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The Bristol Harbour Railway (known originally as the Harbour Railway) was a standard-gauge industrial railway that served the wharves and docks of Bristol, England. The line, which had a network of approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) of track, connected the Floating Harbour to the GWR mainline at Bristol Temple Meads .
The Bristol Industrial Museum was a museum in Bristol, England, located on Prince's Wharf beside the Floating Harbour and which closed in 2006. On display were items from Bristol's industrial past – including aviation, car and bus manufacture, and printing – and exhibits documenting Bristol's maritime history.
Bristol Harbour Railway offers train rides along the quayside on selected weekends, using restored steam locomotives and rolling stock. [ 2 ] Moored in front of the museum is the collection of historic vessels, which include the 1934 fireboat Pyronaut [ 2 ] and two tugs: John King built as a diesel tug in 1935, and Mayflower , the world's ...
Mayflower is a steam tug built in Bristol in 1861 and now preserved by Bristol Museums Galleries & Archives. She is based in Bristol Harbour at M Shed (formerly Bristol Industrial Museum ). She is the oldest Bristol-built ship afloat, and is believed to be the oldest surviving tug in the world.
The museum was managed by Bristol City Council along with nearby preserved industrial relics along Prince's Wharf, including the Bristol Harbour Railway, cranes and a small fleet of preserved vessels. There are no plans to decommission or remove the railway, cranes or vessels. The museum closed its doors to the public on 29 October 2006.
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The following year in 2015, Avonside Works No. 1764 of 1917 vintage, 0-6-0ST No. 34 Portbury was on hire from Bristol Harbour Railway. During 2017 Andrew Barclay, Works No. 807 of 1897 vintage, 0-4-0ST Bon Accord was in use and Peckett, Works No. 1370 of 1915 vintage, 0-4-0ST May was in use hauling trains during weekends until 2019, however she ...