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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.
Built for Ayr Harbour Trustees, Ayrshire. In 1919 the harbour was purchased by the Glasgow and South Western Railway and the locomotive became G&SWR No. 735, passing to the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 as No. 16043. [51] 989: 1903 B1 0-6-0ST 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in: Scrapped 1959 Built for Netherton Coal Co., Northumberland (No. 1).
A short line called the Bristol Harbour Railway was opened from the junction of the B&ER and Great Western Railway (GWR) at Temple Meads to the Floating Harbour in Bristol on 11 March 1872. It was 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) long, and included a tunnel, a long viaduct and an opening bridge.
Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway [11] [36] No. 1 Royal Arsenal Railway, Woolwich [37] 1748 1916 0-4-0T 18 in (457 mm) United Kingdom: Statfold Barn Railway [38] 34 PORTBURY: Inland Waterways and Docks 1764 1917 0-6-0ST 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) United Kingdom: Bristol Harbour Railway [11] ASKHAM HALL: 15 NCB Whitehaven Colliery [39 ...
The Bristol and Exeter Railway built two 0-4-0WT locomotives in 1874/75 at Bristol – numbers 112 and 113 – for working the 3 feet gauge lines in its ballast quarry at Westleigh, Devon to the main line at Burlescombe. They were renumbered 1381/2 when acquired by the GWR, and following the conversion of the line to standard gauge in 1898 ...
Judy while on loan to the Bristol Harbour Railway in 2015. Works number 2572, built 1937. Bagnall designed a locomotive that was only 90 inches (2.3 m) high by dropping the cab floor down between the main frames. 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m) long over headstocks and 7 ft 5 in (2.26 m) wide, Judy's 33 in (840 mm) wheels were just 5 feet (1,500 mm) apart, allowing her to negotiate the sharp curve by Par ...
Locomotives from the National Collection in the Great Hall of the UK National Railway Museum. The UK National Collection is a collection of around 280 historic rail vehicles (predominantly of British origin). The majority of the collection is kept at four national museums: National Railway Museum, York; Locomotion, Shildon
The original Bristol Harbour Railway was a joint venture by the GWR and the Bristol and Exeter Railway, opened in 1872 between Temple Meads and the Floating Harbour. Its route included a tunnel under St Mary Redcliffe church and a steam-powered bascule bridge over the entrance locks at Bathurst Basin.