Cleator & Workington junction railway

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The Cleator & Workington Railway was located in West Cumbria around the towns of Whitehaven, Cleator Moor and Workington. It was mainly used for the iron and coal industries.

The Cleator & Workington railway was founded in 1876. It was built to bring trucks of Iron down from Iron Ore mines located at Knockmurton and Kelton in Ennerdale to Iron works at Workington, Cleator Moor and Distington amongst others. The line was later incorporated into the LMS network and the last section closed in the 1980s.

[edit] Cleator & Workington Junction Railway locomotives

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Notes on Furness Railway locomotives, some of which ran on the line and were based at Moor Row shed can be found here:

Steam locomotives of the Furness Railway