List of 2 ft 3 in gauge railways
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A list of known 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge railways:
| Name | Opened | Closed | Length | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway [1] [2] | 1877 | 1932[3] | 6 miles (9.66 km) | Mull of Kintyre, Scotland | Remote line serving coal mines and passengers on the Kintyre peninsula. |
| Caphouse Colliery[4] | 1988 | present | c. 2000 yards (1800 m) | National Coal Mining Museum, Wakefield | Demonstration funicular railway. |
| Corris Railway | 1859 | present | 12¼ miles (19.71 km)[3] | Machynlleth, Wales | Built to carry slate from the Corris district. Closed after flooding of the Afon Dyfi. Reopened in 2002. |
| Hendra China Stone Quarry[5] | 1860s | after 1967 | Unknown | Nanpean, England | Internal quarry tramway system with cable hauled inclines. |
| Huncoat Colliery | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Huncoat, England | National Coal Board mine railway. One diesel was sold to the Talyllyn Railway, and runs as No. 9 Alf.[6] [7] |
| Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway[3] | 1897 | 1899 | 7 miles (11.27 km)[3] | Talybont, Wales | Short-lived line serving the lead mines around Hafan. |
| Quarry Close China Stone Works[5] | 1863 | 1973 | Unknown | Nanpean, England | A network of lines connecting several quarries to the GWR branch line from Drinnick Mill. |
| Talyllyn Railway[3] | 1865 | Present | 7¼ miles (11.67 km) | Tywyn, Wales | Built to carry slate from Bryneglwys quarry to the coast. |
| York Gasworks Company[8] | 1915 | 1959 | c. 400 feet (120 m) | York, England | Electrified railway, operated by a locomotive built by Dick, Kerr & Co. |
[edit] Similar gauges
No railways of an identical gauge are known outside Britain, though lines of 700 mm (2 ft 3½ in) are known in Latvia and Romania (see Narrow gauge railway).
Other British railways of similar, but not identical, gauge were:
- Snailbeach District Railways, 2' 4" (710 mm) gauge
- Glyn Valley Tramway, 2' 4½" (724 mm) gauge
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Nigel S.C. Macmillan (1970). The Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway. David & Charles: Newton Abbot.
- ^ Campbeltown and Macrihanish page.
- ^ a b c d e Whitehouse, Patrick and Snell, John (1984). Narrow gauge railways of the British Isles. David & Charles. ISBN 0715301969.
- ^ Keith Turner (2002). Cliff Railways of the British Isles. The Oakwood Press, page 119.
- ^ a b Dart, Maurice (2005). Cornwall Narrow Gauge including the Camborne & Redruth tramway. Middleton Press. ISBN 190447456X.
- ^ Bate, J.H.L. (2001). The Chronicles of Pendre Sidings. RailRomances, pages 158, 160. ISBN 1-900622-05-X.
- ^ Potter, D. (1990). The Talyllyn Railway. David St John Thomas, page 202. ISBN 0-946537-50-X.
- ^ *Mitchell, Vic, and Keith Smith (2003). Branch Line to the Derwent Valley, including the Foss Islands Branch. Midhurst: Middleton Press, plate 24.
