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Steam breakdown crane Manchester, Cravens: 1907 York [215] 1975–7051 NER: 14974 Four-wheel loco sand wagon 1912 Shildon [216] (available for transfer out of the collection 2021) [217] 1978–7095 LSWR: 1904 Gunpowder Van Eastleigh, LSWR Dia No. 1701 1912 Yeovil [218] LNWR: 21408 Goods van Earlestown, LNWR Dia No. 88 1917 York [219] 1978 ...
It was then converted to breakdown staff van becoming no.70011 being modified losing its interior and double doors cut into the body side, it was finally withdrawn in 1988 before arriving at the railway in 2001, it is hoped to be restored to its departmental condition and work with the railways SR 45 ton steam crane. [27]
Built 2005 as working replica of 1840 Broad Gauge 2-2-2. [35] GWR Iron Duke Class: Iron Duke: Static Display Built 1985 as working replica of early Broad Gauge 4-2-2. On loan from National Railway Museum. Breakdown Crane RS1054 Under restoration Built 1930. Ex LMS Cowan Sheldon 50 ton steam crane. Steam Crane 23059 For restoration
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge. Most narrow-gauge railways are between 600 mm ( 1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in ) and 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ).
Gloddfa Ganol, Blaenau Ffestiniog - museum of narrow-gauge railways, closed in 1998, stock sold at auction; Swansea Vale Railway, Pentrechwyth – closed in 2009, (most of the track and rolling stock are now located on the Gwili Railway). Penrhyn Quarry Railway, Bethesda, Gwynedd
A narrow-gauge railway at the Alton Towers amusement park. Lappa Valley Steam Railway: 1974–present 15 in (381 mm) 1 mi (1.6 km) Newquay, Cornwall, England A narrow-gauge railway and family entertainment park built on the trackbed of the GWR Newquay to Chacewater line, between Benny Halt and East Wheal Rose. Amerton Railway [48] 1990–present
Ransomes & Rapier was formed in 1869 when four engineers, James Allen Ransome (1806–1875), his elder son, Robert James Ransome (c.1831–1891), Richard Christopher Rapier (1836–1897) and Arthur Alec Bennett (1842–1916), left the parent firm by agreement to establish a new firm on a site on the River Orwell to continue the business of manufacturing railway equipment and other heavy works.
Bulkeley Hill Narrow Gauge Railway [22] 1937 ? 2 ft (610 mm) Bulkeley England 350 yards (320 m)-long cable-hauled incline used in the construction of the Bulkeley Hill reservoir. Burnhope Reservoir railway [21] 1930 1937 2 ft (610 mm) Wearhead England Extensive narrow-gauge system serving the construction of the Burnhope Reservoir