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Scropton Tramway |
Locale |
England |
Dates of operation |
1889 – 1949 |
Track gauge |
3 ft (914 mm) |
Length |
1½ miles |
Headquarters |
Scropton |
The Scropton Tramway was a British industrial narrow gauge railway connecting several gypsum mines with the North Staffordshire Railway station at Scropton in Staffordshire.
[edit] Locomotives
Name |
Builder |
Type |
Date |
Works number |
Notes |
|
W.G. Bagnall |
0-4-0T |
Late 1880s |
1050 |
Small inverted saddle tank locomotive; sold by 1894 to Jospeh Boam Ltd., Norfolk |
|
W.G. Bagnall |
0-4-0T |
1892 |
1232 |
Larger version of the first Bagnall locomotive; sold by 1902 to the Manchester Corporation Rivers Department |
|
Lowca Engineering |
0-4-0ST |
1884 |
241 |
Scrapped 1950 |
|
Manning Wardle |
0-4-0ST |
1888 |
|
Built for the construction of the Ashworth Moor Reservoir; purchased in 1913 |
|
Manning Wardle |
0-4-0ST |
1888 |
|
Built for the construction of the Ashworth Moor Reservoir; purchased in 1913. Sold for scrap, 1946 |
Prince Charlie |
Hunslet |
4-6-0T |
1917 |
1276 |
Built as a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge locomotive for the War Department Light Railways. Purchased in 1947; scrapped 1950 |
Vyrnwy |
Orenstein and Koppel |
0-4-0WT |
1930 |
|
Built reservoir construction; purchased in 1947. Sold to the Piel and Walney Gravel company in 1953. |
[edit] References
- Baker, Allen C.. "The Scropton Tramway". The Narrow Gauge 164: 3-18. ISSN 0142-5587.
[edit] See also