Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway

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Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway
Locale	Wales
Dates of operation	1889–1931
Track gauge	3 ft (914 mm)
Length	1 mile
Headquarters	Porth Dyniewyd

The Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway was an industrial narrow gauge railway operating at three levels within the extensive limestone quarry on the Penrhyn Bay side of the Little Orme at Llandudno on the North Wales coast.

Contents 1 History 2 Locomotives 3 References 4 See also

[edit] History

[edit] Locomotives

Name	Builder	Wheel arrangement	Date	Works number	Notes
Mona	Hughes Foundry	0-4-0VB
Little Orme	Manning Wardle	0-4-0ST	1873	478	Built for the Leeds Corporation Water Works at Swinsty Reservoir
Ellesmere	Kerr Stuart	0-4-2ST	1912	1255
Garth	Kerr Stuart	0-4-2ST	1914	1257
Penrhyn	Kerr Stuart	0-4-2ST	1918	3092	Scrapped 1940
No. 1	Sentinel	4wVB	1926	6256
No. 2	Sentinel	4wVB	1926	6255
No. 3	Sentinel	4wVB	1926	6257

[edit] References

• Boyd, James I.C. (1990). Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire, Volume 3. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-328-1. 

[edit] See also

• British industrial narrow gauge railways