British industrial narrow gauge railways

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British industrial narrow gauge railways are 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.

Contents 1 Quarrying and mining 1.1 Cement works 1.2 Lime works 1.3 Brickworks 1.4 Clay extraction 1.5 Sand and gravel extraction 1.6 Stone quarrying and mining 1.6.1 Slate 1.6.2 Granite 1.6.3 Coal 1.6.4 China Clay 1.6.5 Other stone 1.7 Peat extraction 1.8 Other mineral extraction 1.9 Metal mining 1.9.1 Tin, lead and zinc 1.9.2 Iron 1.9.3 Gold and silver 2 Heavy industry 2.1 Engineering works 2.2 Power generation 2.3 Steel works 2.4 Refineries 3 Construction industry 3.1 Contractor depots 3.2 Tunnelling 3.3 City construction 3.4 Land reclamation and river maintenance 3.5 Reservoir construction 3.6 Power station construction 3.7 Road construction 3.8 Other construction 4 General 4.1 Water treatment and sewage works 4.2 Gas works 4.3 General freight 4.4 Forestry 4.5 Railway works 4.6 Other industries 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Quarrying and mining

[edit] 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, later Blue Circle Industries, now part of Lafarge) was the major producers of cement in the United Kingdom in the second half of the twentieth century and many of their plants used railways.

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
APCM Alpha Works	1934 ?	1959	2 ft (610 mm)	Cliffe-at-Hoo, England	Extensive diesel-hauled chalk pit railway.
APCM Bevan Works	?	after 1962	2 ft (610 mm)	Northfleet, England	Short line operating on a riverside wharf
APCM Harbury Works[1]	?	after 1961	3 ft (914 mm)	Harbury, England	Quarry line worked with a rare Fowler 2-4-0 diesel locomotive
APCM Holborough Works[2]	1923	1969	3 ft (914 mm)	Snodland, England	Steam- and diesel- hauled railway at the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturer Ltd's cement plant at Holborough.
APCM Murston Works	before 1898	after 1963	2 ft (610 mm)	Sittingbourne, England	Internal brickworks railway
APCM Rodmell Works[3]	before 1910	1975	2 ft (610 mm)	Rodmell, England	Short line serving a cement works
APCM Sittingbourne Works[1]	?	1971	4 ft 3 in (1 295 mm)	Sittingbourne, England	Cement works line with the last narrow gauge steam locomotive in that industry.
APCM Stone Works[2]	1877	1927	3 ft 9½ in (1156 mm)	Greenhithe, England	Steam-hauled railway at the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturer Ltd's cement plant at Greenhithe.
APCM Sundon Works[4]	?	after 1969	3 ft (914 mm)	Luton, England	Cement works line.
British Standard Cement Works	1912	1932	2 ft (610 mm)	Rainham, England	Notable as the only industrial line in Britain to use an ex-WDLR Baldwin locomotive.
Broom Bank	1933	1962	4 ft 3 in (1295 mm)	Lower Twydall, England	Steam hauled cement works and clay pit line
Chinnor Cement & Lime[5]		1962	2 ft (610 mm)	Chinnor, England	Locomotive and cable worked lines serving the chalk quarry and washmills.
Smeed Dean & Co.	1900	1949	3 ft 7½ in (1105 mm)	Lower Twydall, England	Chalk pit line
Francis & Co.	1871	1920	3 ft 8½ in (1130 mm)	Cliffe, England	Steam-worked chalk quarry railway
Gillingham Portland Cement Co.	1870s?	1910	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Gillingham, England	Early cement works line
I.C. Johnson & Co.	before 1872	1928	3 ft 9½ in (1156 mm)	Greenhithe, England	Internal steam hauled railway, replaced by a standard gauge line.
J.B. White & Bros - Swanscombe Works[6]	1825	1929	3 ft 5½ in (1054 mm)	Swanscombe, England	Steam locomotive worked from 1875 onwards. Internal works line with rare outside flanged rolling stock
Knight, Bevan & Sturge	1873 ?	1928	2 ft 8½ in (825 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[7]		by 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Barrington, England	Short locomotive-worked line
RPCM Halling Works	?	1952	2 ft (610 mm)	Halling, England	Extensive cement works railway
RPCM Southam Works[8]	?	1956	2 ft (610 mm)	Southam, England	Steam locomotive worked railway
Tolhurst & Sons	1860s	before 1948	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Gravesend, England	Large internal chalk quarry system

[edit] Lime works

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Barn Hill Quarry railway[9]	1928	1938	1 ft 8 in (508 mm)	Chipping Sodbury, England	800-yard long locomotive worked line; locomotive transferred to Penlee Quarry railway in 1947
Black Rock Quarry[10]	before 1919	1949	2 ft (610 mm)	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[9]	1928	1956	2 ft (610 mm)?	Maidstone, England	Locomotive worked internal quarry system
British Quarrying Co Ltd Borough Green Quarry railway[9]	before 1921	1956	1 ft 8 in (508 mm)	Borough Green, England	Internal quarry system for "Kentish Ragstone". Originally horse worked, Simplex locomotive introduced in 1921
Brockham Lime Works[11]	1870s (?)	1936	2 ft (610 mm)	Dorking, England	Lime pits and works railway, later home of the Brockham Museum
Buriton Lime Works[12]	before 1897	after 1936	3 ft (914 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm)	Buriton, England	Diesel locomotive worked railway
Butserhill Lime Works[12]	before 1932	by 1945		Butser Hill, England
Caldon Low Quarry	before 1906	1933	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Waterhouses, England	Limestone quarry with an internal steam-worked railway system
Dorking Greystone Lime Co.[11]	1880	1954	3 ft 2¼ in (970 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm)	Betchworth, England	Well-known steam hauled internal limeworks line.
Dunball Quarry[10]	before 1930	1954	2 ft (610 mm)	Dunball, England	Steam locomotive worked tramway connecting the Dunball quarry with the lime works
Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway[13]	1889	1931	3 ft (914 mm)	Porth Dyniewyd, Wales	Internal limestone quarry railway.
Oxstead Greystone Lime Co.[1][11]	before 1912	1971	2 ft (610 mm)	Oxstead, England	Internal railway of lime quarry and works.
Peak Forest Tramway	1794	1923	4 ft 2 in (1 270 mm)	Chapel en le Frith, England	Early tramway that was horse and chain hauled throughout its life.
Whitehaven Quarry	1932	1953	4 ft (1219 mm)	Oswestry, Wales	A series of rope-hauled inclines and steam locomotive worked tramways.

[edit] Brickworks

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
A. Hone & Sons Ltd. Ewhurst Brickworks[11]		after 1971	2 ft (610 mm)	Cranleigh, England	Diesel and battery-electric locomotive worked line
Albrook Brickworks[12]	before 1939	after 1968	2 ft (610 mm)	Eastleigh, England	Diesel locomotive worked line
Alne Brick Co. Ltd. Alne Brickworks[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Easingwold, England	Locomotive-worked brickworks railway.
Alne Brick Co. Ltd. Hemingbrough Brickworks[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Selby, England	Locomotive-worked brickworks railway.
Baxters Brickworks railway[3]	1888	1969	2 ft (610 mm)	Bexhill, England	Short line serving the clay pit and brickworks.
Bilsthorpe Brick Co. Bilsthorpe Brickworks[7]		after 1979	3 ft (914 mm) and 2 ft 81⁄2 in	Bilsthorpe, England	Two lines serving the brickworks
Buckley Tramroad[14]	1780s	1862	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Connah's Quay, Wales	Early horse-worked plateway carrying coal and bricks from a canal wharf.
Butterley Brick Ltd. Cherry Orchard Lane Works[15][7]	?	1993	2 ft (610 mm)	Rochford, England	Short line serving the clay pit and brickworks.
Butterley Brick Ltd. Star Lane Brickworks[7]	?	1991	2 ft (610 mm)	Great Wakering, England	Short line serving the clay pit and brickworks.
Carbis Brickworks Tramway[16]	1883	1942	2 ft (610 mm)	Bugle, England	Hand and gravity worked line, 350 yards long.
Castle Firebrick Company	about 1865	after 1920	2 ft (610 mm) (?)	Northrop, England	Internal brickworks line, worked by steam locomotives after World War One.
Cattybrook Brickworks railway[1]	before 1900	after 1975	2 in 10½ in (876 mm)	Cattybrook, England	Line connecting clay pit to brickworks via an incline and diesel worked sections
Chilton Trinity Brickworks railway[1]		after 1962	2 ft (610 mm)	Somerset, England	Locomotive worked clay pit line
Crowborough Brickworks[3]	before 1930	1980	2 ft (610 mm)	Crowborough, England	Internal line at the brickworks, latterly worked by battery-electric locomotives.
Coronation Brickworks[17]	1935	after 1969	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Elstow, England	London Brick Co Ltd brickworks near Bedford
Cuckmere Brickworks railway[18]	?	about 1956	2 ft (610 mm)	Berwick Station, England	Clay pit line worked by internal combustion locomotives
DSF Refractories Ltd. Friden Brickworks[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Hartington, England	Brickworks line worked by internal combustion locomotives
Gatwick Brick Co. Ltd. Hookwood Brickworks[11]		1968	2 ft (610 mm)	Gatwick, England	100 yard long diesel locomotive worked line
George Jennings South Western Pottery[10]	before 1937	1963	2 ft (610 mm)	Parkstone, England	Locomotive-worked line between the clay pit and the pottery
Gillingham Pottery, Brick & Tile Co. Ltd.[10]	before 1901	1970	2 ft (610 mm)	Parkstone, England	Locomotive-worked line between the clay pit and the pottery
Goxhill Building Products Ltd. Barrow Haven Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Barrow Haven, England	Brickworks line worked by internal combustion locomotives
Halstow Creek Brickworks	before 1900	1920s	2 ft (610 mm)	Lower Halstow, England	Served claypit and brickworks. Originally horse worked, one of the first electric locomotives was introduced here in 1902.
Hambledon Lane Brickworks[15]	?	after 1983	2 ft (610 mm)	Nutbourne, England
Henry Oakland and Son Ltd. Escrick Tileworks[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	York, England	Interal locomotive-worked line
Innes Lee Industries Campbell Brickworks[7]		by 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Staveley, England	Brickworks line worked by internal combustion locomotives
Littlethorpe Potteries[19]		present	450 mm	Littlethorpe, England	Half-mile long hand-worked line connecting the clay pits to the pottery[20]
The London Brick Company No. 2 Works[7]		after 1979	3 ft (914 mm)	Whittlesey, England	Locomotive-worked brickworks railway
The London Brick Company Arlesey Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Bedford, England	Short locomotive-worked line on top of clay kilns
The London Brick Company Clock Hill Works[11]		after 1968	2 ft (610 mm), 2 ft 11 in and 3 ft 11 in	Ockley, England	Electric and diesel locomotive worked lines
The London Brick Company Fletton Works[1]	1889?	after 1960	2 ft 11 in (889 mm)	Peterborough, England	Claypit and brickworks line of unusual gauge
The London Brick Company Warboys Works[7][21]		1984	2 ft (610 mm)	Warboys, England	Locomotive-worked brickworks railway
Ludlay Brick & Tile Co.[3]	?	1965	2 ft (610 mm)	Berwick, England	Internal brick works railway at Berwick in Sussex.
Lychett Brick Co. Ltd.[10]	before 1901	after 1966	2 ft (610 mm)	Upton, England	Locomotive-worked line between the clay pit and the pottery
Manfield Brickworks[11]	before 1955	after 1963		Cranleigh, England	Diesel locomotive worked line, converted to cable haulage in 1955
Midhurst Whites[3]	after 1913	1980	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Midhurst, England	Brickworks with three separate narrow gauge lines
Napton Brickworks railway[1]		after 1961	16 in (406 mm)	Napton, England	Hand worked clay pit line
No. 5 Fireclay Mine railway[1]	?	after 1968	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Micklam, England	Diesel locomotive worked line operated by the British Steel Corporation
North Holmwood Brickworks[11]	?	1981	2 ft (610 mm)	Dorking, England	Internal system for the Redland Brick Co.'s clay pit and brickworks using diesel, battery-electric and incline cable haulage
Nutbourne Brickworks[11]		after 1980	2 ft (610 mm)	Hambledon, Surrey, England	Diesel locomotive worked line connecting the brickworks and clay pits
Ockley (Surrey) Brick, Tile and Pottery Company Smokejacks Brickworks[11]		after 1968	2 ft (610 mm)	Redhill, England	Battery-electric and diesel locomotive worked line
Ospringe Brickworks railway[1]		after 1968	2 ft (610 mm)	Faversham, England	Extremely short line with one diesel locomotive
Rookley Brickworks[12]		1972	2 ft (610 mm)	Newport, England	Diesel locomotive worked line in clay pit
Rosemary Brickworks railway	?	after 1970	2 ft (610 mm)	Cheslyn Hay, England	Locomotive worked line in clay pit leading to an incline to the brickworks
Rowlands Castle Brickworks[12]	before 1932	after 1964	2 ft (610 mm)	Rowlands Castle, England	Hand-worked line in clay pit leading to cable hauled incline to brickworks
Smithbrook Brickworks (1936) Ltd.[11]		after 1965	2 ft (610 mm)	Cranleigh, England	Mainly hand-worked line, with occasional use of a Lister diesel locomotive
Standard Brick & Sand Co. Ltd. Holmethorpe Brickworks[11]	before 1911	1963	2 ft (610 mm)	Holmethorpe, England	An extensive steam and diesel locomotive worked clay tramway
Strensall Brickworks railway[1]		by 1975		Strensall, England	Locomotive worked clay pit line
Storr Hill Brickworks railway[15][22]	1869?	1981	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Wyke, England	An unusual chain-worked double track plateway only 250 yards long.
Swallow's Tiles (Cranleigh) Ltd.[11]	before 1953	after 1966	2 ft (610 mm)	Cranleigh, England	Mainly hand-worked clay pit line with cable hauled incline, and occasional use of a diesel locomotive
Warnham Brickworks[3]	before 1909	1965	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Sandwich, England	Internal line serving the brickworks and clay pit.
W. H. Collier Marks Tey Brickworks[7]		after 1979	1 ft 8 in (508 mm)	Marks Tey, England	Internal locomotive-worked line serving the brickworks.
Wheatly and Co. Ltd. Springfield Tileries[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Stoke on Trent, England	Locomotive-worked railway
William Blythe Barton Brick & Tile Yard[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Barton-on-Humber, England	Locomotive-worked line
William Blythe Far Ings Tileries[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Barton-on-Humber, England	Locomotive-worked line
Woodside Brickworks[11]	before 1949	by 1967	?	Croydon, England	Internal brickworks railway notable for its two Sentinel high-pressure steam locos.

[edit] Clay extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
APCM Alkerden Works	before 1900	1943	2 ft 8½ in (825 mm)	Swanscombe, England	Large steam-worked clay pit line
BPCM Bean Works	1920	1964	2 ft (610 mm)	Bean, England	Short line serving a clay pit on the banks of the Thames
Far Ings Tileries[15]	1905	2001	2 ft (610 mm)	Barton-upon-Humber, England	Late survivor of the clay tramways, including a cable-hauled incline and (diesel) locomotive worked sections.
Fayle's Tramway[23]	1905	1971	3 ft 9 in (1 143 mm) until 1948 1 ft 111⁄2 in (597 mm) after 1948	Norden, England	Clay tramway that replaced the Middlesbere and Newton tramways; owned by the Pike Brothers. Regauged in 1948 to suit ex-WHR locomotive Russell
Furzebrook Railway[24][23]	1830	1968	4 ft (1219 mm) until 1866 2 ft 8½ in (825 mm) after 1866	Furzebrook, 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 ft 6 in	Derbyshire, England
Laporte Industries Ltd. Coombe Hay Mines[7]		after 1979	1 ft 111⁄2 in (597 mm)	Bath, England	Fuller's earth mine with battery electric locomotives
Meeth Clay Company	1920	1970	2 ft (610 mm)	Woolladon, England	Short line carrying clay from the pits at Meeth.
Middlebere Tramway[23]	1806	1907	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm) (?)	Norden, England	Horse-powered plateway serving clay pits near Corfe Castle.
Newton Tramway[23]	1860 (?)	1905	3 ft 9 in (1 143 mm)	Poole Harbour, England	Clay tramway, became part of Fayle's Tramway
Pentewan Railway[16]	1829	1918	{4ft}}, 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) 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[7]		after 1979	1 ft 4 in	Loxley, England	Locomotive-worked underground railway
Thakenham Tiles[3]	before 1937	1982[5]	2 ft (610 mm)	Storrington, England	Short line serving the tile works
Watts Blake Bearne & Co. Ltd. West Golds Mine[7]		after 1979	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Newton Abbott, England	Underground clay mine railway

[edit] Sand and gravel extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Ace Sand and Gravel Co. Ltd. Marsh House quarries[7]		by 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Aore, England	Locomotive-worked line
Ballast Producers Ltd. Farnham Pits[11]	before 1934	1952	2 ft (610 mm)	Farnham, England	Diesel locomotive worked line serving the gravel pits around Farnham
Bretts Faversham Sand Quarry railway[2]	1930s (?)	1969 (?)	2 ft (610 mm)	Faversham, England	Sand and gravel haulage
Bretts Sturry Gravel railway[2][7]	?	after 1968, by 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Sturry, England	Served gravel pits on the River Stour
Biddenham Gravel Pit railway[25]	by 1920	1930s	2 ft (610 mm)	Biddenham, England	Short horse-worked line serving Biddenham gravel pit, near Bedford.
British Industrial Sand Ltd. Middleton Towers railway[26]		1977	2 ft (610 mm)	Kings Lynn, England	Extensive locomotive-worked sand quarry system. Five remaining diesel locomotives acquired by the LBLR in 1980.
Buckland Sand & Silica Co.[11]	before 1934	after 1935	2 ft (610 mm)	Reigate, England	Short steam-hauled railway working sand from the pits to a private BR-worked siding
Croxden Gravel Ltd. Twelve Yards Road Pit[7]	?	after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Irlam, England	Locomotive-worked line
Earls Barton sand quarry railway[1]		after 1975	2 ft (610 mm)	Earls Barton, England	Small sand pit with internal locomotive worked line
East Sussex Transport and Trading Company[3]	early 1930s	1964	2 ft (610 mm)	Cuckmere Haven, England	Hauled gravel extracted from the Cuckmere Haven beach to Exceat.
Hall & Co.[3]	before 1938	late 1960s	2 ft (610 mm)	Eastbourne, England	Shingle extraction railway on The Crumbles.
Hall & Ham River Co. North Station Pits[12]	before 1964	1970	2 ft (610 mm)	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[11]		after 1963	2 ft (610 mm)	Redhill, England	Steam and diesel locomotive worked line
Ham River Grit Co. Ltd. Ham Pits[11]	before 1932		2 ft (610 mm)	Kingston, England	Steam locomotive worked line
Heavers Gravel[3]	1920s	1962	2 ft (610 mm)	Drayton, England	Internal gravel pit line
Hoveringham Gravels Ltd. Holme Pierrepoint Pit[7]		by 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Holme Pierrepoint, England	Internal gravel pit line
Hoveringham Gravels Ltd. Hoveringham Works[7]		by 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Hoveringham, England
Inns & Co. Ltd. Farnborough Pits[11]	before 1964	1967	2 ft (610 mm)	Farnborough, England	Diesel locomotive worked line
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway	1919	1969	2 ft (610 mm)	Leighton Buzzard, England	Industrial railway that carried sand from the quarries around Leighton Buzzard
Marlow Sand and Gravel Co. Ltd. Westhorpe Pits[7]	?	after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Little Marlow, England	Locomotive worked sand pit railway
Penfolds Ltd.[3]	?	1963	2 ft (610 mm)	Eartham, England	Gravel extraction line
Pentewan Dock & Concrete Company[16]	1939	1966	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	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.[27]	?	1962	3 ft (914 mm)	Barrow-in-Furness, England	Steam locomotive operated gravel line running to a pier at Walney.
Pilkington Glass Mill lane siding[7]	?	by 1979	2 ft 1⁄8 in	Rainford, England	Locomotive-worked line
Pilkington Glass St. Helens quarry railway[1]	?	after 1968	2 ft (610 mm)	St. Helens, England	Temporary locomotive-worked railways used for sand extraction for glass making

[edit] Stone quarrying and mining

[edit] Slate

Main article: 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.

[edit] Granite

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Bearah Tor Quarry	?	late 1980s	2 ft (610 mm)	Liskeard, England	Short, hand worked internal quarry railway.
Brada Quarry railway[9]	1935	1950s	2 ft (610 mm)	Bamburgh, England	Internal quarry system; locomotive worked until 1944 by two Lister petrol locos
Carreg-y-Llam Quarry railway[9]	before 1900	1963	2 ft 6 in (762 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm)	Llithfaen, Wales	Original locomotive-worked 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) internal railway removed in 1949, but a new 2 ft (610 mm) gauge line was installed in the mid 1950s.
Ceiriog Granite Quarries railway[9]	1914	1959	2 ft (610 mm)	Criggion, Wales	Internal quarry system worked by a single steam locomotive until 1921, when it was replaced by cable-haulage.
Charnwood Granite Quarries railway[9]	1850s	1963	2 ft (610 mm)	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	2 ft (610 mm)	Stanton under Bardon, England	Hauled stone from the Cliffe Hill Granite Quarry.
Groby Granite Quarries railway[9]	1893	1943	2 ft (610 mm)	Groby, England	Extensive internal quarry system worked by five Hunslet steam locomotives.
Haytor Granite Tramway	by 1824	1858	4 ft 3 in (1295 mm)	Dartmoor, England	Horse-drawn tramway serving the granite quarries around Haytor. Used granite "setts" as rails.
Jee's Hartshill Granite Quarry	?	1956?	2 ft 6½ in (775 mm)	Nuneaton, England	Granite quarry with an extensive locomotive-worked tramway system.
Llanelwedd Granite Quarries railways[9]	1929	after 1969	2 ft 6 in (762 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm)	Builth Wells, Wales	Internal quarry system; the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge line was horse-worked and closed in 1953; the 2 ft (610 mm) gauge was hand-worked apart from between 1953 and 1961 when a Lister locomotive was used.
Lunedale Whinstone Company railway[28]	1878	around 1918	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Mickleton, England	Steam locomotive worked line connecting the quarry with a siding on the North Eastern Railway
Newcastle Granite and Whinstone Company[29]	1902	1939	1 ft 111⁄2 in (597 mm)	Haltwhistle, England	Locomotive worked line connecting Cawfields Quarry to Haltwhistle station
Penmaenbach Stone quarry tramway[13]	1875	1962	3 ft (914 mm)	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.[13]	1830s	1967	3 ft (914 mm)	Penmaenmawr, Wales	Extensive steam-hauled internal railway system in granite quarry complex.
Trefor Quarry railway	1850	1962	1 ft 111⁄2 in (597 mm)	Llanaelhaearn, Wales	Internal quarry railway, with large incline to a steam locomotive worked pier branch

[edit] Coal

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.

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Ayle Colliery[7]	1932	after 1996	2 ft (610 mm)	Alston, England	Private colliery with locomotive-worked mine railway.
Bryn Oer Tramway[30][31]	1815	1865	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Talybont on Usk, Wales	Early horse-drawn tramway.
Doe Lee Colliery[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Chesterfield, England	Underground locomotive worked mine railway
Flow Edge Colliery[7]		after 1979	?	Alston, England	Small battery-electric locomotive worked mine railway
Foxcote Colliery[10]	1890	1931	2 ft 81⁄2 in (825 mm)	Chilcompton, England	Steam locomotive worked tramway
Hope Level Mine	?	1988	?	Stanhope, England	Small mine operation with loco-worked railway
Huish Colliery[10]	after 1824	1912		Radstock, England	Internal tramway
Kilmersdon Colliery[10]	before 1886	1973	2 ft 81⁄2 in (825 mm)	Radstock, England	Internal tramway
Little Eaton Gangway[32]	1795	1908	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Little Eaton, England	Very early horse-drawn tramway serving the collieries north of Derby
Lower Writhlington Colliery[10]	1867	1973	2 ft 81⁄2 in (825 mm)	Chilcompton, England	Steam locomotive worked tramway
Mendip Shaft[10]	?	1968	2 ft 9 in	Chilcompton, England	Private colliery with surface and underground tramway
NCB BatesColliery[33]		1986		Blyth, England	Diesel locomotive worked underground colliery system
NCB Berwick Drift Stockyard	?	Present	3 ft (914 mm)	Lynemouth, England	One of several locomotive-worked stock yard railways in the British coal industry.
NCB Clockburn Drift Mine railway[1]	?	after 1968	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	County Durham, England	Substantially built double-track line for coal haulage from the main mine adit.
NCB Gascoine Wood Colliery railway[34]	?	?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	South Milford, England	Underground mine railway
NCB Harworth Colliery railway[34]	?	?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Bircotes, England	Underground mine railway
NCB Kellingley Colliery railway[34]	?	?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Kellingley, England	Underground mine railway
NCB Kellingley Training Centre railway[34]	?	?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Kellingley, England	Mine training railway
NCB Lewis Merthyr Colliery railway[1]	?	1983	2 ft 10½ in (876 mm)	Rhondda, Wales	Stock yard line worked by diesel locomotives
NCB Parkside Colliery railway[1]	?	after 1972	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Newton-le-Willows, England	Stock yard line worked by diesel locomotives
NCB Prince of Wales Colliery railway[34]	?	?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Pontefract, England	Underground mine railway
NCB Riccall Colliery railway[34]	?	?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Riccall, England	Underground mine railway
NCB Stillingfleet Colliery railway[34]	?	?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Stillingfleet, England	Underground mine railway
NCB Tilmanston Colliery[33]		1986	2 ft (610 mm)	Eythorne, England	Modern underground colliery system
NCB Wistow Colliery railway[34]	?	?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Wistow, England	Underground mine railway
New Peacock Hay Colliery railway[1]	?	?	1 ft 10 in (559 mm)	Harecastle, England	Cable-hauled incline from a small private coal mine
New Rock Colliery[10]		1968	2 ft 81⁄2 in (825 mm)	Chilcompton, England	Internal tramway
Norton Hill Colliery[10]		1966	2 ft 4 in (711 mm)	Midsomer Nortom, England	Surface and underground tramways
Pensford Colliery[10]	1910	1957	2 ft (610 mm)	Pensford, England	Mile long railway connecting the colliery to Bromley station. Initially steam locomotive worked, later cable hauled.
Pentwyn No.3 Mine[15]	?	after 1994	2 ft (610 mm)	Ystalyfera, Wales	One of the last coal mines using pit ponies on a railway.
Saundersfoot Railway[35]	1829	1939	4 ft (1219 mm)	Saundersfoot, Wales	Early industrial railway hauling coal.
Severn & Wye Railway	1801	1869	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Forest of Dean, England	Coal and iron hauling tramway, eventually replaced by a broad gauge line.
Weardale Minerals	?	1988	2 ft (610 mm)	Cambokeels, England	Colliery railway
Weardale Mining and Processing	?	1988	2 ft (610 mm)	West Blackdene, England	Colliery railway

[edit] 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.

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Beacon China Clay Kiln[16]	1928	1963	2 ft (610 mm)	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[16]		after 1956	1 m (3 ft 33⁄8 in)	Trewoon, England	Tramway from the clay pits to a tip.
Charlestown No. 1 China Clay Kiln[16]	1908	1960s	2 ft 4 in (711 mm)	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[16]	1860s	after 1967	2 ft 3 in (686 mm)	Nanpean, England	Internal quarry tramway system with cable hauled inclines
Hendra Light Railway[16]	1919	1939	2 ft (610 mm)	Nanpean, England	3⁄4 mile long petrol locomotive worked railway connecting a loading wharf at the GWR to the Hendra china clay kilns.
Melbur China Clay Pit[16]		1920s ?	2 ft (610 mm) (?)	St. Stephen, England	Hand worked tramways
Pochins Tramway[16]	1880	1933	3 ft (914 mm) (?)	Gothers, England	Railway connecting the Gothers china clay works with the GWR. May have been 3 ft 1 in gauge. The last of the four steam locomotives was scrapped on site in 1953.
Quarry Close China Stone Works[16]	1863	1973	2 ft 3 in (686 mm)	Nanpean, England	A network of lines connecting several quarries to the GWR branch line from Drinnick Mill.
Restowrack China Clay Kiln[16]	1907	1969	2 ft (610 mm)	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[16]	1890s	1968	2 ft (610 mm)	St. Stephen, England	A network of lines and inclines connecting the quarry with six mills.
Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit[16]		after 1910		Retew, England	Horse worked internal tramway

[edit] Other stone

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Downhead Basalt Quarry[10]	by 1904	1925	2 ft (610 mm)	Downhead, England	Steam locomotive worked quarry line
East Cornwall Mineral Railway[36][16]	1872	1891/1908	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Callington, England	Early steam-worked railway serving the iron ore and stone quarries around Callington.
Harecrag Quarry railway[1]		1969	2 ft (610 mm)	Shilbottle, England	Roadstone quarry operated by Northumberland County Council operated by six Hunslet diesel locomotives.
Long Rake Spar mine[7]		after 1979	1 ft 5 in (432 mm)	Youlgreave, England	Underground aggregates mine railway operated by battery-electric locomotives.
Penlee Quarry railway[9][7][16]	about 1900	1972	2 ft (610 mm)	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[16]	1912	1958	2 ft (610 mm)	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 Quarry railway[9]	before 1910	1952	3 ft (914 mm)	Ludlow, England	Dhustone quarry with an internal horse worked railway; steam locomotive worked from 1910. Included a 1 mile long incline
Tregongeeves Quarry[16]	1931	1961	2 ft (610 mm)	St. Mewan, England	Roadstone quarry with cable incline and three petrol locomotives.
West of England Quarry[7]		by 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	St. Keverne, England	Aggregates quarry with a short locomotive-worked line

[edit] Peat extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Cumberland Moss Litter railway[1][7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Wigton, England	Extremely lightly laid temporary lines for peat extraction
Eden Park Nurseries	1987	?	2 ft (610 mm)	Wark Forest, England	A relatively new narrow gauge industrial railway.
Haversham House Farm railway[1]	?	?	2 ft (610 mm)	Lancaster, England	Turf farm railway
Joseph Metcalf Ltd.[15]	?	1999 ?	2 ft (610 mm)	Irlam, England	Lightly laid peat tramway using modern diesel locomotives.
L&P Ltd. Creca Moss[37]	?	Present?	2 ft (610 mm)	Annan, Scotland	Peat extraction line
L&P Ltd. Letham Moss[18]	?	Present ?	2 ft (610 mm)	Airth, Scotland	Peat extraction line
L&P Ltd. Nutberry Works[37]	?	Present ?	2 ft (610 mm)	Eastriggs, Scotland	Peat extraction line near Gretna Green.
Moodiesburn Peat Works railway[1]	?	?	2 ft (610 mm)	Glenboig, Scotland	Locomotive worked line a few hundred yards long
Richardson's Peat Work railway[34][7]	?	after 1979	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Longtown, England	Peat tramway in Cumbria.
Fisons Ltd. Eclipse Peat Works[7][10]	1922	after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Meare, England	Locomotive-worked peat railway.
Fisons Ltd. Hatfield Peat Works[38]	?	Present	3 ft (914 mm)	Hatfield, England	One of the few remaining working industrial narrow gauge railways in England.
Fisons Ltd. Swinefleet Peat Works[38][7]	?	after 1979	3 ft (914 mm)	Goole, England	Peat works railway employing at least 11 internal combustion locomotives.
Solway Moss railway[34]	?	?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Cumbria, England	Peat tramway
White Moss Peat Co. Ltd. Simonswood Moss[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Kirkby, England	Locomotive-worked line
White Moss Peat Co. Ltd. White Moss Works railway		1958	2 ft (610 mm)	Alsager, England	Very lightweight line of less than 1 mile length; worked using Lister locomotives
William Sinclair Horticultural Auchencorth Moss railway[34]	?	?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Leadburn, Scotland
William Sinclair Horticultural Bolton Fell railway[18][7]	?	Present	2 ft (610 mm)	Hethersgill, England	Lightly laid, locomotive worked peat extraction line.
William Sinclair Horticultural Cladence Moss railway[15][34]	1998	Present	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	East Kilbride, Scotland	Lightly laid, locomotive worked peat extraction line.
William Sinclair Horticultural Ryflat Moss railway[34]	late 1990s	Present ?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Strathclyde, Scotland
William Sinclair Horticultural Springfield Moss railway[34]	?	?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Leadburn, Scotland
Wilmslow Peat Farm railway[18][7]	before 1979	2000	2 ft (610 mm)	Wilmslow, England	Locomotive-worked peat tramway near Manchester

[edit] Other mineral extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Blue Circle Industries Ltd. Kilvington Gypsum Works[7]		after 1979	3 ft (914 mm)	Newark, England	Locomotive-worked railway.
British Gypsum Mines Ltd. Gotham Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft 2 in	Gotham, England	Underground locomotive-worked railway.
British Gypsum Mines Ltd. Mountfield Works[18]	1945	after 1966	2 ft (610 mm)	Mountfield, England	Inclined adit and works railway.
British Steel Corporation Beaumont Fluor Mine[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Alenheads, England	Underground locomotive-worked fluor mine.
British Steel Corporation Blackdene Fluor Mine[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Ireshopeburn, England	Underground locomotive-worked fluor mine.
British Steel Corporation Blanchland Fluor Mines[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Ireshopeburn, England	Underground locomotive-worked fluor mine.
J. Parish Loam works[6]	1849	1957	4 ft (1219 mm)	Erith, England	Steam locomotive hauled railway moving loam for metal casting molds.
Laporte Industries Ltd. Ladywash Mine[7]		after 1979	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Eyam, England	Underground fluorite mine with locomotive worked railway
Laporte Industries Ltd. Sallet Hole Mine[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Stoney Middleton, England	Underground fluorite mine with locomotive worked railway
Lealt Railway	1890	1915	2 ft (610 mm)	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[39]	1889	1949	3 ft (914 mm)	Scropton, England	Steam hauled tramway serving Gypsum mines south of Scropton station.

[edit] Metal mining

[edit] Tin, lead and zinc

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Ardda Tramway[13]	1853	1864	probably 2 ft (610 mm)	Dolgarrog, Wales	Iron sulphide mine with 1 mile long tramway
Athole G. Allen Ltd. Closehouse Barytes Mine[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm) and 1 ft 71⁄2 in	Middleton-in-Teesdale, England	Locomotive-worked barytes mine.
Basset Mines Tramway[16]	before 1907	1918	1 ft 8 in (508 mm)	Redruth, England	Steam locomotive worked line connecting the West Basset Mine and the stamps at Carnike
Botallack Mine[16]	before 1864		800 mm (2 ft 7½ in)	St. Just, England	300 yard surface line and cliff-side inclines into the mine.
Cae-Coch Mine railway[13]	1860	1919	unknown	Trefriw, Wales	Tramway serving a remote iron sulphide mine
Camborne Mines Ltd. Pendarves Mine[7]		after 1979	600 mm (1 ft 111⁄2 in)	Camborne, England	Underground railway serving the Pendarves tin mine
Carrock Fell mine[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Mungrisdale, England	Lead mine with a single battery-electric locomotive
Cononish Farm Mine railway[18]	?	Present?	2 ft (610 mm)	Tyndrum, Scotland	Mine railway in intermittent use.
Cornwall Tin and Mining Corporation Mount Wellington Mine[7]		by 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Twelve Heads, England	Underground Tin mine
Cornish Hush Mine railway[1]	?	Late 1970s	2 ft (610 mm)	Bishop Auckland, Scotland	Railway at a Fluorspar mine, operated by a battery electric locomotive
Force Crag Mine Ltd. Braithwaite Barytes Mine[7][40]		after 1979	1 ft 10 in (559 mm)	Keswick, England	Railway at a Barytes mine, operated by a battery electric locomotive
Geevor Tin Mines Ltd. Pendeen Mine[7][16]	1911	1991	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	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	around 1900	late 1940s	unknown	Sannox, Arran	Incline and pier railway serving a barytes mine.
Great Laxey Mines Railway	by 1854	1929	1 ft 7 in (483 mm)	Laxey, Isle of Man	Lead, zinc and silver mines with steam locomotive worked railway by the Laxey Wheel.
Mineral Industries Ltd. Scraithole Mine[7][41]		after 1979, by 2003	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Nenthead, England	Zinc mine with underground locomotive-worked railway
Parc Mine tramway[13]	1951	after 1960	2 ft (610 mm)	Trefriw, Wales	Lead mines with extensive underground locomotive-hauled railway system.
Rosevale Historical Mining Company[16]	1974	present	2 ft (610 mm) and 18 in (457 mm)	Zennor, England	Newly re-opened tin mine using battery-electric locomotives
Snailbeach District Railways[35]	1873	1961	2 ft 3¾ in (705 mm)	Snailbeach, England	Served the lead and other mineral mines around Snailbeach.
South Crofty Mine[7][16]	1900	1998	1 ft 10 in (559 mm) and 18 in (457 mm)	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[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Cowshill, England	Fluorite mine using battery-electric locomotives
Swiss Aluminium Mining (UK) Ltd. Cambokeels Mine[7]		after 1979	600 mm (1 ft 111⁄2 in)	Stanhope, England	Fluorite mine using battery-electric locomotives
Swiss Aluminium Mining (UK) Ltd. Redburn Mine[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Stanhope, England	Fluorite mine using battery-electric locomotives
Swiss Aluminium Mining (UK) Ltd. Stanhope Burn Mine[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Stanhope, England	Fluorite mine using battery-electric locomotives
Wheal Jane Ltd. Clemo's Shaft[7]	1965	1992	2 ft (610 mm)	Baldhu, England	Locomotive-worked Cornish tin mine.
Willoughby Mine Tramway[13]	1877	1914	1 ft 10 in (559 mm)	Trefriw, Wales	Tramway serving lead and zinc mine. An early (1904) Kerr Stuart locomotive worked here.

[edit] Iron

Mainly ironstone quarries

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
British Steel Corporation Beckermet Ore Mine railway[1][42]		after 1979	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Beckermet, England	Underground mine railway.
Brymbo Ironworks railway[43]	1899	1946	1 ft 111⁄2 in (597 mm)	Hook Norton, England	Major ironstone quarry and calcination works served by a steam-hauled railway.
Colton Iron Ore Mine[10]	1880?		2 ft (610 mm)	Brendon Hill, England	Steam locomotive worked tramway connecting the iron ore mine with the West Somerset Mineral Railway
Eastwell Quarries[1]	1880s (?)	1958	3 ft (914 mm)	Eastwell, England	Extensive system of steam-hauled lines with a cable-hauled incline.
Eaton Quarries	?	1958	1 m (3 ft 33⁄8 in)	Belvoir, England	Unusual in its use of French locomotives.
Finedon Hill Quarries railway	1874	late 1940s	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Finedon, England	Cable-hauled ironstone quarry tramway
Florence Iron Ore Mine railway[34]	?	?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Egremont, England	Underground mine tramway worked by battery-electric locomotives
Irchester Quarries railway	1871	1884	3 ft 8¼ in	Irchester, England	Early ironstone quarry system using one steam locomotive.
Irthlingborough Quarries railway[1]		after 1958	3 ft (914 mm)	Irthlingborough, England	Underground mines using eletric locomotives with a double-track adit to the surface
Kettering Ironstone Railway[24]	1879	1951	3 ft (914 mm)	Kettering, England	Extensive system of steam-hauled lines serving the ironstone quarries west of Kettering.
Midland Brick Quarries	after 1901	by 1940	2 ft (610 mm)	Wellingborough, England	Small hand-worked ironstone quarry line
Myers Burn Mine	1985	1988	?	Eaglesham, Scotland	Small iron pyrites mine with underground railway system.
Scaldwell Ironstone Quarries[24]		1963	3 ft (914 mm)	Brixworth, England	Steam locomotive worked connecting the ironstone quarry south of Scaldwell to the British Rail branch to Lamport
South Hill Farm Quarries	1912	about 1926	probably 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Finedon, England	Locomotive worked ironstone quarry tramway connected to Finedon Hill quarry tramway
Thingdon Quarries	1882	1933	2 ft 4 in	Finedon, England	Cable-hauled tramway with horse-worked upper section.
Wellingborough Iron Company[24]	1874	1966	1 m (3 ft 33⁄8 in)	Finedon, England	The last narrow gauge steam hauled ironstone railway in England. There were also 2 ft 4 in gauge feeder lines at the quarries, latterly worked by diesel locos.

[edit] Gold and silver

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Clogau mine	1880s	Present	2 ft (610 mm)	Bontddu Wales	Hand-worked gold mine railway, in intermittent use
Gwynfynydd mine		Present	2 ft (610 mm)	Dolgellau Wales	Hand-worked gold mine railway, in intermittent use

[edit] Heavy industry

[edit] Engineering works

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Godwin and Sons Engineering (Manchester) Ltd.[7]		by 1979	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Shaw and Crompton, England	Locomotive-worked line.
Painter Bros. Ltd.[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Hereford, England	Locomotive-worked line.
William Ainscough and Sons Mossy Lea Road[7]		by 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Writhington, England	Locomotive-worked line at this crane hire and general engineering company[44]

[edit] 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.

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Central Electricity Generating Board Fawley Tunnel[7][12]		by 1979	3 ft 11⁄8 in	Fawley, England	Two mile long tunnel under Southampton Water worked by a single batter-electric locomotive.
Central Electricity Generating Board Woodhead Tunnel[7]	1960s	present?	2 ft (610 mm)	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	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Stourport, England	Internal line.
J.S. Fry and Sons railway[1]	?	after 1967	2 ft (610 mm)	Somerdale, England	Short railway running parallel to a standard gauge line. The narrow gauge locomotives hauled standard gauge coal wagons to the power station.

[edit] Steel works

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
British Steel Corporation Aldwarke Works railway[7]		after 1979	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Rotherham, Wales	Internal steel works railway, with an entirely new line built in 1971
British Steel Corporation Micklam works[7]		after 1979	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Lowca, England	Underground railway serving the refractories.
British Steel Corporation Shotton Steel Works railway[1][34][7]		present	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Connah's Quay, Wales	Internal steel works railway, with an entirely new line built in 1971
British Steel Corporation Stanton and Staveley Works[7]		after 1979	3 ft (914 mm)	Ilkeston, England	Foundry railway worked by battery-electric locomotives
Clay Cross Ltd. Spun Pipe works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Clay Cross, England	Internal locomotive-worked line
Flather Bright Steels Ltd. Tinsley works[7]		after 1979	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Sheffield, England	Internal locomotive-worked line
Gurnos Tin Plate Works railway[1]	before 1920		1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Lower Cwmtwrch, Wales	Internal steel works railway
Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and Coal Company railway[45]			1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Ebbw Vale, Wales	Internal steel works railway using Ramsbottom locomotives similar to those at the Crewe Works Railway
Sanders and Forster[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Stratford, London, England	Diesel locomotive worked line

[edit] Refineries

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Anglo Gulf West Indies Petroleum Corporation Fawley Refinery[12]	1920	1957	2 ft (610 mm)	Fawley, England	Extensive diesel locomotive worked internal line at refinery

[edit] Construction industry

[edit] 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.

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Arnold & Nathan Ltd. East Peckham depot[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm) and 1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Paddock Wood, England	Battery electric locomotives for tunnelling
Associated Tunnelling Co. Ltd. Lowton St. Marys Depot[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Warrington, England	Battery electric locomotives for tunnelling
Baillie Contracting Co. Ltd. Coventry Depots[7]		after 1979	12 in (305 mm)	Coventry, England
C. Bryant & Sons Ltd. Doris Road Depot[7]		after 1979	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Birmingham, England
Cementation Mining Ltd. Bentley Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm) and 1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Doncaster, England
Clugston Construction Scunthorpe depot[7]		after 1979	12 in (305 mm)	Scunthorpe, England
Clydeside Constructional Co. Ltd. Bridge of Weir depot[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Strathclyde, Scotland
J.F. Donelan & Co. Ltd. Manchester depot[7]		after 1979	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Manchester, England
Fairclough Civil Engineering Ltd. Swynerton depot[7]		after 1979	1 ft 6 in (457 mm) and {[2ft}}	Swynerton, England	Extensive stock depot, on occasions including over 100 battery electric locomotives
J.J. Gallagher & Co. Ltd. Armour Close depot[7]		after 1979	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Birmingham, England
M.J Gleesons (Contractors) Ltd. Mitcham depot[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	London, England
Sam Henry & Partners[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	unknown location
J.H. Tractors Ltd. Tickhill Plant Hire[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm) and 1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Doncaster, England
Johnston Construction[7]		after 1979	12 in	Surrey, England
Kier Ltd. Setchey depot[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Kings Lynn, England
T & A.M. Kilroe Ltd. Lomax Street depot[7]		after 1979	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Radcliffe, England
Lilley/Waddington Ltd. Harvey Road depot[7]		after 1979	1 ft 6 in (457 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm)	Basildon, England
Lilley/Waddington Ltd. Horwich depot[7]		after 1979	1 ft 6 in (457 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm)	Manchester, England
Lilley/Waddington Ltd. Haunchwood Colliery depot[7]		after 1979	1 ft 6 in (457 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm)	Nuneaton, England
Lilley/Waddington Ltd. Charles Street depot[7]		after 1979	1 ft 6 in (457 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm)	Glasgow, Scotland
Martin & Co. (Contractors) Ltd. Bristol Road South depot[7]		after 1979	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Birmingham, England
Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd. Kettering depot[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Kettering, England
M & H Tunnel & Civil Engineering Co. Ltd. Green Lane depot[7]		after 1979	1 ft 6 in (457 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm)	Thurcroft, England

[edit] 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.

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Bedminster Water Outfall contract[1]	1974	1975	2 ft (610 mm)	Bedminster, England	Water tunnel construction scheme in Bristol, using eleven diesel locomotives
Cockermouth Sewer Contract	?	1988	2 ft (610 mm) ?	Cockermouth, England	Temporary line to serve the renewal of the main sewer tunnel. Used battery electric locomotives.
Eurotunnel contract[2]	1988	1992	3 ft (914 mm)	Dover, England	Extensive rack and adhesion railway used in the construction of the Channel Tunnel.
Nuttall Dover Sewer contract	1996	1998	2 ft (610 mm)	Dover, England	Construction railway for a one-mile long interception sewer tunnel.
Nuttall Portsmouth Sewer contract[12]	1998	2001	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Dover, England	Construction railway for an 8 km long sewer tunnel.
Nuttall Southampton Rail Tunnel contract[12]	1985	1987	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	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[1]	1971	1972	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	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[10]		1983	2 ft (610 mm)	Wyke Regis, England	3 km long sewage outfall tunnel built using battery electric locomotives

[edit] City construction

During the garden city construction boom, several new towns and cities were built using narrow gauge railways

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Port Sunlight village railway[46]	1905	1914	2 ft (610 mm)	Port Sunlight, England	Locomotive worked construction railway for the expansion of Port Sunlight "garden village"

[edit] Land reclamation and river maintenance

Temporary and semi-permanent narrow gauge railways were often used during land reclamation schemes

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Anglian Water Authority Lincolnshire River Division[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Southrey, England	Locomotive depot for river bank maintenance around Lincolnshire
Anglian Water Authority Norfolk & Suffolk River Division[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Southrey, England	Locomotives used for flood protection and river bank maintenance.
Middle Level Commissioners Ashbeach Road Plant Depot[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	March, England	Locomotive depot for river bank maintenance and land reclamation schemes in and around Cambridgeshire
North West Water Authority Mersey and Weaver River Unit[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Great Sankey, England	Locomotive used for river bank maintenance
Robert Stannard's Railway[47]	1816	after 1821	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Chat Moss, England	Portable hand-worked tramway used for the reclamation of Chat Moss.
The Embankment Tramway[48]	1808	about 1830	3 ft (914 mm)	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[49][7]	1935	after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Frieston, England	Locomotive worked land reclamation scheme in the Lincolnshire Wash
Severn Trent Water Authority Orston Road East Depot[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	West Bridgford, England	Locomotives used in river bank maintenance
Yorkshire Water Authority River Ouse scheme[1]		1973	2 ft (610 mm)	Saltmarshe, England	Temporary riverbank line used for repairs to the River Ouse
Yorkshire Water Authority Ricall Plant Depot[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	York, England	Locomotives used for river bank maintenance

[edit] Reservoir construction

Many reservoirs constructed before the Second World War employed narrow gauge railways to move equipment and materials.

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Baldersdale Reservoir railway[28]	1889	1896	3 ft (914 mm)	Middleton in Teesdale England
Burnhope Reservoir railway[28]	1930	1937	2 ft (610 mm)	Wearhead England	Extensive narrow gauge system serving the construction of the Burnhope Reservoir
Catcleugh Reservoir railway[28]	1902	1905	3 ft (914 mm)	Woodburn England	Connection from the Woodburn station of the North British Railway to Catcleugh dam
Cowlyd Tramway[13]	1916	1968	2 ft (610 mm)	Dolgarrog Wales	Steam locomotive worked line
Crookfoot Reservoir railway[28]	1900	1904	3 ft (914 mm)	Hartlepool England	Steam locomotive worked line
Eigiau Tramway[13]	1907	1971	2 ft (610 mm)	Dolgarrog Wales	Steam locomotive worked line
Fontburn Reservoir railway[28]	1902	1908	3 ft (914 mm)	Kirkwhelpington England	Steam locomotive and horse worked line connecting to sidings on the North British Railway
Geltsdale Reservoir railway[28]	1904	1909	3 ft (914 mm)	Carlisle England	Steam locomotive worked line
West Baldwin Reservoir railway[50]	1901	1905	3 ft (914 mm)	Douglas Isle of Man	Steam locomotive worked line north of Douglas
Bamford to Howden Railway[51]		1915		Derwent Valley	Construction of Derwent and Howden Reservoirs
Swinsty Reservoir Railway[52]	1873	1877	3 ft (914 mm)	Washburn Valley	Construction of Swinsty Reservoir
Fewston Reservoir Railway[52]	1874	1879	3 ft (914 mm)	Washburn Valley	Construction of Fewston Reservoir

[edit] Power station construction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Foyers Power Station construction railway[1]	around 1970	after 1971	3 ft (914 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm)	Loch Ness Scotland	Extensive network of temporary lines around Loch Ness

[edit] Road construction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Caterham Bypass[11]	1939	1939	2 ft (610 mm)	Caterham, England	Diesel locomotive worked temporary lines used during the construction of the A22 bypass east of the town
Cranmore Depot[10]		after 1950	various	Cranmore, England	Equipment depot of Roads Reconstruction (1934) Ltd. where many narrow gauge locomotives used on road construction contracts were stored
Dorking Bypass[11]	1926	1926	2 ft (610 mm)	Dorking, England	Diesel locomotive worked line carrying chalk excavated to create new route for the A29
Guildford Bypass[11]	1931	1931	2 ft (610 mm)	Dorking, England	Steam locomotive worked line used in the construction of the A3
Kingston Bypass[11]	1924	1925	3 ft (914 mm) ?	London, England	Steam locomotive worked line using at least one American Davenport locomotive in the construction of the A3 bypass of Kingston upon Thames

[edit] Other construction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Bournemouth Pier[10]	1980	1980	2 ft (610 mm)	Bournemouth, England	Locomotive-worked line used in reconstruction of the pier
Southern Railway Sutton Common line construction[11]	1928	1930	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Sutton, England	Steam locomotive worked line used in the construction of the Sutton-Wimbledon line.
Surrey and Hants Canal Society The Deepcut Railway[11]	1977	1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Basingstoke, England	Diesel locomotive worked line used in the restoration of the Basingstoke Canal

[edit] General

[edit] Water treatment and sewage works

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Anglian Water Authority Marsh Farm Sewage Works[7]		by 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Tilbury, England	Locomotive worked railway
Anglian Water Authority Nevendon Treatment Works[7]		by 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Basildon, England	Locomotive worked railway
Brede Waterworks railway[3]	1899	1935	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	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[3]	1930s (?)	1976	2 ft (610 mm)	Apuldram, England	Short line around the sewage works
Colne Valley Waterworks railway[53]	1931	1967	2 ft (610 mm)	Watford, England	Light railway connecting the LNWR Watford to Rickmansworth branch line with the Eastbury Pumping Station
Dukinfield Sewage Works railway	?	late 1980s	2 ft (610 mm)	Manchester, England	Small-scale railway at sewage works
Knostrop Sewage Works railway[1]	?	after 1975	1 ft 111⁄2 in (597 mm)	Leeds, England	Experimental facility that used locomotives from the First World War into the 1970s
Metropolitan Water Board Railway[54][11]	1915	1947	2 ft (610 mm)	Hampton, England	Transported coal from a wharf on the River Thames to the Kempton pumping station.
North Bierley Sewage Works railway[5]			2 ft (610 mm)	Bradford, England	Railway serving the sewage works
North Surrey Joint Sewage Board railways[55]	1939	after 1965	2 ft (610 mm)	Berrylands, England	Railways serving the sewage works in Surbiton.
North Surrey Water[11]		present	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Walton-on-Thames, England	Diesel locomotive worked 400 yard long line in occasional use
North West Water Authority Ashton works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Dukinfield, England	Locomotive-hauled railway
North West Water Authority Llanforda Hall[7]	?	1989	2 ft (610 mm)	Oswestry, England	Locomotive-worked railway serving the filtration beds and sand washing plant.
North West Water Authority Lower Rivington Reservoir[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Horwich, England	Locomotive-hauled railway
North West Water Authority Spade Mill No. 2 Reservoir[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Longridge, England	Locomotive-hauled railway
Plantation Farm Sewage Works railway[1]	?	after 1975	2 ft (610 mm)	Dukinfield, England	Railway serving the filter beds
Severn Trent Water Authority Blithe Valley Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Uttoxeter, England	Locomotive-hauled railway
Severn Trent Water Authority Burslem Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Burslem, England	Locomotive-hauled railway
Severn Trent Water Authority Newstead Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Trentham, England	Locomotive-hauled railway
Severn Trent Water Authority Stoke Bardolph Sewage Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Nottingham, England	Locomotive-hauled railway
Severn Trent Water Authority Strongford Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Barlaston, England	Locomotive-hauled railway
Severn Trent Water Authority Tunstall Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Stoke on Trent, England	Locomotive-hauled railway
Wandle Valley Sewerage Board railway	?	1963	2 ft (610 mm)	Merton, England	Internal sewerage railway
Water Orton Sewage Plant railway[1]	before 1968	1990	2 ft (610 mm)	Minworth, England	Internal sewerage railway of the Upper Tame Main Drainage Authority
Wood Lane Tip railway[1]	before 1961		2 ft (610 mm)	Kensington, England	Railway serving the refuse tips operated by Kensington Council
Yorkshire Water Authority Naburn Purification Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Naburn, England	Locomotive-worked works railway
Yorkshire Water Authority Old Whittington Sewage Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Chesterfield, England	Locomotive-worked sewage works railway

[edit] Gas works

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Berkhamsted Gasworks Railway[1]	?	1955	161⁄2 in (419 mm)	Berkhamsted, England	Short horse-worked line connecting the gasworks with a goods yard
Bournemouth Gas & Water Company Railway[10]	1864	1930s	3 ft (914 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm)	Bournemouth, England	3 ft (914 mm) gauge elevated railway for coal transport until 1918. 2 ft (610 mm) gauge locomotive worked line for gasholder construction in the early 1930s.
Dundee Gasworks Railway	?	?	1 ft 111⁄2 in (597 mm)	Dundee, Scotland	Internal steam-hauled gas works railway.
Granton Gasworks Railway[8]	?	1965	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Edinburgh, Scotland	Internal steam-hauled gas works railway.
Hilsea Gasworks Railway[12]			2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Hilsea, England	Steam-locomotive hauled gasworks railway.
Harrogate Gasworks Railway	1908	1956	2 ft (610 mm)	Harrogate, England	Steam-hauled railway running from the North Eastern Railway to Harrogate gasworks.
London Gas Light Co. Nine Elms Works[11]	1863 (?)	1927	3 ft (914 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm)	London, England	Internal steam-hauled railway hauling coal to the gasworks, replaced by conveyor belts
South Metropolitan Gas Company East Greenwich Works[11]	before 1910	1933	750 mm (2 ft 51⁄2 in)	London, England	Internal steam-hauled gas works railway.
South Metropolitan Gas Company Old Kent Road Works[11]	1892	1953	3 ft (914 mm)	London, England	Internal steam-hauled gas works railway on the Old Kent Road.
South Metropolitan Gas Company Vauxhall Works[11]	1890s	after 1951	3 ft (914 mm)	London, England	Internal steam-hauled gas works railway.
Southern Gas Board, Poole Gasworks[10]	1944	1972	2 ft (610 mm)	Poole, England	Internal gasworks line using Lister locomotives
Winnal Gasworks Railway[12]			2 ft 8 in	Winchester, England	Overhead electric-locomotive hauled gasworks railway.

[edit] General freight

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Belvoir Castle Tramway[56]	1815	1920	4 ft 4½ in (1 334 mm)	Belvoir Castle, England	A short plateway used to haul coal and other goods from a canal wharf to the castle.
Guilford Tramway[2]	1903	1930	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Sandwich, England	Steam locomotive worked, freight-only line serving the St. George's Golf Club.
Portreath Tramroad[16]	1809	1867	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Portreath, England	Early freight and mineral horse-hauled hauling plateway. One director's carriage survives in the Royal Cornwall Museum
Redruth and Chasewater Railway[35][16]	1826	1915	4 ft (1219 mm)	Redruth, England	Freight and mineral hauling line; horse-drawn until 1854; later steam worked.
St. Michael's Mount Tramway[16]	1879	present	2 ft 5 in (737 mm)	Marazion, England	Cable-hauled railway and incline delivering supplies and guest's luggage to St Michael's Mount.
Swanage Pier Railway[10]	1858	1930s	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Swanage], England	Coal, stone and general freight line along Swange Pier. Originally standard gauge but converted to narrow gauge between 1860 and 1880. Some track still exists in situ.
Talisker Distillery	?	1930s	2 ft (610 mm)	Isle of Skye, Scotland	Hauled goods from a pier to the whisky distillery.

[edit] Forestry

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Ampthill Timber Railway[57]	1917	1918	3 ft (914 mm)	Ampthill, England	Controller of Timber Supply (CTS) forestry railway using one Kerr Stuart Haig class locomotive.
Aviemore Light Railway[57]	1917	1922	3 ft (914 mm)	Aviemore, Scotland	Extensive forestry railway built by the War Office Directorate of Timber Supply.
Cefn Vron Tramway[57]	1924	1926	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Newtown, Wales	Temporary timber hauling railway on the Welsh-English border.
Dornoch forestry railway[57]	1917	1922	3 ft (914 mm)	Dornoch, Scotland	Forestry railway built by the War Office Directorate of Timber Supply.
Downham Hall timber railway[57]	1917	1922	3 ft (914 mm)	Brandon, England	CTS timber railway using three Bagnall locomotives
Kerry Ridgeway Railway[57]	1941	1943	2 ft (610 mm)	Newtown, Wales	Temporary timber-hauling railway at Kerry, Powys.
Kerry Tramway[57]	1887	1923	2 ft (610 mm)	Newtown, Wales	Locomotive-worked line hauling timber from Kerry forest to Kerry Station on the Cambrian Railway
Wool timber railway[57]	1918	1920	3 ft (914 mm)	Wool, England	Forestry railway using a single Bagnall locomotive.
Wolsingham railway[57]	1917	1922	3 ft (914 mm)	Wolsingham, England	1½ mile long timber railway using three steam locomotives.

[edit] Railway works

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Beyer Peacock Works Railway[58]	?	?	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Manchester, England	Extensive railway serving the locomotive construction works of Beyer Peacock.
British Railways Beeston Sleeper Depot railway	?	?	3 ft (914 mm)	Beeston, England	Sleeper depot line
British Railways Chesterton Junction Central Materials Depot railway[7]	?	after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Cambridge, England	Materials dept internal line
Crewe Works Railway[45]	1863	1932	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Crewe, England	Extensive railway serving the Crewe locomtoive works of the London and North Western Railway
Horwich Works Railway[45]		1965	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Bolton, England	Railway serving the Horwich locomtoive works of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

[edit] Other industries

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
ABCO Petroleum[18][3]	before 1910	after 1965	2 ft (610 mm)	Rye, England	200-yard-long internal railway serving the reprocessing plant.
Ashton Canal Carriers	?	Present?	2 ft (610 mm)	Ashton under Lyne, England	Short loco-worked line within a boatyard.
Ballard's Malt Vinegar Works[59]	1894	after 1974	2 ft (610 mm)	Malvern, England	Hand-worked line connecting the barley malting works to the piggery.
Bedford and Jesty Ltd. Sylva Springs Watercress railway[1][10]	before 1967	after 2006	1 ft 6 in (457 mm)	Bere Regis, England	Short line serving the watercress beds powered by a home made petrol locomotive
Bedford and Jesty Ltd. Spetisbury Watercresss railway[10]	before 1970	1980	2 ft (610 mm)	Spetisbury, England	Short line serving the watercress beds, using motorised flatbed wagons
BICC Belvedere[2]	1930s (?)	1968	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Belvedere, England	Steam-hauled railway at British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd's cable plant.
BICC Prescot Refineries Unit[7]		after 1979	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Prescot, England	Locomotive-worked line
Biwater Pipes and Castings[18]	?	2000	2 ft 3½ in (698 mm)	Clay Cross, England	Very short line for hauling pipes within the works.
Bowaters Paper Railway[2]	1906	1969	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Sittingbourne, England	Served Bowater's paper mills. The last steam-worked industrial narrow gauge line in Britain.
British Ropes[11]		after 1965	2 ft (610 mm)	Charlton, England	Diesel locomotive worked line at rope factory
Bude Canal Edge Railway[16]	1823	1942	4 ft (1219 mm), 2 ft (610 mm) after 1923	Bude, England	Horse-hauled line conveying sand from Summerleaze Beach to Bude Canal.
Cadbury's factory railway[60]	1920s	1950s	2 ft (610 mm)	Worcester, England	Line connecting the canal to the chocolate factory taking timber for construction of packing cases.
Clayton Canal Carriers[7]	?	after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Guide Bridge, England	Short loco-worked line within a boatyard.
Civil Aviation Authority Laxey Airport[7]		after 1979	3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)	Laxey, Isle of Man	Two railcars
Daydawn Nurseries Ltd.[11]	1965 (?)	1971	2 ft (610 mm)	Bisley, England	Diesel locomotive worked line around garden nursery
Droitwich Canal Trust[7]	?	after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Salwarpe, England	Short loco-worked line
Faverdale Works railway[1]		after 1975	1 ft 8 in (508 mm)	Darlington, England	Railway at the Chemical and Insulating Co. Ltd.
ICI Nobels Roburite Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft (610 mm)	Shevington, England	Locomotive worked line
ICI Winnington Works[7]		after 1979	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Winnington, England	Locomotive worked line at the crystal plant at Winnington
Lochaber narrow gauge railway[61]	1925	1977	3 ft (914 mm)	Fort William, Scotland	Long line built for the construction and maintenance of pipelines from Lochaber to Fort William
London Post Office Railway ('Mail Rail')[62]	1927	2003	2 ft (610 mm)	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	3 ft (914 mm)	Ramsey, England	Concrete suppliers.
Nocton Potato Estate	1920	1969	2 ft (610 mm)	Lincoln, England	Extensive system to carry potatoes from the fields to the crisp processing plant.
Oakhill Brewery[10]	1904	1921	2 ft 6 in (762 mm)	Oakhill, England	Mile long steam operated railway connecting the brewery with the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at Binegar
Pett Level Tramway[3]	1934	1946	2 ft (610 mm)	Winchelsea, England	Built to aid the construction and maintenance of sea defences on the Sussex coast.
Port Sunlight	1914 (?)	early 1950s	2 ft (610 mm)	Port Sunlight, England	Locomotive-worked industrial light serving Lever Brothers soap factory.
Redland Pipes railway[1][11]	before 1968	1972	2 ft (610 mm)	Ripley, England	Continuous circuit around the pipe works.
Woodhead Tunnel railway[63]	1960s	Present ?	2 ft (610 mm)	Woodhead, England	Locomotive worked railway for transporting workers maintaining the high voltage electrical cables in the old Woodhead Tunnel

[edit] See also

• British narrow gauge railways
• Decauville
• Minimum gauge railway

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Narrow Gauge Railway Society
• Industrial Railway Society