles Ltd.]] Woodville Clay Pits | | |1&nbsp;ft&nbsp;6&nbsp;in |[[Derbyshire]], England | |- |[[Laporte Industries Ltd.]] Coombe Hay Mines<ref name=IL79>{{cite book |title=Industrial Locomotives 1979: including preserved and minor railway locomotives|publisher=Industrial Railway Society|id=ISBN0901096385|year=1979}}</ref> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft11.5in}} |[[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], England |[[Fuller's earth]] mine with battery electric locomotives |- |[[Meeth Clay Company]] |1920 |1970 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Woolladon]], England |Short line carrying clay from the pits at Meeth. |- |[[Middlebere Tramway]]<ref name="PUR" /> |1806 |1907 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} (?) |[[Norden, Dorset|Norden]], [[Dorset]], England |Horse-powered [[plateway]] serving clay pits near [[Corfe Castle]]. |- |[[Newton Tramway]]<ref name="PUR" /> |1860 (?) |1905 |3&nbsp;ft&nbsp;9&nbsp;in (1&nbsp;143&nbsp;mm) |[[Poole Harbour]], [[Dorset]], England |Originally opened as Horse drawn tramway until locomotive Tiny introduced around 1870s, became part of Fayle's Tramway |- |[[Pentewan Railway]]<ref name=CNG/> |1829 |1918 |{{RailGauge|4ft}}, {{RailGauge|2ft6in}} after 1874 |[[Pentewan]], England |Initially horse-hauled, worked by steam locomotives after 1874. Connected [[St Austell]] to [[Pentewan]] |- |[[Thomas Marshall & Co (Loxley) Ltd.]] [[Storrs Bridge Fireclay Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |1&nbsp;ft&nbsp;4&nbsp;in |[[Loxley]], England |Locomotive-worked underground railway |- |[[Thakeham Tiles]]<ref name="SNG" /> |before 1937 |1982<ref name="AMB" /> |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Storrington]], England |Short line serving the tile works |- |[[Watts Blake Bearne & Co. Ltd.]] [[West Golds Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Newton Abbott]], England |Underground clay mine railway |} ==== Sand and gravel extraction ==== The sand and gravel extraction industries made extensive use of narrow gauge railways, and several of these lasted into the 1980s - this was one of the last industries to make significant use of narrow gauge industrial railways in the UK. [[Image:Simplex at Leighton Buzzard 05-09-11 30.jpeg|thumb|right|Leighton Buzzard Light railway quarry locomotive]] [[Image:PentewanLocomotiveShed.jpg|thumb|right|Pentewan Dock & Concrete Company locomotive shed]] {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Ace Sand and Gravel Co. Ltd.]] [[Marsh House quarries]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |by 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Aore]], England |Locomotive-worked line |- |[[Ballast Producers Ltd.]] [[Farnham Pits]]<ref name=SrNG>{{cite book |author=Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith |title=Surrey Narrow Gauge including South London |publisher=Middleton Press |year=2003 |id=ISBN 1901706877}}</ref> |before 1934 |1952 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Farnham]], England |Diesel locomotive worked line serving the gravel pits around Farnham |- |[[Bretts]] [[Faversham Sand Quarry railway]]<ref name="KNG" /> |1930s (?) |1969 (?) |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Faversham]], England |Sand and gravel haulage |- |[[Bretts]] [[Sturry Gravel railway]]<ref name="KNG" /><ref name=IL79 /> |? |after 1968, by 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Sturry]], England |Served gravel pits on the [[River Stour, Kent|River Stour]] |- |[[Biddenham Gravel Pit railway]]<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Industrial Railway Record|author=Warrington, A.J. | title=Industrial Railways of Bedfordshire: Biddenham Gravel Pit|volume=17|pages=192–193|year=1968|month=February}}</ref> |by 1920 |1930s |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Biddenham]], England |Short horse-worked line serving Biddenham gravel pit, near [[Bedford]]. |- |[[British Industrial Sand Ltd.]] [[Middleton Towers railway]]<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Chaloner|author=Cohrig, John | title=Two Tales of Five Diesels|volume=45|year=1980|month=Winter |publisher=Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Society}}</ref> | |1977 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Kings Lynn]], England |Extensive locomotive-worked sand quarry system. Five remaining diesel locomotives acquired by the [[Leighton Buzzard Light Railway|LBLR]] in 1980. |- |[[Buckland Sand & Silica Co.]]<ref name=SrNG/> |before 1934 |after 1935 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Reigate]], England |Short steam-hauled railway working sand from the pits to a private [[British Railways|BR]]-worked siding |- |[[Croxden Gravel Ltd.]] [[Twelve Yards Road Pit]]<ref name=IL79 /> |? |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Irlam]], England |Locomotive-worked line |- |[[Earls Barton sand quarry railway]]<ref name="NIC">{{cite book |author=Nicholson, Peter |title=Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways in Britain |publisher=Bradford, Barton |id=ISBN 0-85153-236-5 |year=1975}}</ref> | |after 1975 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Earls Barton]], England |Small sand pit with internal locomotive worked line |- |[[East Sussex Transport and Trading Company]]<ref name="SNG" /> |early 1930s |1964 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Cuckmere Haven]], England |Hauled gravel extracted from the Cuckmere Haven beach to [[Exceat]]. |- |[[Hall & Co.]]<ref name="SNG" /> |before 1938 |late 1960s |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Eastbourne]], England |Shingle extraction railway on [[The Crumbles]]. |- |[[Hall & Ham River Co.]] [[North Station Pits]]<ref name=HNG/> |before 1964 |1970 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Farnborough]], England |Gravel extraction railway using diesel locomotives, at least two of which went to the [[Brockham Museum]] after the line closed. |- |[[Ham River Grit Co. Ltd.]] [[Bletchingley Pits]]<ref name=SrNG/> | |after 1963 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Redhill, Surrey|Redhill]], England |Steam and diesel locomotive worked line |- |[[Ham River Grit Co. Ltd.]] [[Ham Pits]]<ref name=SrNG/> |before 1932 | |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Kingston upon Thames|Kingston]], England |Steam locomotive worked line |- |[[Heavers Gravel]]<ref name="SNG" /> |1920s |1962 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Drayton]], England |Internal gravel pit line |- |[[Hoveringham Gravels Ltd.]] [[Holme Pierrepoint Pit]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |by 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Holme Pierrepoint]], England |Internal gravel pit line |- |[[Hoveringham Gravels Ltd.]] [[Hoveringham Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |by 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Hoveringham]], England | |- |[[Inns & Co. Ltd.]] [[Farnborough Pits]]<ref name=SrNG/> |before 1964 |1967 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Farnborough]], England |Diesel locomotive worked line |- |[[Leighton Buzzard Light Railway]] |1919 |1969 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Leighton Buzzard]], England |[[Industrial railway]] that carried sand from the quarries around Leighton Buzzard |- |[[Marlow Sand and Gravel Co. Ltd.]] [[Westhorpe Pits]]<ref name=IL79/> |? |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Little Marlow]], England |Locomotive worked sand pit railway |- |[[Penfolds Ltd.]]<ref name="SNG" /> |? |1963 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Eartham]], England |Gravel extraction line |- |[[Pentewan Dock & Concrete Company]]<ref name=CNG/> |1939 |1966 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Pentewan]], England |Diesel locomotive worked line carrying sand from the shoreline dunes to the grading equipment. Used some of the trackbed of the earlier Pentewan Railway. |- |[[Piel & Walney Gravel Co. Ltd.]]<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Industrial Railway Record|author=Down, C.G. | title=Narrow Gauge Wagons: Piel & Walney Gravel Co. Ltd.|volume=25|pages=83–85|year=1969|month=June}}</ref> |? |1962 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Barrow-in-Furness]], England |Steam locomotive operated gravel line running to a pier at Walney. |- |[[Pilkington|Pilkington Glass]] Mill lane siding<ref name=IL79 /> |? |by 1979 |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;⅛&nbsp;in |[[Rainford]], England |Locomotive-worked line |- |[[Pilkington|Pilkington Glass]] St. Helens quarry railway<ref name="NIC" /> |? |after 1968 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[St Helens, Merseyside|St. Helens]], England |Temporary locomotive-worked railways used for sand extraction for glass making |- |[[Twickenham Gravel Company]] Waltham Cross Gravel Pits Railway<ref>{{cite journal |first=C.G. |last=Down |journal=Industrial Railway Record |volume=3 & 4 |pages=79–81 |month=December |year=1963 |title=Waltham Cross Gravel Pits}}</ref> |1931 |1964? |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Waltham Cross]], England |Locomotive-worked railways connecting gravel pits and crushing plant |- |[[Thomas Patterson & Sons]] Weydon Hill sand pit<ref>Robertson 1988, page 39</ref> |around 1919 | |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Weydon Hill]], England |One of the first sand railways installed using ex-[[War Department Light Railways|WDLR]] surplus equipment. |} === Stone quarrying and mining === ==== Slate ==== [[Image:Maenofferen tramway.jpg|thumb|right|Maenofferen quarry tramways]] {{main|British narrow gauge slate railways}} The most well-known of the British industrial narrow gauge railways were those serving the slate industry of north Wales. Many of the quarries had internal tramways and feeder lines connecting them to transhippment points on local railways, rivers, roads or coastal ports. <div style="clear:both;"></div> ==== Granite ==== [[Image:CliffeHillMineralRailwayMap.png|thumb|right|Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway]] {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Bearah Tor Quarry]] |? |late 1980s |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Liskeard]], England |Short, hand worked internal quarry railway. |- |[[Brada Quarry railway]]<ref name="IRS_AMR" /> |1935 |1950s |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Bamburgh]], England |Internal quarry system; locomotive worked until 1944 by two Lister petrol locos |- |[[Carreg-y-Llam Quarry railway]]<ref name="IRS_AMR" /> |before 1900 |1963 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Llithfaen]], Wales |Original locomotive-worked {{RailGauge|2ft6in}} internal railway removed in 1949, but a new {{RailGauge|2ft}} gauge line was installed in the mid 1950s. |- |[[Ceiriog Granite Quarries railway]]<ref name="IRS_AMR" /> |1914 |1959 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Criggion]], Wales |Internal quarry system worked by a single steam locomotive until 1921, when it was replaced by cable-haulage. |- |[[Charnwood Granite Quarries railway]]<ref name="IRS_AMR" /> |1850s |1963 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Shepshed]], England |Early horse worked quarry system; steam locomotives introduced in late 1890s, replaced by internal combustion locos in 1937. |- |[[Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway]] |1896 |1948 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Stanton under Bardon]], England |Hauled stone from the Cliffe Hill Granite Quarry. |- |[[Groby Granite Quarries railway]]<ref name="IRS_AMR" /> |1893 |1943 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Groby]], England |Extensive internal quarry system worked by five [[Hunslet Engine Company|Hunslet]] steam locomotives. |- |[[Haytor Granite Tramway]] |by 1824 |1858 |{{RailGauge|4ft3in}} |[[Dartmoor]], England |Horse-drawn tramway serving the granite quarries around [[Haytor]]. Used granite "setts" as rails. |- |[[Jee's Hartshill Granite Quarry]] |? |1956? |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;6½&nbsp;in (775&nbsp;mm) |[[Nuneaton]], England |Granite quarry with an extensive locomotive-worked tramway system. |- |[[Llanelwedd Granite Quarries railways]]<ref name="IRS_AMR" /> |1929 |after 1969 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Builth Wells]], Wales |Internal quarry system; the {{RailGauge|2ft6in}} gauge line was horse-worked and closed in 1953; the {{RailGauge|2ft}} gauge was hand-worked apart from between 1953 and 1961 when a Lister locomotive was used. |- |[[Lunedale Whinstone Company railway]]<ref name="DAM5">{{cite book |title=Dam Builder's Railways from Durham's Dales to the Border |author=Bowtell, Harold D. |publisher=Plateway Press |id=ISBN 1-871980-19-4 |year=1994}}</ref> |1878 |around 1918 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Mickleton]], England |Steam locomotive worked line connecting the quarry with a siding on the [[North Eastern Railway (UK)|North Eastern Railway]] |- |[[Newcastle Granite and Whinstone Company]]<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Industrial Railway Record|author=Charlton, L.G. | title=The Newcastle Granite and Whinstone Co. Ltd.|volume=17|pages=176–180|year=1968|month=FebruaryA}}</ref> |1902 |1939 |{{RailGauge|1ft11.5in}} |[[Haltwhistle]], England |Locomotive worked line connecting Cawfields Quarry to Haltwhistle station |- |[[Penmaenbach Stone quarry tramway]]<ref name="BOYD3" /> |1875 |1962 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Penmaenmawr]], Wales |Smaller working beside the Penmaenmawr quarry with an internal tramway system and a series of inclines down to the coast. |- |[[Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co.]]<ref name="BOYD3" /> |1830s |1967 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Penmaenmawr]], Wales |Extensive steam-hauled internal railway system in granite quarry complex. |- |[[Trefor Quarry railway]] |1850 |1962 |{{RailGauge|1ft11.5in}} |[[Llanaelhaearn]], Wales |Internal quarry railway, with large [[cable railway|incline]] to a steam locomotive worked pier branch |} ==== Coal ==== [[Image:Wagonway.jpg|thumb|Little Eaton Gangway]] The British coal mining industry made extensive use of narrow gauge railways, particularly underground where the restricted size of the tunnels meant that narrow gauge lines were and are particularly well suited. Many [[National Coal Board]] (NCB) mines used railways both underground and in the stock yards above ground. There were also many short lines at private mines, particularly in south Wales and the [[Forest of Dean]] regions. {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Ayle Colliery]]<ref name=IL79 /> |1932 |after 1996 |{{RailGauge|2ft}}, {{RailGauge|2ft6in}}, 1&nbsp;ft&nbsp;7½&nbsp;in, {{RailGauge|1ft10in}} <ref name=7EL/> |[[Alston]], England |Private colliery with locomotive-worked mine railway. |- |[[Bryn Oer Tramway]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ngrm.org.uk/narrow_gauge/narrow_gauge.php?railway_id=59 |title=Narrow Gauge Railway Museum article on the Bryn Oer Tramway}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://brinore-tramroad.powys.org.uk/history.htm |title=Brinore Tramroad Conservation Forum article on the origins of the tramway}}</ref> |1815 |1865 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Talybont on Usk]], Wales |Early horse-drawn tramway |- |[[Copeland District Council]] [[Wellington Colliery]]<ref name=7EL/> | |after 1987 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Whitehaven Harbour]], England |Private colliery with preserved locomotive |- |[[Doe Lee Colliery]]<ref name=IL79 /> |before 1979 |Out of use by 1987 <ref name=7EL/> |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Chesterfield]], England |Underground locomotive worked mine railway |- |[[Flow Edge Colliery]]<ref name=IL79 /> |before 1979 |by 1987 <ref name=7EL/> |{{RailGauge|1ft10in}} <ref name=7EL/> |[[Alston]], England |Small battery-electric locomotive worked mine railway |- |[[Foxcote Colliery]]<ref name=SDNG /> |1890 |1931 |{{RailGauge|2ft8.5in}} |[[Chilcompton]], England |Steam locomotive worked tramway |- |[[Hope Level Mine]] |? |1988 |? |[[Stanhope]], England |Small mine operation with loco-worked railway |- |[[Huish Colliery]]<ref name=SDNG /> |after 1824 |1912 | |[[Radstock]], England |Internal tramway |- |[[Kilmersdon Colliery]]<ref name=SDNG /> |before 1886 |1973 |{{RailGauge|2ft8.5in}} |[[Radstock]], England |Internal tramway |- |[[Little Eaton Gangway]]<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Industrial Railway Record |publisher=Industrial Railway Society |author=Leleux, Sydney A. |title=Little Eaton Tramroad |volume=25 |pages=90–93 |month=June |year=1969}}</ref> |1795 |1908 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Little Eaton]], England |Very early horse-drawn tramway serving the collieries north of [[Derby]] |- |[[Lower Writhlington Colliery]]<ref name=SDNG /> |1867 |1973 |{{RailGauge|2ft8.5in}} |[[Chilcompton]], England |Steam locomotive worked tramway |- |[[Mendip Shaft]]<ref name=SDNG /> |? |1968 |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;9&nbsp;in |[[Chilcompton]], England |Private colliery with surface and underground tramway |- |[[Moorside Mining]]<ref name=NGN189 /> |? |1992 |1&nbsp;ft&nbsp;10&nbsp;in |[[Eckington]], England |Private colliery, purchased twelve battery electric locomotives from South Crofty mine in 1992 |- |NCB [[BatesColliery]]<ref name="ING">{{cite book|title=Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways|author=Dean, Ian|publisher=Shire Publications Ltd.|year=1998|id=ISBN 0-85263-752-7}}</ref> | |1986 | |[[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]], England |Diesel locomotive worked underground colliery system |- |NCB [[Berwick Drift Stockyard]] |? |Present |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Lynemouth]], England |One of several locomotive-worked stock yard railways in the British coal industry. |- |NCB [[Clockburn Drift Mine railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |? |after 1968 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[County Durham]], England |Substantially built double-track line for coal haulage from the main mine adit. |- |NCB [[Gascoine Wood Colliery railway]]<ref name="2FT6" /> |? |? |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[South Milford]], England |Underground mine railway |- |NCB [[Harworth Colliery railway]]<ref name="2FT6" /> |? |? |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Bircotes]], England |Underground mine railway |- |NCB [[Hentley Training Centre]]<ref name=NGN189 /> |? |1991 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Hentley]], England |Test incline and locomotive worked lines |- |NCB [[Kellingley Colliery railway]]<ref name="2FT6" /> |? |? |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Kellingley]], England |Underground mine railway |- |NCB [[Kellingley Training Centre railway]]<ref name="2FT6" /> |? |? |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Kellingley]], England |Mine training railway |- |NCB [[Lewis Merthyr Colliery railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |? |1983 |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;10½&nbsp;in (876&nbsp;mm) |[[Rhondda]], Wales |Stock yard line worked by diesel locomotives |- |NCB [[Parkside Colliery railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |? |after 1972 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Newton-le-Willows]], England |Stock yard line worked by diesel locomotives |- |NCB [[Prince of Wales Colliery railway]]<ref name="2FT6" /> |? |? |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Pontefract]], England |Underground mine railway |- |NCB [[Riccall Colliery railway]]<ref name="2FT6" /> |? |? |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Riccall]], England |Underground mine railway |- |NCB [[Stillingfleet Colliery railway]]<ref name="2FT6" /> |? |? |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Stillingfleet]], England |Underground mine railway |- |- |NCB [[Tilmanston Colliery]]<ref name="ING" /> | |1986 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Eythorne]], England |Modern underground colliery system |- |NCB [[Wentworth Drift Mine railway]]<ref name=IRS102>{{cite journal |title=Wentworth Drift Mine |journal=The Industrial Railway Record |publisher=The Industrial Railway Society |last=Booth |first=Adrian J. |volume=103 |pages=pp.354–357 |month=December |year=1985}}</ref> |1947 |1955 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Wentworth, South Yorkshire|Wentworth]], England |Locomotive-worked surface and underground railway system |- |NCB [[Wistow Colliery railway]]<ref name="2FT6" /> |? |? |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Wistow, North Yorkshire|Wistow]], England |Underground mine railway |- |[[New Peacock Hay Colliery railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |? |? |1&nbsp;ft&nbsp;10&nbsp;in (559&nbsp;mm) |[[Harecastle]], England |[[Cable railway|Cable-hauled incline]] from a small private coal mine |- |[[New Rock Colliery]]<ref name=SDNG /> | |1968 |{{RailGauge|2ft8.5in}} |[[Chilcompton]], England |Internal tramway |- |[[Norton Hill Colliery]]<ref name=SDNG /> | |1966 |{{RailGauge|2ft4in}} |[[Midsomer Nortom]], England |Surface and underground tramways |- |[[Pensford Colliery]]<ref name=SDNG /> |1910 |1957 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Pensford]], England |Mile long railway connecting the colliery to Bromley station. Initially steam locomotive worked, later cable hauled. |- |[[Pentwyn No.3 Mine]]<ref name="INGW" /> |? |after 1994 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Ystalyfera]], Wales |One of the last coal mines using [[pit pony|pit ponies]] on a railway. |- |[[Saundersfoot Railway]]<ref name="MIR">{{cite book|title=Mineral Railways|author=Kidner, R.W.|publisher=The Oakwood Press|year=1938}}</ref> |1829 |1939 |{{RailGauge|4ft}} |[[Saundersfoot]], Wales |Early [[industrial railway]] hauling coal. |- |[[Severn & Wye Railway]] |1801 |1869 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Forest of Dean]], England |Coal and iron hauling tramway, eventually replaced by a [[broad gauge]] line. |- |[[Weardale Minerals]] |? |1988 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Cambokeels]], England |Colliery railway |- |[[Weardale Mining and Processing]] |? |1988 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[West Blackdene]], England |Colliery railway |} ==== China Clay ==== In Britain large deposits of [[Kaolinite]] (commonly known as "china clay") were found in [[Cornwall]]. Many industrial railways, both narrow gauge and standard gauge, were built to serve the china clay quarries and mines of this area. {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Beacon China Clay Kiln]]<ref name=CNG/> |1928 |1963 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[St Austell]], England |Tramway from the kilns to a loading wharf next to the Beacon siding on the standard gauge line from Drinnick Mill and Burngullow. |- |[[Blackpool China Clay Pit]]<ref name=CNG/> | |after 1956 |{{RailGauge|1m}} |[[Trewoon]], England |Tramway from the clay pits to a tip. |- |[[Charlestown No. 1 China Clay Kiln]]<ref name=CNG/> |1908 |1960s |{{RailGauge|2ft4in}} |[[St Austell]], England |Two tramways running mainly in tunnels. Rails and wagons remain in the tunnels which were sealed when the kilns closed. |- |[[Hendra China Stone Quarry]]<ref name=CNG/> |1860s |after 1967 |{{RailGauge|2ft3in}} |[[Nanpean]], England |Internal quarry tramway system with cable hauled inclines |- |[[Hendra Light Railway]]<ref name=CNG/> |1919 |1939 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Nanpean]], England |Three-quarter mile long petrol locomotive worked railway connecting a loading wharf at the [[Great Western Railway|GWR]] to the Hendra china clay kilns. |- |[[Melbur China Clay Pit]]<ref name=CNG/> | |1920s ? |{{RailGauge|2ft}} (?) |[[St. Stephen]], England |Hand worked tramways |- |[[Pochins Tramway]]<ref name=CNG/> |1880 |1933 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} (?) |[[Gothers]], England |Railway connecting the Gothers china clay works with the [[Great Western Railway|GWR]]. May have been 3&nbsp;ft&nbsp;1&nbsp;in gauge. The last of the four steam locomotives was scrapped on site in 1953. |- |[[Quarry Close China Stone Works]]<ref name=CNG/> |1863 |1973 |{{RailGauge|2ft3in}} |[[Nanpean]], England |A network of lines connecting several quarries to the [[Great Western Railway|GWR]] branch line from Drinnick Mill. |- |[[Restowrack China Clay Kiln]]<ref name=CNG/> |1907 |1969 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Treviscoe]], England |A hand-worked tramway from a loading wharf on the St. Dennis junction to Burngallow branch line into the kiln. |- |[[Tregargus China Stone Quarry]]<ref name=CNG/> |1890s |1968 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[St. Stephen]], England |A network of lines and inclines connecting the quarry with six mills. |- |[[Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit]]<ref name=CNG/> | |after 1910 | |[[Retew]], England |Horse worked internal tramway |} ==== Other stone ==== {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Downhead Basalt Quarry]]<ref name=SDNG /> |by 1904 |1925 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Downhead]], England |Steam locomotive worked quarry line |- |[[East Cornwall Mineral Railway]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trainweb.org/railwest/railco/minor/ecmr.html |title=A brief history of the ECMR}}</ref><ref name=CNG/> |1872 |1891/1908 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Callington, Cornwall|Callington]], England |Early [[steam locomotive|steam]]-worked railway serving the iron ore and stone quarries around Callington. |- |[[Harecrag Quarry railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> | |1969 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Shilbottle]], England |Roadstone quarry operated by Northumberland County Council operated by six [[Hunslet Engine Company|Hunslet]] diesel locomotives. |- |[[Long Rake Spar mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |1&nbsp;ft&nbsp;5&nbsp;in (432&nbsp;mm) |[[Youlgreave]], England |Underground aggregates mine railway operated by battery-electric locomotives. |- |[[Monks Park Mine]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://narrowgaugeindustrial.fotopic.net/c428754.html |title=Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railways page on Monks Park Mine}}</ref> |before 1991 <ref name=NGN189 /> |present |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;5&nbsp;{{frac|1|2}}in (434&nbsp;mm) |[[Corsham]], England |Bath stone underground mine. Surface lines were locomotive worked until 1991<ref name=NGN189/> |- |[[Penlee Quarry railway]]<ref name="IRS_AMR" /><ref name=IL79 /><ref name=CNG/> |about 1900 |1972 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Newlyn]], England |Aggregate quarry served by England's most westerly railway and one of the last industrial narrow gauge railways to operate. Used both steam and diesel locomotives. |- |[[St. Keverne & Associated Quarries]]<ref name=CNG/> |1912 |1958 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Porthoustock]], England |Roadstone quarries connected by a network of railways. At least two lightweight Lister locomotives and several cable inclines were used. |- |[[Titterstone Clee Hill|Titterstone Clee Hill Quarry railway]]<ref name="IRS_AMR" /> |before 1910 |1952 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Ludlow]], England |[[Dolerite|Dhustone]] quarry with an internal horse worked railway; steam locomotive worked from 1910. Included a 1&nbsp;mile long [[cable railway|incline]] |- |[[Tregongeeves Quarry]]<ref name=CNG/> |1931 |1961 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[St. Mewan]], England |Roadstone quarry with cable incline and three petrol locomotives. |- |[[West of England Quarry]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |by 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[St. Keverne]], England |Aggregates quarry with a short locomotive-worked line |} === Peat extraction === {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Country Kitchen Foods]] [[Lindow Moss railway]] <ref name=7EL/> |? |after 1987 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Wilmslow]], England |Peat moss tramway using diesel locomotives. |- |[[Cumberland Moss Litter railway]] <ref name="NIC" /><ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Wigton]], England |Extremely lightly laid temporary lines for peat extraction |- |[[Eden Park Nurseries]] |1987 |? |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Wark Forest]], England |A relatively new narrow gauge industrial railway. |- |[[Haversham House Farm railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |? |? |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]], England |Turf farm railway |- |[[Joseph Metcalf Ltd.]]<ref name="INGW" /> |? |1999 ? |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Irlam]], England |Lightly laid peat tramway using modern diesel locomotives. |- |L&P Ltd. [[Creca Moss]]<ref name="IRSB749">{{cite journal| journal=Industrial Railway Society Bulletin| title=Dumfries & Galloway| volume=749| month=January| year=2004| pages=27}}</ref> |? |Present? |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Annan, Dumfries and Galloway|Annan]], Scotland |Peat extraction line |- |L&P Ltd. [[Letham Moss]]<ref name="2FTW"/> |? |Present ? |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Airth]], Scotland |Peat extraction line |- |L&P Ltd. [[Nutberry Works]]<ref name="IRSB749" /> |? |Present ? |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Eastriggs]], Scotland |Peat extraction line near [[Gretna Green]]. |- |[[Moodiesburn Peat Works railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |? |? |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Glenboig]], Scotland |Locomotive worked line a few hundred yards long |- |[[Richardson's Peat Work railway]]<ref name="2FT6">{{cite web| url=http://www.pearcedale.com/c&b/SZ.html#uk |title=List of 2 ft 6 in gauge railways}}</ref><ref name=IL79 /> |? |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Longtown, Cumbria|Longtown]], England |Peat tramway in [[Cumbria]]. |- |[[AstraZeneca|Fisons Ltd.]] [[Cumbria Peat Works]] <ref name=7EL/> |after 1979 |after 1987 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Kirkbridge]], England |Locomotive-worked peat railway. |- |[[AstraZeneca|Fisons Ltd.]] [[Eclipse Peat Works]]<ref name=IL79 /><ref name=SDNG/> |1922 |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Meare]], England |Locomotive-worked peat railway. |- |[[AstraZeneca|Fisons Ltd.]] [[Hatfield Peat Works]]<ref name="YKS"> {{cite web |url=http://16mm.org.uk/yorkshire/RealNGRailways.html |title=Narrow Gauge Railways in Yorkshire}}</ref> |? |Present |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Hatfield, Doncaster|Hatfield]], England |One of the few remaining working industrial narrow gauge railways in England. |- |[[AstraZeneca|Fisons Ltd.]] [[Swinefleet Peat Works]]<ref name="YKS" /><ref name=IL79 /> |? |after 1989<ref name=NGN189 /> |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Goole]], England |Peat works railway employing at least 11 internal combustion locomotives. Two new [[Schoma]] locomotives delivered in 1989<ref name=NGN189 /> |- |[[Solway Moss railway]]<ref name="2FT6" /> |? |after 1987 <ref name=7EL/> |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Cumbria]], England |Peat tramway with at least 10 4wDM locomotives on site in 1987 |- |[[George Watson & Sons]] [[Middlemuir peat railway]]<ref name=NGN189>{{cite journal |journal=Narrow Gauge News |month=March |year=1992 |number=189 |title=Industrial News}}</ref> |approx. 1949 |1989 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Fraserburgh]], Scotalnd |Peat tramway with three Lister locomotives in 1989 |- |[[White Moss Peat Co. Ltd.]] [[Simonswood Moss]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Kirkby]], England |Locomotive-worked line |- |[[White Moss Peat Co. Ltd.]] [[White Moss Works railway]] | |1958 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Alsager]], England |Very lightweight line of less than 1 mile length; worked using Lister locomotives |- |[[William Sinclair Horticultural]] [[Auchencorth Moss railway]]<ref name="2FT6" /> |? |? |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Leadburn]], Scotland | |- |[[William Sinclair Horticultural]] [[Bolton Fell railway]]<ref name="2FTW" /><ref name=IL79 /> |? |Present |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Hethersgill]], England |Lightly laid, locomotive worked peat extraction line. |- |[[William Sinclair Horticultural]] [[Cladence Moss railway]]<ref name="INGW">{{cite web| url=http://www.ingr.co.uk/ |title=Industrial narrow gauge railways}}</ref><ref name="2FT6" /> |1998 |Present |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[East Kilbride]], Scotland |Lightly laid, locomotive worked peat extraction line. |- |[[William Sinclair Horticultural]] [[Ryflat Moss railway]]<ref name="2FT6" /> |late 1990s |Present ? |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Strathclyde]], Scotland | |- |[[William Sinclair Horticultural]] [[Springfield Moss railway]]<ref name="2FT6" /> |? |? |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Leadburn]], Scotland | |- |[[Wilmslow Peat Farm railway]]<ref name="2FTW">{{cite web| url=http://members.shaw.ca/twofooter/ww2ftrr.htm |title=List of 2 ft gauge railways worldwide}}</ref><ref name=IL79 /> |before 1979 |2000 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Wilmslow]], England |Locomotive-worked peat tramway near [[Manchester]] |} === Other mineral extraction === {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Blue Circle Industries Ltd.]] [[Kilvington Gypsum Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Newark-on-Trent|Newark]], England |Locomotive-worked railway. |- |[[British Gypsum Mines Ltd.]] [[Gotham Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;2&nbsp;in |[[Gotham]], England |Underground locomotive-worked railway. |- |[[British Gypsum Mines Ltd.]] [[Mountfield Works]]<ref name="2FTW" /> |1945 |after 1966 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Mountfield, East Sussex|Mountfield]], England |Inclined adit and works railway. |- |[[British Steel Corporation]] [[Beaumont Fluor Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Allenheads]], England |Underground locomotive-worked [[fluor]] mine. |- |[[British Steel Corporation]] [[Blackdene Fluor Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Ireshopeburn]], England |Underground locomotive-worked [[fluor]] mine. |- |[[British Steel Corporation]] [[Blanchland Fluor Mines]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Ireshopeburn]], England |Underground locomotive-worked [[fluor]] mine. |- |[[J. Parish Loam works]]<ref name=NGIA>{{cite book |author=Haterhill, Ann and Hatherhill, Gordon |title=Narrow Gauge & Industrial Album |publisher=RCL Publications |id=ISBN 0953876357 |year=2004}}</ref> |1849 |1957 |{{RailGauge|4ft}} |[[Erith]], England |Steam locomotive hauled railway moving [[loam]] for metal casting molds. |- |[[Laporte Industries Ltd.]] [[Ladywash Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1987 <ref name=7EL/> |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Eyam]], England |Underground [[fluorite]] mine with locomotive worked railway |- |[[Laporte Industries Ltd.]] [[Sallet Hole Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1987 <ref name=7EL/> |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Stoney Middleton]], England |Underground [[fluorite]] mine with locomotive worked railway |- |[[Laporte Industries Ltd.]] [[Watersaw Rake Mine]]<ref name=7EL/> | |after 1987 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Stoney Middleton]], England |Underground mine with battery electric locomotive worked railway |- |[[Lealt Railway]] |1890 |1915 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Isle of Skye]], Scotland |Remote line hauling "diatomic earth" which is used as a polishing agent. Steam worked for a short while. |- |[[Raasay Railway]] |1880s |1918 |? |[[Isle of Skye]], Scotland |Remote line hauling "Wolframite" which is used in steel making. |- |[[Scropton Tramway]]<ref name="NG164">{{cite journal |title=The Narrow Gauge |volume=164| publisher=Narrow Gauge Railway Society |id=ISSN 0142-5587 }}</ref> |1889 |1949 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Scropton]], England |Steam hauled tramway serving Gypsum mines south of Scropton station. |} === Metal mining === ==== Tin, lead and zinc==== [[Image:SnailBeachLeadMine.jpg|thumb|Snailbeach Lead Mine]] {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Ardda Tramway]]<ref name="BOYD3" /> |1853 |1864 |probably {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Dolgarrog]], Wales |[[Iron sulphide]] mine with 1 mile long tramway |- |[[Athole G. Allen Ltd.]] [[Closehouse Barytes Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} and 1&nbsp;ft&nbsp;7½&nbsp;in |[[Middleton-in-Teesdale]], England |Locomotive-worked [[barytes]] mine. |- |[[Basset Mines Tramway]]<ref name=CNG>{{cite book |author=Dart, Maurice |title=Cornwall Narrow Gauge including the Camborne & Redruth tramway |year=2005 |publisher=Middleton Press |id=ISBN 190447456X}}</ref> |before 1907 |1918 |1&nbsp;ft&nbsp;8&nbsp;in (508&nbsp;mm) |[[Redruth]], England |Steam locomotive worked line connecting the West Basset Mine and the stamps at Carnike |- |[[Botallack Mine]]<ref name=CNG/> |before 1864 | |{{RailGauge|800mm}} |[[St Just in Penwith|St Just]], England |300 yard surface line and cliff-side inclines into the mine. |- |[[Cae-Coch Mine railway]]<ref name="BOYD3" /> |1860 |1919 |unknown |[[Trefriw]], Wales |Tramway serving a remote [[iron sulphide]] mine |- |[[Camborne Mines Ltd.]] [[Pendarves Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|600mm}} |[[Camborne]], England |Underground railway serving the Pendarves tin mine |- |[[Carrock Fell mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Mungrisdale]], England |Lead mine with a single battery-electric locomotive |- |[[Cononish Farm Mine railway]]<ref name="2FTW" /> |? |Present? |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Tyndrum]], Scotland |Mine railway in intermittent use. |- |[[Cornwall Tin and Mining Corporation]] [[Mount Wellington Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |by 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Twelve Heads]], England |Underground Tin mine |- |[[Cornish Hush Mine railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |? |Late 1970s |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Bishop Auckland]], Scotland |Railway at a [[Fluorspar]] mine, operated by a battery electric locomotive |- |[[CTS Mining Ltd.]] [[Wheal Concord Mine]] <ref name=7EL/> | |after 1987 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Blackwater]], England |Underground mine railway using battery electric locomotives |- |[[Force Crag Mine Ltd.]] [[Braithwaite Barytes Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002003005002001005 |title=English Heritage website on Force Crag}}</ref> | |after 1987 <ref name=7EL /> |{{RailGauge|2ft}}<ref name=7EL/> |[[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]], England |Railway at a [[Barytes]] mine, operated by a battery electric locomotive |- |[[Geevor Tin Mines Ltd.]] [[Geevor Tin Mine|Pendeen Mine]]<ref name=IL79/><ref name=CNG/> |1911 |1991 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[St Just in Penwith|St Just]], England |Extensive underground tin mine railway. Part of the site, with reinstated tramway, has been reopened as the Geevor Tin Mines Museum. |- |[[Glenn Sannox Railway]] <ref>{{cite book |title=The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway |author=Macmillan, Nigel S.C. |publisher=David & Charles |year=1970 |id=ISBN 0715349198}}</ref> |around 1900 |late 1940s |unknown |[[Sannox]], [[Isle of Arran|Arran]] |[[Cable railway|Incline]] and pier railway serving a [[barium sulfate|barytes]] mine. |- |[[Great Laxey Mines Railway]] |by 1854 |1929 |1&nbsp;ft&nbsp;7&nbsp;in (483&nbsp;mm) |[[Laxey]], [[Isle of Man]] |Lead, zinc and silver mines with steam locomotive worked railway by the [[Laxey Wheel]]. |- |[[Mineral Industries Ltd.]] [[Scraithole Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mindat.org/loc-28247.html |title=Mindat.org page on Scraithole Mine}}</ref> | |after 1979, by 2003 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Nenthead]], England |Zinc mine with underground locomotive-worked railway |- |[[Parc Mine tramway]]<ref name="BOYD3" /> |1951 |after 1960 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Trefriw]], Wales |Lead mines with extensive underground locomotive-hauled railway system. |- |[[Rosevale Historical Mining Company]]<ref name=CNG/> |1974 |present |{{RailGauge|2ft}} and {{RailGauge|18in}} |[[Zennor]], England |Newly re-opened tin mine using battery-electric locomotives |- |[[Snailbeach District Railways]]<ref name="MIR" /> |1873 |1961 |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;3¾&nbsp;in (705&nbsp;mm) |[[Snailbeach]], England |Served the lead and other mineral mines around Snailbeach. |- |[[South Crofty|South Crofty Mine]]<ref name=IL79/><ref name=CNG/> |1900 |1998 |{{RailGauge|1ft10in}} and {{RailGauge|18in}} |[[Camborne]], England |Extensive tin mine with internal railway. The mine was re-opened in 2001 although currently without the use of railway transport. |- |[[Swiss Aluminium Mining (UK) Ltd.]] [[Burtree Pasture Mine]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Cowshill]], England |[[Fluorite]] mine using battery-electric locomotives |- |[[Swiss Aluminium Mining (UK) Ltd.]] [[Cambokeels Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|600mm}} |[[Stanhope]], England |[[Fluorite]] mine using battery-electric locomotives |- |[[Swiss Aluminium Mining (UK) Ltd.]] [[Redburn Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Stanhope]], England |[[Fluorite]] mine using battery-electric locomotives |- |[[Swiss Aluminium Mining (UK) Ltd.]] [[Stanhope Burn Mine]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Stanhope]], England |[[Fluorite]] mine using battery-electric locomotives |- |[[Weardale Fluorspar Ltd.]] [[Frasers Grove Mine]]<ref name=NGN189 /> | |after 1989 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[County Durham]], England |[[Fluorspar]] mine with at least 15 battery electric locomotives on site in 1989 |- |[[Wheal Jane Ltd.]] [[Wheal Jane|Clemo's Shaft]]<ref name=IL79 /> |1965 |1992 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Baldhu]], England |Locomotive-worked Cornish tin mine. |- |[[Wheal Pendarves Ltd.]] [[Wheal Pendarves Mine]]<ref name=7EL/> | |after 1987 |{{RailGauge|600mm}} |[[Camborne]], England |Locomotive-worked Cornish tin mine. |- |[[Willoughby Mine Tramway]]<ref name="BOYD3" /> |1877 |1914 |{{RailGauge|1ft10in}} |[[Trefriw]], Wales |Tramway serving lead and zinc mine. An early (1904) [[Kerr Stuart]] locomotive worked here. |} ==== Iron ==== Mainly ironstone quarries [[Image:RussellPorthmadog.jpeg|thumb|right|[[Russell (locomotive)|Russell]] that ran at the Brymbo Ironstone Railway]] {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[British Steel Corporation]] [[Beckermet Ore Mine railway]]<ref name="NIC" />{{Fact|date=June 2008}} | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Beckermet]], England |Underground mine railway. |- |[[Brymbo Ironworks railway]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ngrm.org.uk/narrow_gauge/narrow_gauge.php?railway_id=87 |title=Narrow Gauge Railway Museum article on Brymbo Ironworks }} </ref> |1899 |1946 |{{RailGauge|1ft11.5in}} |[[Hook Norton]], England |Major ironstone quarry and calcination works served by a steam-hauled railway. |- |[[Colton Iron Ore Mine]]<ref name=SDNG /> |1880? | |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Brendon Hill]], England |Steam locomotive worked tramway connecting the iron ore mine with the [[West Somerset Mineral Railway]] |- |[[Eastwell Quarries]]<ref name="NIC" /> |1880s (?) |1958 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Eastwell]], England |Extensive system of steam-hauled lines with a [[cable railway|cable-hauled incline]]. |- |[[Eaton Quarries]] |? |1958 |{{RailGauge|1m}} |[[Belvoir]], England |Unusual in its use of French locomotives. |- |[[Finedon Hill Quarries railway]] |1874 |late 1940s |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Finedon]], England |Cable-hauled ironstone quarry tramway |- |[[Florence Iron Ore Mine railway]] <ref name="2FT6" /> |? |after 1987 <ref name=7EL/> |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Egremont]], England |Underground mine tramway worked by battery-electric locomotives |- |[[Irchester Quarries railway]] |1871 |1884 |3&nbsp;ft&nbsp;8¼&nbsp;in |[[Irchester]], England |Early ironstone quarry system using one steam locomotive. |- |[[Irthlingborough Quarries railway]] <ref name="NIC" /> | |after 1958 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Irthlingborough]], England |Underground mines using electric locomotives with a double-track adit to the surface |- |[[Kettering Ironstone Railway]]<ref name="NGY" /> |1879 |1951 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Kettering]], England |Extensive system of steam-hauled lines serving the ironstone quarries west of Kettering. |- |[[Midland Brick Quarries]] |after 1901 |by 1940 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Wellingborough]], England |Small hand-worked ironstone quarry line |- |[[Myers Burn Mine]] |1985 |1988 |? |[[Eaglesham]], Scotland |Small [[iron pyrites]] mine with underground railway system. |- |[[Rosedale Branch]] | | |? converted to standard gauge | | |- |[[Scaldwell Ironstone Quarries]]<ref name="NGY" /> | |1963 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Brixworth]], England |Steam locomotive worked connecting the ironstone quarry south of [[Scaldwell]] to the [[British Rail]] branch to [[Lamport, Northamptonshire|Lamport]] |- |[[South Hill Farm Quarries]] |1912 |about 1926 |probably {{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Finedon]], England |Locomotive worked ironstone quarry tramway connected to Finedon Hill quarry tramway |- |[[Thingdon Quarries]] |1882 |1933 |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;4&nbsp;in |[[Finedon]], England |Cable-hauled tramway with horse-worked upper section. |- |[[Wellingborough Iron Company]]<ref name="NGY" /> |1874 |1966 |{{RailGauge|1m}} |[[Finedon]], England |The last narrow gauge steam hauled ironstone railway in England. There were also 2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;4&nbsp;in gauge feeder lines at the quarries, latterly worked by diesel locos. |} ==== Gold and silver ==== {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Clogau]] mine |1880s |Present |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Bontddu]] Wales |Hand-worked gold mine railway, in intermittent use |- |[[Gwynfynydd]] mine | |Present |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Dolgellau]] Wales |Hand-worked gold mine railway, in intermittent use |} == Heavy industry == ==== Engineering works==== {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Godwin and Sons Engineering (Manchester) Ltd.]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |by 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Shaw and Crompton]], England |Locomotive-worked line. |- |[[Painter Bros. Ltd.]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Hereford]], England |Locomotive-worked line. |- |[[William Ainscough and Sons]] [[Mossy Lea Road]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |by 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Wrightington]], England |Locomotive-worked line at this crane hire and general engineering company<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vertikal.net/en/pdf/ca_2006_7_p56-58.pdf |title=Cranes and Access Magazine article on Ainscough Crane Hire}}</ref> |} ==== Power generation ==== Power stations were some of the last regular users of industrial steam locomotives in the United Kingdom, although most of these were standard gauge. However, several power generation facilities used narrow gauge railways. {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Central Electricity Generating Board]] [[Fawley Tunnel]]<ref name=IL79/><ref name=HNG>{{cite book |title=Hampshire Narrow Gauge including the Isle of Wight |author=Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith |publisher=Middleton Press |year=2004 |id=ISBN 1904474365}}</ref> | |by 1979 |3&nbsp;ft&nbsp;1⅛&nbsp;in |[[Fawley]], England |Two mile long tunnel under [[Southampton Water]] worked by a single batter-electric locomotive. |- |[[Central Electricity Generating Board]] [[Woodhead Tunnel]]<ref name=IL79 /> |1960s |present? |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Woodhead]], England |Ex-[[British Railways]] tunnel under the [[Pennines]] now used to carry high-voltage electricity supply cables. Narrow gauge railway used for cable maintenance. |- |[[Stourport Power Station]] |? |1989 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Stourport]], England |Internal line. |- |[[J.S. Fry and Sons railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |? |after 1967 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Somerdale]], England |Short railway running parallel to a [[standard gauge]] line. The narrow gauge locomotives hauled standard gauge coal wagons to the power station. |} ==== Steel works ==== {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[British Steel Corporation]] [[Aldwarke Works railway]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Rotherham]], Wales |Internal steel works railway, with an entirely new line built in 1971 |- |[[British Steel Corporation]] [[Micklam works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1987 <ref name=7EL/> |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Lowca]], England |Underground railway serving the refractories. |- |[[British Steel Corporation]] [[Shotton Steel Works railway]]<ref name="NIC" /><ref name="2FT6" /><ref name=IL79 /> | |present |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |Connah's Quay, Wales |Internal steel works railway, with an entirely new line built in 1971 |- |[[British Steel Corporation]] [[Stanton and Staveley Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Ilkeston]], England |Foundry railway worked by battery-electric locomotives |- |[[Clay Cross Ltd.]] [[Spun Pipe works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Clay Cross]], England |Internal locomotive-worked line |- |[[Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and Coal Company railway]]<ref>Talbot 2005</ref> | | |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Ebbw Vale]], Wales |Internal steel works railway using Ramsbottom locomotives similar to those at the [[Crewe Works Railway]] |- |[[Flather Bright Steels Ltd.]] [[Tinsley works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Sheffield]], England |Internal locomotive-worked line |- |[[Goldendale Iron Works]]<ref>Robertson 1988, page 38</ref> | |after 1957 |{{RailGauge|18in}} |[[Chatterley]], England |Horse-hauled works tramway used to move pig iron. |- |[[Guest Keen Baldwins Iron and Steel Company Ltd.]] [[Briton Ferry Steelworks]]<ref name=IRS_LIME>{{cite journal |title=1974 Aidan Fuller Memorial Trophy Photographic Competition Entry |journal=The Industial Railway Record |publisher=Industrial Railway Society |volume=60 |pages=49 |year=1975}}</ref> | |after 1956 |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;4½&nbsp;in |[[Glamorgan]], Wales |Steelworks line worked by steam locomotives |- |[[Gurnos Tin Plate Works railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |before 1920 | |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Lower Cwmtwrch]], Wales |Internal steel works railway |- |[[Sanders and Forster]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Stratford, London]], England |Diesel locomotive worked line |} ==== Refineries ==== {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Anglo Gulf West Indies Petroleum Corporation]] [[Fawley Refinery]]<ref name=HNG/> |1920 |1957 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Fawley]], England |Extensive diesel locomotive worked internal line at refinery |} == Construction industry == ===Contractor depots === Many construction contractors maintained depots that included narrow gauge equipment in store and under repair. While some of these were temporary locations and often unrecorded, others were long term yards with extensive stock and facilities. {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Arnold & Nathan Ltd.]] [[East Peckham depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} and {{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Paddock Wood]], England |Battery electric locomotives for tunnelling |- |[[Associated Tunnelling Co. Ltd.]] [[Lowton St. Marys Depot]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Warrington]], England |Battery electric locomotives for tunnelling |- |[[Baillie Contracting Co. Ltd.]] [[Coventry Depots]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |12&nbsp;in (305&nbsp;mm) |[[Coventry]], England | |- |[[C. Bryant & Sons Ltd.]] [[Doris Road Depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Birmingham]], England | |- |[[Cementation Mining Ltd.]] [[Bentley Works]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} and {{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Doncaster]], England | |- |[[Clugston Construction]] [[Scunthorpe depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |12&nbsp;in (305&nbsp;mm) |[[Scunthorpe]], England | |- |[[Clydeside Constructional Co. Ltd.]] [[Bridge of Weir depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Strathclyde]], Scotland | |- |[[J.F. Donelan & Co. Ltd.]] [[Manchester depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Manchester]], England | |- |[[AMEC|Fairclough Civil Engineering Ltd.]] [[Swynerton depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Swynnerton]], England |Extensive stock depot, on occasions including over 100 battery electric locomotives |- |[[J.J. Gallagher & Co. Ltd.]] [[Armour Close depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Birmingham]], England | |- |[[J.C. Gillespie Civil Engineering. Ltd.]] [[Green Lane depot]] <ref name=7EL/> |after 1979 |after 1987 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Timperley]], England |Two battery electric locomotives at depot (1987) |- |[[M.J Gleesons (Contractors) Ltd.]] [[Mitcham depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[London]], England | |- |[[Sam Henry & Partners]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |unknown location | |- |[[J.H. Tractors Ltd.]] [[Tickhill Plant Hire]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} and {{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Doncaster]], England | |- |[[Johnston Construction]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |12 in |[[Surrey]], England | |- |[[Kier Ltd.]] [[Setchey depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Kings Lynn]], England | |- |[[T & A.M. Kilroe Ltd.]] [[Lomax Street depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Radcliffe, Greater Manchester|Radcliffe]], England | |- |[[Lilley/Waddington Ltd.]] [[Harvey Road depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Basildon]], England | |- |[[Lilley/Waddington Ltd.]] [[Horwich depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Manchester]], England | |- |[[Lilley/Waddington Ltd.]] [[Haunchwood Colliery depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Nuneaton]], England | |- |[[Lilley/Waddington Ltd.]] [[Charles Street depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Glasgow]], Scotland | |- |[[Macclesfield Corporation]] [[Engineers Department Store]]<ref name=7EL/> | |after 1987 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Macclesfield]], England |4wPM locomotive in store |- |[[Martin & Co. (Contractors) Ltd.]] [[Bristol Road South depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Birmingham]], England | |- |[[Sir Robert McAlpine|Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd.]] [[Kettering depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Kettering]], England | |- |[[Miller Engineering & Construction Ltd.]] [[Sandiacre depot]]<ref name=7EL/> | |after 1987 |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;11&nbsp;in and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Sandiacre]], England |Locomotives at construction depot |- |[[Raynesway Plant Ltd.]]<ref name=NGN189/> | |after 1989 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Derby]], England |Three out of use locomotives on site in 1989 |- |[[Tarmac (company)|Tarmac Construction Ltd.]] [[Peterborough depot]] <ref name=7EL>{{cite book |title=Industrial Locomotives, including preserved and minor railway locomotives|publisher=Industrial Railway Society |year=1987 |id=ISBN 0901096555 |author=Bryant, R.S. (ed.)}}</ref> | |after 1987 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Peterborough]], England |Collection of 4wBE locomotives used for construction |- |[[M & H Tunnel & Civil Engineering Co. Ltd.]] [[Green Lane depot]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Thurcroft]], England | |- |[[Mowlem|Welham Plant Ltd.]] [[Barford Road depot]]{{Fact|date=June 2008}} | |after 1987 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[St. Neots]], England |Battery electric locomotives at depot. |} === Tunnelling === Many narrow gauge lines were employed for short-term tunnelling contracts. Most of these are unrecorded, so this list represents only a few of the many such lines. {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Bedminster Water Outfall contract]]<ref name="NIC" /> |1974 |1975 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Bedminster]], England |Water tunnel construction scheme in [[Bristol]], using eleven diesel locomotives |- |[[Cockermouth Sewer Contract]] |? |1988 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} ? |[[Cockermouth]], England |Temporary line to serve the renewal of the main sewer tunnel. Used battery electric locomotives. |- |[[Eurotunnel contract]]<ref name="KNG" /> |1988 |1992 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Dover]], England |Extensive rack and adhesion railway used in the construction of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. |- |[[Edmund Nuttall|Nuttall]] [[Dover Sewer contract]] |1996 |1998 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Dover]], England |Construction railway for a one-mile long interception sewer tunnel. |- |[[Edmund Nuttall|Nuttall]] [[Portsmouth Sewer contract]]<ref name=HNG/> |1998 |2001 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Dover]], England |Construction railway for an 8&nbsp;km long sewer tunnel. |- |[[Edmund Nuttall|Nuttall]] [[Southampton Rail Tunnel contract]]<ref name=HNG/> |1985 |1987 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Southampton]], England |Diesel locomotive worked temporary railway used to reline the standard gauge railway tunnel out of Southampton Central station |- |[[Selby Road sewer tunnel contract]]<ref name="NIC" /> |1971 |1972 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Leyton]], England |Contractor's railway for building a new sewer tunnel in north east London. Used battery electric locomotives. |- |[[Weymouth and Portland Long Sea Outfall]]<ref name=SDNG /> | |1983 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Wyke Regis]], England |3 km long sewage outfall tunnel built using battery electric locomotives |} === City construction === During the [[Garden city movement|garden city]] construction boom, several new towns and cities were built using narrow gauge railways {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Ashington Village Tramway]]<ref>Robertson, 1988, page 37</ref> |1880 |1930s |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Ashington]], [[England]] |Tramway built to serve the mining village of Ashington. It provided coal and sewage service to houses and connected the local gas and electricity works. |- |[[Carr Estate]] |1945? |1947? |probably {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Acomb, Yorkshire|Acomb]], England |Was used to construct parts of Carr Estate to the West of York. Track seen pilled up at end of Woodlea Avenue 1946-7, track seen in Danebury Drive. Hand worked? |- |[[Port Sunlight village railway]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Lister, Mike|title=The Industrial Railways of Port Sunlight and Bromborough Port|publisher=The Oakwood Press|year=1988|id=ISBN 0-85361-371-0 }}</ref> |1905 |1914 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Port Sunlight]], England |Locomotive worked construction railway for the expansion of Port Sunlight "garden village" |} === Land reclamation and river maintenance === Temporary and semi-permanent narrow gauge railways were often used during land reclamation schemes {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Anglian Water Authority]] [[Lincolnshire River Division]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Southrey]], England |Locomotive depot for river bank maintenance around Lincolnshire |- |[[Anglian Water Authority]] [[Norfolk & Suffolk River Division]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Southrey]], England |Locomotives used for flood protection and river bank maintenance. |- |[[Middle Level Commissioners]] [[Ashbeach Road Plant Depot]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[March, Cambridgeshire|March]], England |Locomotive depot for river bank maintenance and land reclamation schemes in and around Cambridgeshire |- |[[North West Water|North West Water Authority]] [[Mersey and Weaver River Unit]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Great Sankey]], England |Locomotive used for river bank maintenance |- |[[North West Water|North West Water Authority]] [[Longdendale Headworks]] <ref name=7EL/> | |after 1987 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Tintwistle]], England | |- |[[Robert Stannard's Railway]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Nicholls, Robert |title=Manchester's Narrow Gauge Railways: Chat Moss and Charrington Estates |publisher=The Narrow Gauge Railway Society |id=ISSN 0142-5587 |year=1985}}</ref> |1816 |after 1821 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Chat Moss]], England |Portable hand-worked tramway used for the reclamation of Chat Moss. |- |[[The Embankment Tramway]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Boyd, James I.C. |title=Narrow Gauge Railways in South Caernarvonshire: Volume One |publisher=The Oakwood Press |Edition=2nd. Edition |id=ISBN 0-85361-365-6 |year=1988}}</ref> |1808 |about 1830 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Porthmadog]], Wales |Horse-drawn tramway used to construct the "Cob" for the Traeth Mawr land reclaimation scheme. Later replaced by the [[Ffestiniog Railway]]. |- |[[The North Sea Camp Railway]]<ref>{{cite journal|author=Ashforth, Philip, J. |title=The North Sea Camp Railway |journal=The Industrial Railway Record |year=1974| month=February |pages=178–182 |volume=52 |publisher=The Industrial Railway Society}}</ref><ref name=IL79 /> |1935 |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Frieston]], England |Locomotive worked land reclamation scheme in the [[Lincolnshire]] [[The Wash|Wash]] |- |[[Severn Trent|Severn Trent Water Authority]] [[Orston Road East Depot]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[West Bridgford]], England |Locomotives used in river bank maintenance |- |[[Yorkshire Water|Yorkshire Water Authority]] [[River Ouse scheme]]<ref name="NIC" /> | |1973 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Saltmarshe]], England |Temporary riverbank line used for repairs to the [[River Ouse, Yorkshire|River Ouse]] |- |[[Yorkshire Water|Yorkshire Water Authority]] [[Ricall Plant Depot]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[York]], England |Locomotives used for river bank maintenance |} === Reservoir construction === Many reservoirs constructed before the Second World War employed narrow gauge railways to move equipment and materials. {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Baldersdale Reservoir railway]]<ref name="DAM5" /> |1889 |1896 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Middleton in Teesdale]] England | |- |[[Burnhope Reservoir railway]]<ref name="DAM5" /> |1930 |1937 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Wearhead]] England |Extensive narrow gauge system serving the construction of the Burnhope Reservoir |- |[[Catcleugh Reservoir railway]]<ref name="DAM5" /> |1902 |1905 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Woodburn]] England |Connection from the Woodburn station of the [[North British Railway]] to Catcleugh dam |- |[[Cowlyd Tramway]]<ref name="BOYD3" /> |1916 |1968 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Dolgarrog]] Wales |Steam locomotive worked line |- |[[Crookfoot Reservoir railway]]<ref name="DAM5" /> |1900 |1904 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Hartlepool]] England |Steam locomotive worked line |- |[[Eigiau Tramway]]<ref name="BOYD3" /> |1907 |1971 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Dolgarrog]] Wales |Steam locomotive worked line |- |[[Fontburn Reservoir railway]]<ref name="DAM5" /> |1902 |1908 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Kirkwhelpington]] England |Steam locomotive and horse worked line connecting to sidings on the [[North British Railway]] |- |[[Geltsdale Reservoir railway]]<ref name="DAM5" /> |1904 |1909 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Carlisle]] England |Steam locomotive worked line |- |[[West Baldwin Reservoir railway]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.im/water/reservoirs/construction.xml |title=Isle of Man Water Authority page}}</ref> |1901 |1905 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Douglas, Isle of Man|Douglas]] [[Isle of Man]] |Steam locomotive worked line north of Douglas |- |[[Bamford to Howden Railway]]<ref>{{cite paper |title= The Upper Derwent: long-term landscape archaeology in the Peak District |author=Bevan, Bill |url=http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/bevan_phd_2005/ahds/dissemination/pdf/PhD_Chap8_Dam_Building.pdf}}</ref> | |1915 | |Derwent Valley |Construction of Derwent and Howden Reservoirs |- |[[Fewston Reservoir Railway]]<ref name="DALES">{{cite book|author=Bowtell, Harold D| title=Lesser Railways of the Yorkshire Dales and the Dam Builders in the Age of Steam| publisher=Plateway Press| year=1991| id=ISBN 1-871980-09-7}}</ref> |1874 |1879 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[River Washburn|Washburn]] Valley, England |Construction of [[Fewston Reservoir]] |- |[[Swinsty Reservoir Railway]]<ref name="DALES">{{cite book|author=Bowtell, Harold D| title=Lesser Railways of the Yorkshire Dales and the Dam Builders in the Age of Steam| publisher=Plateway Press| year=1991| id=ISBN 1-871980-09-7}}</ref> |1873 |1877 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[River Washburn|Washburn]] Valley, England |Construction of [[Swinsty Reservoir]] |- |[[Vyrnwy Waterworks Railway]]<ref name=IRS_VYRNWY>{{cite journal|author=Higgins, S.H.P.| title=Narrow Gauge at Vyrnwy Waterworks| journal=The Industrial Railway Record |publisher=The Industrial Railway Society| year=1974| volume=55 |pages=286–287}}</ref> |1881 |1890 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Vyrnwy]], Wales |Steam locomotive worked line used in the construction of the Llyn Vyrnwy reservoir and waterworks. |} === Power station construction === {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Foyers Power Station construction railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |around 1970 |after 1971 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Loch Ness]] Scotland |Extensive network of temporary lines around Loch Ness |} === Road construction === {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Caterham Bypass]]<ref name=SrNG/> |1939 |1939 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Caterham]], England |Diesel locomotive worked temporary lines used during the construction of the A22 bypass east of the town |- |[[Cranmore Depot]]<ref name=SDNG/> | |after 1950 |various |[[Cranmore, Somerset|Cranmore]], England |Equipment depot of Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd. where many narrow gauge locomotives used on road construction contracts were stored |- |[[Dorking Bypass]]<ref name=SrNG/> |1926 |1926 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Dorking]], England |Diesel locomotive worked line carrying chalk excavated to create new route for the [[A29 road|A29]] |- |[[Guildford Bypass]]<ref name=SrNG/> |1931 |1931 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Dorking]], England |Steam locomotive worked line used in the construction of the [[A3 road|A3]] |- |[[A3 road|Kingston Bypass]]<ref name=SrNG/> |1924 |1925 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} ? |[[London]], England |Steam locomotive worked line using at least one American [[Davenport Locomotive Works|Davenport]] locomotive in the construction of the [[A3 road|A3]] bypass of [[Kingston upon Thames]] |} === Other construction === {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Bournemouth Pier]]<ref name=SDNG/> |1980 |1980 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Bournemouth]], England |Locomotive-worked line used in reconstruction of the pier |- |[[Southern Railway (Great Britain)|Southern Railway]] [[Sutton Common line construction]]<ref name=SrNG/> |1928 |1930 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Sutton, London|Sutton]], England |Steam locomotive worked line used in the construction of the Sutton-Wimbledon line. |- |[[Surrey and Hants Canal Society]] [[The Deepcut Railway]]<ref name=SrNG/> |1977 |1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Basingstoke]], England |Diesel locomotive worked line used in the restoration of the [[Basingstoke Canal]] |} == General == ==== Water treatment and sewage works ==== {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Anglian Water Authority]] [[Marsh Farm Sewage Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |by 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Tilbury]], England |Locomotive worked railway |- |[[Anglian Water Authority]] [[Nevendon Treatment Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |by 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Basildon]], England |Locomotive worked railway |- |[[Brede Waterworks railway]]<ref name="SNG"/> |1899 |1935 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Brede]], England |Steam locomotive worked railway that hauled coal from barges unloaded from the [[River Brede]] to the Brede Valley water works. |- |[[Chicester Sewage Works railway]]<ref name="SNG" /> |1930s (?) |1976 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Apuldram]], England |Short line around the sewage works |- |[[Colne Valley Waterworks railway]]<ref>{{cite journal |author=Neale, Andrew |title=Coal, Chemicals and Salt. The Colne Valley Waterworks Railway |journal=Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review| volume=2 |issue=10 |publisher=Ram Productions Ltd. |year=1992 |month=April |id=ISSN 0958-0808 }}</ref> |1931 |1967 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Watford]], England |Light railway connecting the [[London and North Western Railway|LNWR]] [[Watford]] to [[Rickmansworth]] branch line with the Eastbury Pumping Station |- |[[Dukinfield Sewage Works railway]] |? |late 1980s |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Manchester]], England |Small-scale railway at sewage works |- |[[Knostrop Sewage Works railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |? |after 1975 |{{RailGauge|1ft11.5in}} |[[Leeds]], England |Experimental facility that used locomotives from the [[First World War]] into the 1970s |- |[[Metropolitan Water Board Railway]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.hampton-online.co.uk/MWBRS/background.html |title=Metropolitan Water Board Railway}}</ref><ref name=SrNG/> |1915 |1947 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Hampton, London|Hampton]], England |Transported coal from a wharf on the [[River Thames]] to the [[Kempton]] pumping station. |- |[[North Bierley Sewage Works railway]]<ref name="AMB" /> | | |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Bradford]], England |Railway serving the sewage works |- |[[North Surrey Joint Sewage Board railways]]<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Industrial Railway Record|author=Down, C.G. | title=The North Surrey Joint Sewage Board|volume=8|year=1965|month=December}}</ref> |1939 |after 1965 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Berrylands]], England |Railways serving the sewage works in [[Surbiton]]. |- |[[North Surrey Water]]<ref name=SrNG/> | |present |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Walton-on-Thames]], England |Diesel locomotive worked 400 yard long line in occasional use |- |[[North West Water|North West Water Authority]] [[Ashton works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Dukinfield]], England |Locomotive-hauled railway |- |[[North West Water|North West Water Authority]] [[Llanforda Hall]]<ref name=IL79 /> |? |1989 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Oswestry]], England |Locomotive-worked railway serving the filtration beds and sand washing plant. |- |[[North West Water|North West Water Authority]] [[Lower Rivington Reservoir]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Horwich]], England |Locomotive-hauled railway |- |[[North West Water|North West Water Authority]] [[Spade Mill No. 2 Reservoir]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Longridge]], England |Locomotive-hauled railway |- |[[Plantation Farm Sewage Works railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |? |after 1975 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Dukinfield]], England |Railway serving the filter beds |- |[[Severn Trent|Severn Trent Water Authority]] [[Blithe Valley Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Uttoxeter]], England |Locomotive-hauled railway |- |[[Severn Trent|Severn Trent Water Authority]] [[Burslem Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Burslem]], England |Locomotive-hauled railway |- |[[Severn Trent|Severn Trent Water Authority]] [[Newstead Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Trentham, Staffordshire|Trentham]], England |Locomotive-hauled railway |- |[[Severn Trent|Severn Trent Water Authority]] [[Stoke Bardolph Sewage Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1989<ref name=NGN189/> |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Nottingham]], England |Locomotive-hauled railway |- |[[Severn Trent|Severn Trent Water Authority]] [[Strongford Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Barlaston]], England |Locomotive-hauled railway |- |[[Severn Trent|Severn Trent Water Authority]] [[Tunstall Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Stoke on Trent]], England |Locomotive-hauled railway |- |[[Wandle Valley Sewerage Board railway]] |? |1963 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Merton]], England |Internal sewerage railway |- |[[Water Orton Sewage Plant railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |before 1968 |1990 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Minworth]], England |Internal sewerage railway of the Upper Tame Main Drainage Authority |- |[[Wood Lane Tip railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |before 1961 | |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Kensington]], England |Railway serving the refuse tips operated by Kensington Council |- |[[Yorkshire Water|Yorkshire Water Authority]] [[Naburn Purification Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Naburn]], England |Locomotive-worked works railway |- |[[Yorkshire Water|Yorkshire Water Authority]] [[Old Whittington Sewage Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Chesterfield]], England |Locomotive-worked sewage works railway |} ==== Gas works ==== {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Berkhamsted Gasworks Railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> |? |1955 |16&nbsp;½in (419&nbsp;mm) |[[Berkhamsted]], England |Short horse-worked line connecting the gasworks with a goods yard |- |[[Bournemouth Gas & Water Company Railway]]<ref name=SDNG /> |1864 |1930s |{{RailGauge|3ft}} and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Bournemouth]], England |{{RailGauge|3ft}} gauge elevated railway for coal transport until 1918. {{RailGauge|2ft}} gauge locomotive worked line for gasholder construction in the early 1930s. |- |[[Dundee Gasworks Railway]] |? |? |{{RailGauge|1ft11.5in}} |[[Dundee]], Scotland |Internal steam-hauled gas works railway. |- |[[Granton Gasworks Railway]]<ref name="TFT" /> |? |1965 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Edinburgh]], Scotland |Internal steam-hauled gas works railway. |- |[[Hilsea Gasworks Railway]]<ref name=HNG/> | | |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Hilsea]], England |Steam-locomotive hauled gasworks railway. |- |[[Harrogate Gasworks Railway]] |1908 |1956 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Harrogate]], England |Steam-hauled railway running from the [[North Eastern Railway (UK)|North Eastern Railway]] to Harrogate gasworks. |- |[[London Gas Light Co.]] [[Nine Elms Works]]<ref name=SrNG/> |1863 (?) |1927 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} and {{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[London]], England |Internal steam-hauled railway hauling coal to the gasworks, replaced by conveyor belts |- |[[South Metropolitan Gas Company]] [[East Greenwich Works]]<ref name=SrNG/> |before 1910 |1933 |{{RailGauge|750mm}} |[[London]], England |Internal steam-hauled gas works railway. |- |[[South Metropolitan Gas Company]] [[Old Kent Road Works]]<ref name=SrNG/> |1892 |1953 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[London]], England |Internal steam-hauled gas works railway on the [[Old Kent Road]]. |- |[[South Metropolitan Gas Company]] [[Vauxhall Works]]<ref name=SrNG/> |1890s |after 1951 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[London]], England |Internal steam-hauled gas works railway. |- |[[Southern Gas Board]], [[Poole Gasworks]]<ref name=SDNG /> |1944 |1972 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Poole]], England |Internal gasworks line using Lister locomotives |- |[[Winnal Gasworks Railway]]<ref name=HNG/> | | |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;8&nbsp;in |[[Winchester]], England |Overhead electric-locomotive hauled gasworks railway. |- |[[York Gasworks Company]]<ref>*{{cite book | last = Mitchell | first = Vic, and Keith Smith| title =Branch Line to the Derwent Valley, including the Foss Islands Branch | publisher =Middleton Press | location =Midhurst|year = 2003 | page=plate 24| ISBN=1 9044 74 06 3 }}</ref> |1915 |1959 |{{RailGauge|27}} |[[York]], England |Electrified railway, operated by a locomotive built by [[Dick, Kerr & Co.]] |} ==== General freight ==== {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Belvoir Castle Tramway]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ngrm.org.uk/narrow_gauge/narrow_gauge.php?railway_id=58&PHPSESSID=9a73d26de27dee6109246657df95f757 |title=Narrow Gauge Railway Museum article on Belvoir Castle Tramway}}</ref> |1815 |1920 |4&nbsp;ft&nbsp;4½&nbsp;in (1&nbsp;334&nbsp;mm) |[[Belvoir Castle]], England |A short [[plateway]] used to haul coal and other goods from a [[canal]] [[wharf]] to the castle. |- |[[Guilford Tramway]]<ref name="KNG" /> |1903 |1930 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Sandwich, Kent|Sandwich]], England |Steam locomotive worked, freight-only line serving the St. George's Golf Club. |- |[[Portreath Tramroad]]<ref name=CNG/> |1809 |1867 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Portreath]], England |Early freight and mineral horse-hauled hauling [[plateway]]. One director's carriage survives in the [[Royal Cornwall Museum]] |- |[[Redruth and Chasewater Railway]]<ref name="MIR"/><ref name=CNG /> |1826 |1915 |{{RailGauge|4ft}} |[[Redruth]], England |Freight and mineral hauling line; horse-drawn until 1854; later steam worked. |- |[[St. Michael's Mount Tramway]]<ref name=CNG /> |1879 |present |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;5&nbsp;in (737&nbsp;mm) |[[Marazion]], England |Cable-hauled railway and incline delivering supplies and guest's luggage to [[St Michael's Mount]]. |- |[[Swanage Pier Tramway]]<ref name=SDNG /> |1858 |1930s |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Swanage]], England |Coal, stone and general freight line between Swanage town and ''Old Pier''. Originally standard gauge but converted to narrow gauge between 1860 and 1880. Some track still exists in situ. |- |[[Talisker|Talisker Distillery]] |? |1930s |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Isle of Skye]], Scotland |Hauled goods from a pier to the whisky distillery. |} ==== Forestry ==== [[Image:DianaKerrStuart.jpeg|thumb|Kerry Tramway locomotive ''Diana'']] {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Ampthill Timber Railway]]<ref name="TIM"> {{cite book|author=Cox, David & Krupa, Christopher|title=The Kerry Tramway and other timber light railways|publisher=The Plateway Press|year=1992|id=ISBN 1-871980-11-9}} </ref> |1917 |1918 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Ampthill]], England |Controller of Timber Supply (CTS) forestry railway using one [[Kerr Stuart]] ''Haig'' class locomotive. |- |[[Aviemore Light Railway]]<ref name="TIM" /> |1917 |1922 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Aviemore]], Scotland |Extensive forestry railway built by the [[War Office]] Directorate of Timber Supply. |- |[[Cefn Vron Tramway]]<ref name="TIM" /> |1924 |1926 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Newtown, Wales|Newtown]], Wales |Temporary timber hauling railway on the Welsh-English border. |- |[[Dornoch forestry railway]]<ref name="TIM" /> |1917 |1922 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Dornoch]], Scotland |Forestry railway built by the [[War Office]] Directorate of Timber Supply. |- |[[Downham Hall timber railway]]<ref name="TIM" /> |1917 |1922 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Brandon, County Durham|Brandon]], England |CTS timber railway using three Bagnall locomotives |- |[[Kerry Ridgeway Railway]]<ref name="TIM" /> |1941 |1943 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Newtown, Wales|Newtown]], Wales |Temporary timber-hauling railway at [[Kerry, Powys]]. |- |[[Kerry Tramway]]<ref name="TIM" /> |1887 |1923 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Newtown, Wales|Newtown]], Wales |Locomotive-worked line hauling timber from Kerry forest to Kerry Station on the [[Cambrian Railway]] |- |[[Wool timber railway]]<ref name="TIM" /> |1918 |1920 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Wool, Dorset|Wool]], England |Forestry railway using a single Bagnall locomotive. |- |[[Wolsingham railway]]<ref name="TIM" /> |1917 |1922 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Wolsingham]], England |1½&nbsp;mile long timber railway using three steam locomotives. |} ==== Railway works ==== {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[Beyer Peacock Works Railway]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Narrow Gauge Railway Museum article on the Beyer Peacock Works Railway |url=http://www.ngrm.org.uk/narrow_gauge/narrow_gauge.php?railway_id=126}}</ref> |? |? |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Manchester]], England |Extensive railway serving the locomotive construction works of Beyer Peacock. |- |[[British Railways]] [[Beeston Sleeper Depot railway]] |? |? |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Beeston, Nottinghamshire]], England |Sleeper depot line |- |[[British Railways]] [[Chesterton Junction Central Materials Depot railway]]<ref name=IL79/> |? |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Cambridge]], England |Materials dept internal line |- |[[Crewe Works Railway]]<ref>Talbot 2005</ref> |1863 |1932 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Crewe]], England |Extensive railway serving the Crewe locomotive works of the [[London and North Western Railway]] |- |[[Horwich Works Railway]]<ref>Talbot 2005</ref> | |1965 |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Bolton]], England |Railway serving the [[Horwich Works|Horwich locomtoive works]] of the [[Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway]]. |} ==== Other industries ==== [[Image:Lochaber bridge15.jpg|thumb|Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway]] {|class="wikitable" !Name !Opened !Closed !Gauge !Location !Notes |- |[[ABCO Petroleum]]<ref name="2FTW" /><ref name="SNG" /> |before 1910 |after 1965 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Rye]], England |200-yard-long internal railway serving the reprocessing plant. |- |[[Ashton Canal]] Carriers |? |Present? |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Ashton under Lyne]], England |Short loco-worked line within a boatyard. |- |[[Ballard's Malt Vinegar Works]]<ref name="MALV">{{cite web| url=http://www.miac.org.uk/hills.htm |title=Railways of the Malvern Hills}}</ref> |1894 |after 1974 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Malvern, Worcestershire|Malvern]], England |Hand-worked line connecting the [[barley]] [[malting]] works to the [[intensive pig farming|piggery]]. |- |[[Bedford and Jesty Ltd.]] [[Sylva Springs Watercress railway]]<ref name="NIC" /><ref name=SDNG>{{cite book |author=Mitchell, Vic and Smith, Keith |title=Dorset and Somerset Narrow Gauge |publisher=Middleton Press |year=2006 |id=ISBN 1904474764}}</ref> |before 1967 |present (but only part of the original line) |{{RailGauge|1ft6in}} |[[Bere Regis]], England |Short line serving the watercress beds powered by a home made [[gasoline|petrol]] locomotive |- |[[Bedford and Jesty Ltd.]] [[Spetisbury Watercress railway]]<ref name=SDNG/> |before 1970 |1980 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Spetisbury]], England |Short line serving the watercress beds, using motorised flatbed wagons |- |[[British Insulated Callender's Cables|BICC]] [[Belvedere]]<ref name="KNG" /> |1930s (?) |1968 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Belvedere]], England |Steam-hauled railway at [[British Insulated Callender's Cables]] Ltd's cable plant. |- |[[British Insulated Callender's Cables|BICC]] [[Prescot Refineries Unit]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Prescot]], England |Locomotive-worked line |- |[[Biwater Pipes and Castings]]<ref name="2FTW" /> |? |2000 |2&nbsp;ft&nbsp;3½&nbsp;in (698&nbsp;mm) |[[Clay Cross]], England |Very short line for hauling pipes within the works. |- |[[Bowaters Paper Railway]]<ref name="KNG" /> |1906 |1969 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Sittingbourne]], England |Served Bowater's paper mills. The last steam-worked industrial narrow gauge line in Britain. |- |[[British Ropes]]<ref name=SrNG/> | |after 1965 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Charlton]], England |Diesel locomotive worked line at rope factory |- |[[Bude Canal Edge Railway]]<ref name=CNG/> |1823 |1942 |{{RailGauge|4ft}}, {{RailGauge|2ft}} after 1923 |[[Bude]], England |Horse-hauled line conveying sand from Summerleaze Beach to [[Bude Canal]]. |- |[[Cadbury]]'s factory railway<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.narrow-gauge.co.uk/gallery/show.php?image_id=2913&cat_id=2 |title=Narrow Gauge Heaven gallery page}}</ref> <!-- Better reference needed here --> |1920s |1950s |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Worcester]], England |Line connecting the canal to the chocolate factory taking timber for construction of packing cases. |- |[[Clayton Canal Carriers]]<ref name=IL79 /> |? |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Guide Bridge railway station|Guide Bridge]], England |Short loco-worked line within a boatyard. |- |[[United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority|Civil Aviation Authority]] [[Laxey Airport]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|3ft6in}} |[[Laxey]], [[Isle of Man]] |Two railcars |- |[[Daydawn Nurseries Ltd.]]<ref name=SrNG/> |1965 (?) |1971 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Bisley]], England |Diesel locomotive worked line around garden nursery |- |[[Department of the Environment]] [[Harpur Hill Research Laboratory]] <ref name=7EL/> | |after 1987 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Buxton]], England | |- |[[Droitwich Canal Trust]]<ref name=IL79 /> |? |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Salwarpe]], England |Short loco-worked line |- |[[Faverdale Works railway]]<ref name="NIC" /> | |after 1975 |{{RailGauge|1ft8in}} |[[Darlington]], England |Railway at the Chemical and Insulating Co. Ltd. |- |[[Gardner Machinery & Metals]] [[Dove Holes Station]] <ref name=7EL/> | |out of use by 1987 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Buxton]], England |Scrap merchant yard with railway and 4wDM locomotive |- |[[Imperial Chemical Industries|ICI]] [[Nobels Ardeer Works]]<ref name=NGN189 /> | |after 1989 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Strathclyde]], Scotland |At least nine locomotives on site in 1989 |- |[[Imperial Chemical Industries|ICI]] [[Nobels Roburite Works]]<ref name=IL79 /> | |after 1979 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Shevington]], England |Locomotive worked line |- |[[Imperial Chemical Industries|ICI]] [[Winnington Works]]<ref name=IL79/> | |after 1987 <ref name=7EL/> |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Winnington]], England |Locomotive worked line at the crystal plant at Winnington |- |[[Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway]]<ref name=howat>Howat, Patrick (1980). ''The Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway: Operated by Balfour, Beatty & Co. Ltd., and The British Aluminium Co. Ltd. between Fort William and Loch Teig, 1925-1977''. Huddersfield: Narrow Gauge Railway Society. (Special issue of ''The Narrow Gauge'' No. 87/88 {{ISSN|0142-5587}}) ISBN 0-9507169-0-1.</ref> |1925 |1977 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Fort William, Highland|Fort William]], Scotland |Long line built for the construction and maintenance of pipelines from Lochaber to Fort William. |- |[[London Post Office Railway]] ('Mail Rail')<ref name=trench>Trench, Richard and Hillman, Ellis (1984). ''London under London: A subterranean guide''. London: John Murray. ISBN 0-7195-4080-1.</ref> |1927 |2003 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[London]], England |Driverless electric mail-delivery service, serving nine sorting offices on a 6.5 mile route between [[Paddington]] and [[Whitechapel]]. Entirely underground; double track in single 9ft tunnel. |- |[[Lynlite Concrete Ltd.]] |? |1979 |{{RailGauge|3ft}} |[[Ramsey]], England |Concrete suppliers. |- |[[Nocton Potato Estate]] |1920 |1969 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Lincoln, Lincolnshire|Lincoln]], England |Extensive system to carry potatoes from the fields to the crisp processing plant. |- |[[Oakhill Brewery]]<ref name=SDNG/> |1904 |1921 |{{RailGauge|2ft6in}} |[[Oakhill]], England |Mile long steam operated railway connecting the brewery with the [[Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway]] at Binegar |- |[[Pett Level Tramway]]<ref name="SNG" /> |1934 |1946 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Winchelsea]], England |Built to aid the construction and maintenance of sea defences on the [[Sussex]] coast. |- |[[Port Sunlight]] |1914 (?) |early 1950s |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Port Sunlight]], England |Locomotive-worked industrial light serving [[Lever Brothers]] soap factory. |- |[[Redland Pipes railway]]<ref name="NIC" /><ref name=SrNG/> |before 1968 |1972 |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Ripley, Surrey|Ripley]], England |Continuous circuit around the pipe works. |- |[[Woodhead Tunnel railway]]<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.whr.co.uk/journal/125/woodhead.html |title=Narrow Gauge at Woodhead |journal=Journal of the Welsh Highland Railway |issue=125 |format={{Dead link|date=May 2008}}}}</ref> |1960s |Present ? |{{RailGauge|2ft}} |[[Woodhead]], England |Locomotive worked railway for transporting workers maintaining the high voltage electrical cables in the old [[Woodhead Tunnel]] |} == See also == * [[British military narrow gauge railways]] * [[British narrow gauge railways]] * [[Decauville]] * [[Minimum gauge railway]] == References == {{reflist|3}} == Bibliography == * {{cite web| url=http://www.ngrm.org.uk/narrow_gauge/index.php |title=Narrow Gauge Railway Museum's list of railways}} * {{cite web| url=http://membrane.com/~elmer/rail/units/uk.html |title=List of British narrow gauge steam locomotives}} * {{cite book|author=Crumbleholme, Roger and Kirtland, Terry |title=steam '81| publisher=George Allen & Unwin| year=1981| id=ISBN 0-04-385082-0}} * {{cite book|author=Dean, Ian, Neale Andrew and Smith, David| title=Industrial Railways of the South-East| publisher=Middleton Press| year=1983| id=ISBN 0-906520-09-6}} * {{cite book|author=Lee, Charles E.| title=Narrow-Gauge Railways in North Wales| publisher=The Railway Publishing Co. Ltd.| year=1945}} * {{cite book|author=Macmillan, Nigel S.C.| title=The Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway| publisher=David & Charles: Newton Abbot| year=1970}} * {{Richards-Slate}} * {{Robertson-TwoFeet}} * {{cite book|author=Stoyel, B.D. and Kidner R.W.| title=The Cement Railways of Kent| publisher=The Oakwood Press| year=1973| id=ISBN 0-85361-370-2}} * {{Talbot-Crewe}} * {{cite book|author=Tonks, Eric|title=The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands, Part IV: The Wellingborough Area|publisher=Runpast Publishing: Cheltenham|id=ISBN 1-870754-04-2}} * ''Narrow Gauge News'', the journal of the Narrow Gauge Railway Society == External links == * [http://www.ngrs.demon.co.uk/ Narrow Gauge Railway Society] * [http://www.irsociety.co.uk/ Industrial Railway Society] [[Category:Narrow gauge railways in the United Kingdom| ]] [[Category:Industrial railways]] [[Category:Rail transport in Great Britain|Narrow gauge]]