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| Geltsdale Reservoir railway |
| Locale |
England |
| Dates of operation |
1904 – 1909 |
| Track gauge |
3 ft (914 mm) |
| Headquarters |
Carlisle |
The Geltsdale Reservoir railway was a narrow gauge industrial railway used during the construction of Geltsdale Reservoir near Carlisle in Cumbria.
[edit] Locomotives
| Name |
Builder |
Type |
Date |
Works number |
Notes |
| Kuroki |
Hudswell Clarke |
0-4-0ST |
1904 |
718 |
Supplied new to William Kennedy Ltd. the first contractors on the reservoir project. Left in 1906 |
| Swansea |
Peckett and Sons |
0-4-0ST |
1902 |
959 |
ex-Swansea Corporation; owned by Harold, Arnold & Son, contractors. |
|
W.G. Bagnall |
0-4-0ST |
1902 |
1704(?) |
May be ex-Swansea Corporation; owned by Harold, Arnold & Son, contractors. |
[edit] References
- Bowtell, Harold D. (1994). Dam Builder's Railways from Durham's Dales to the Border. Plateway Press. ISBN 1-871980-19-4.
[edit] See also
