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| Furzebrook Railway |
| Locale |
England |
| Dates of operation |
1874 – 1957 |
| Track gauge |
2 ft 8 in |
| Length |
3½ miles |
| Headquarters |
Furzebrook |
The Furzebrook Railway was an industrial narrow gauge railway built to serve the clay pits at West Creech on the Isle of Purbeck.
[edit] Locomotives
| Name |
Builder |
Type |
Date |
Works number |
Notes |
| Primus |
|
|
|
|
| Secundus |
Bellis and Seekings |
0-6-0WT |
1874 |
|
Now in the Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry |
| Tertius |
Manning Wardle |
0-6-0ST |
1886 |
999 |
|
| Quintus |
Manning Wardle |
0-4-0ST |
1914 |
1854 |
|
| Sextus |
Peckett |
0-6-0ST |
1925 |
1692 |
|
| Septimus |
Peckett |
0-4-2ST |
1930 |
1808 |
|
[edit] References
- Peters, Ivo (1976). The Narrow Gauge Charm of Yesterday: A Pictorial Tribute. The Oxford Publishing Company.
[edit] See also
