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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 ...
Narrow-gauge railway used for cable maintenance. Moved to the new Woodhead tunnel, completed in 2016. The narrow gauge railway through the old tunnel is now disused Stourport Power Station? 1989 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Stourport, England Internal line. J.S. Fry and Sons railway [4]? after 1967 2 ft (610 mm) Somerdale, England
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
Includes Narrow Gauge Railway Museum: Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway: Heritage railway 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) 13.7km 1903 1956 1963 Vale of Rheidol Railway: Heritage railway 1 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (603 mm) 18.91km 1902 Rhiw Valley Light Railway: Miniature railway 15 in (381 mm) 1.265km 1970 2022
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 ).
The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (L&B) was a single track, 1 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (597 mm) narrow gauge railway.It opened in May 1898 and ran for slightly more than 19 miles (31 km) through the area bordering Exmoor in North Devon, England.
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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.