British quarrying and mining narrow-gauge railways explained

Some industrial narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man were primarily built to serve quarrying, mining, and similar industries. Some of these narrow-gauge railways offered passenger services for employees or workmen, but they did not run public passenger trains. They are listed by the primary industry they served.

Cement works

Many of the cement works and their associated chalk pits had narrow gauge railways, particularly those in the South East of England. The Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd. (APCM, later Blue Circle Industries, and Lafarge) was the major producer of cement in the United Kingdom in the second half of the twentieth century and many of their plants used railways.

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
APCM Cliffe Works	1934 ?	1959		Cliffe-at-Hoo, England	Extensive diesel-hauled chalk pit railway.
APCM Bevans Works	?	after 1962		Northfleet, England	Short line operating on a riverside wharf
APCM Harbury Works^[1]	?	after 1961		Harbury, England	Quarry line worked with a rare Fowler 2-4-0 diesel locomotive
APCM Holborough Works^[2]	1923	1969		Snodland, England	Steam- and diesel- hauled railway at the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd's cement plant at Holborough.
APCM Sittingbourne Brickworks	before 1898	after 1963		Sittingbourne, England	Internal brickworks railway
APCM Rodmell Works^[3]	before 1910	1975		Beddingham, England	Short line serving a cement works
APCM Sittingbourne Works	?	1971		Sittingbourne, England	Cement works line with the last narrow gauge steam locomotive in that industry.
APCM Kent Works	1877	1927		Greenhithe, England	Steam-hauled railway at the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Ltd's cement plant at Greenhithe.
APCM Sundon Works^[4]	?	1974		Luton, England	Cement works line.
British Standard Cement Works	1912	1932		Rainham, England	Notable as the only industrial line in Britain to use an ex-WDLR Baldwin locomotive.
Broom Bank	1933	1962		Murston, England	Steam hauled cement works and clay pit line
Chinnor Cement & Lime^[5]		1962		Chinnor, England	Locomotive and cable worked lines serving the chalk quarry and washmills.
Smeed Dean & Co.	1900	1949		Murston, England	Chalk pit line
Francis & Co.	1871	1920		Cliffe, England	Steam-worked chalk quarry railway
Gillingham Portland Cement Co.	1870s?	1910		Gillingham, England	Early cement works line
I. C. Johnson & Co.	before 1872	1928		Greenhithe, England	Internal steam hauled railway, replaced by a standard gauge line.
J. B. White & Bros - Swanscombe Works	1825	1929		Swanscombe, England	Steam locomotive worked from 1875 onwards. Internal works line with rare outside flanged rolling stock
Knight, Bevan & Sturge	1873 ?	1928		Northfleet, England	Extensive chalk quarry system, eventually superseded by a standard gauge line
Queenborough Cement Works	1896	1930?	unknown	Queenborough, England	Line worked by two Aveling and Porter steam locomotives
RPCM Barrington Cement Works		by 1979		Barrington, England	Short locomotive-worked line
RPCM Rochester Works	?	1952		Halling, England	Extensive cement works railway
RPCM Southam Works^[6]	?	1956		Southam, England	Steam locomotive worked railway
Tolhurst & Sons	1860s	before 1948		Gravesend, England	Large internal chalk quarry system

Lime works

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Barn Hill Quarry railway^[7]	1928	1938		Chipping Sodbury, England	8000NaN0 long locomotive worked line; locomotive transferred to Penlee Quarry railway in 1947
Beswick's Limeworks railway^[8]	Before 1925	?		Hindlow, England	Internal tramways that used two unusual Crossley Brothers 25 hp locomotives supplied in 1925
Black Rock Quarry^[9] ^[10]	before 1919	1949		Portishead, England	Tramway connecting the Black Rock and Nightingale quarries with the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway. Used two Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 steam locomotives, later replaced with Motor Rail Simplex internal combustion locomotives.
British Quarrying Co Ltd Allington Quarry railway	1928	1956	?	Maidstone, England	Locomotive worked internal quarry system
British Quarrying Co Ltd Borough Green Quarry railway	before 1921	1956		Borough Green, England	Internal quarry system for "Kentish Ragstone". Originally horse worked, Simplex locomotive introduced in 1921
Brockham Lime Works	1870s (?)	1936		Dorking, England	Lime pits and works railway, later home of the Brockham Museum
Buriton Lime Works^[11]	before 1897	after 1936	and	Buriton, England	Diesel locomotive worked railway
Butserhill Lime Works	before 1932	by 1945		Butser Hill, England
Conygar Quarry^[12]	?	?		Clevedon, England	Short tramway running along an embankment from the quarry to a siding on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway.
Cauldon Low Quarry	before 1906	1933		Waterhouses, England	Limestone quarry with an internal steam-worked railway system
Dorking Greystone Lime Co.	1880	1954	and	Betchworth, England	Well-known steam hauled internal limeworks line.
Darnley Lime Works Tramway and Mineral Railway^[13]	before 1864	early 1960s		Darnley, East Renfrewshire	Tramway serving limestone and fire clay quarries
Dunball Quarry	before 1930	1954		Dunball, England	Steam locomotive worked tramway connecting the Dunball quarry with the lime works
Flagstaff Quarry		1941		Anglesey, Wales	Internal incline-worked quarry line
Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway^[14]	1889	1931		Porth Dyniewyd, Wales	Internal limestone quarry railway.
Milton Quarry^[15]	early 1900s	1966		Weston-super-Mare, England	Small limestone quarry with cable-hauled railway
Oxstead Greystone Lime Co.	before 1912	1971		Oxstead, England	Internal railway of lime quarry and works.
Parc-y-Meirch quarry railway^[16]	1923	1958		St. Asaph, Wales	Locomotive-worked line connecting the limestone quarry with the standard gauge Kinmel Camp Railway
Peak Forest Tramway	1794	1923		Chapel en le Frith, England	Early tramway that was horse and chain hauled throughout its life.
Whitehaven Quarry	1932	1953		Oswestry, Wales	A series of rope-hauled inclines and steam locomotive worked tramways.

Brickworks

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
A. Hone & Sons Ltd. Ewhurst Brickworks		after 1971		Cranleigh, England	Diesel and battery-electric locomotive worked line
Albrook Brickworks	before 1939	after 1968		Eastleigh, England	Diesel locomotive worked line
Alne Brick Co. Ltd. Alne Brickworks^[17]		1986		Easingwold, England	Locomotive-worked brickworks railway. Site still producing bricks as York Handmade Brick Company.
Alne Brick Co. Ltd. Hemingbrough Brickworks		after 1979		Selby, England	Locomotive-worked brickworks railway.
Baxters Brickworks railway	1888	1969		Bexhill, England	Short line serving the clay pit and brickworks.
Bilsthorpe Brick Co. Bilsthorpe Brickworks		after 1979	and	Bilsthorpe, England	Two lines serving the brickworks
Buckley Tramroad^[18]	1780s	1862		Connah's Quay, Wales	Early horse-worked plateway carrying coal and bricks from a canal wharf.
Butterley Brick Ltd. Cherry Orchard Lane Works	?	1993		Rochford, England	Short line serving the clay pit and brickworks.
Butterley Brick Ltd. Star Lane Brickworks	?	1991		Great Wakering, England	Short line serving the clay pit and brickworks.
Carbis Brickworks Tramway	1883	1942		Bugle, England	Hand and gravity worked line, 350yd long.
Castle Firebrick Company	about 1865	after 1920	(?)	Northrop, England	Internal brickworks line, worked by steam locomotives after World War I.
Cattybrook Brickworks railway	before 1900	after 1975		Cattybrook, England	Line connecting clay pit to brickworks via an incline and diesel worked sections
Chilton Trinity Brickworks railway		after 1962		Somerset, England	Locomotive worked clay pit line
Crowborough Brickworks	before 1930	1980		Crowborough, England	Internal line at the brickworks, latterly worked by battery-electric locomotives.
Coronation Brickworks^[19]	1935	after 1969		Elstow, England	London Brick Co Ltd brickworks near Bedford
Cuckmere Brickworks railway	?	about 1956		Berwick Station, England	Clay pit line worked by internal combustion locomotives
DSF Refractories & Minerals Ltd, Friden Brickworks		after 1979		Hartington, England	Brickworks line worked by internal combustion locomotives
Gatwick Brick Co. Ltd. Hookwood Brickworks		1968		Gatwick, England	1000NaN0 long diesel locomotive worked line
George Jennings South Western Pottery	before 1937	1963		Parkstone, England	Locomotive-worked line between the clay pit and the pottery
Gillingham Pottery, Brick & Tile Co. Ltd.	before 1901	1970		Parkstone, England	Locomotive-worked line between the clay pit and the pottery
Goxhill Building Products Ltd. Barrow Haven Works		after 1979		Barrow Haven, England	Brickworks line worked by internal combustion locomotives
Halstow Creek Brickworks	before 1900	1920s		Lower Halstow, England	Served claypit and brickworks. Originally horse worked, one of the first electric locomotives was introduced here in 1902.
Hambledon Lane Brickworks	?	after 1983		Nutbourne, England
Henry Oakland and Son Ltd. Escrick Tileworks		after 1979		York, England	Internal locomotive-worked line
Innes Lee Industries Campbell Brickworks		by 1979		Staveley, England	Brickworks line worked by internal combustion locomotives
Littlethorpe Potteries		present		Littlethorpe, England	0.51NaN1 long hand-worked line connecting the clay pits to the pottery^[20]
The London Brick Company No. 2 Works		after 1979		Whittlesey, England	Locomotive-worked brickworks railway
The London Brick Company Arlesey Works		after 1979		Bedford, England	Short locomotive-worked line on top of clay kilns
The London Brick Company Clock House Works		after 1968	, and	Capel, England	Electric and diesel locomotive worked lines
The London Brick Company Fletton Works	1889?	after 1960		Peterborough, England	Claypit and brickworks line of unusual gauge
The London Brick Company Warboys Works^[21]		1984		Warboys, England	Locomotive-worked brickworks railway
Ludlay Brick & Tile Co.	?	1965		Berwick, England	Internal brick works railway at Berwick in Sussex.
Lytchett Brick Co. Ltd.	before 1901	after 1966		Upton, England	Locomotive-worked line between the clay pit and the pottery
Manfield Brickworks	before 1955	after 1963		Cranleigh, England	Diesel locomotive worked line, converted to cable haulage in 1955
Midhurst Whites	after 1913	1980		Midhurst, England	Brickworks with three separate narrow gauge lines
Napton Brickworks railway		after 1961		Napton, England	Hand worked clay pit line
No. 5 Fireclay Mine railway	?	after 1968		Micklam, England	Diesel locomotive worked line operated by the British Steel Corporation
North Holmwood Brickworks	?	1981		Dorking, England	Internal system for the Redland Brick Co.'s clay pit and brickworks using diesel, battery-electric and incline cable haulage
Nutbourne Brickworks		after 1980		Hambledon, Surrey, England	Diesel locomotive worked line connecting the brickworks and clay pits
Ockley (Surrey) Brick, Tile and Pottery Company Smokejacks Brickworks		after 1968		Cranleigh, England	Battery-electric and diesel locomotive worked line
Ospringe Brickworks railway		after 1968		Faversham, England	Extremely short line with one diesel locomotive
Rookley Brickworks		1972		Newport, England	Diesel locomotive worked line in clay pit
Rosemary Brickworks railway	?	after 1970		Cheslyn Hay, England	Locomotive worked line in clay pit leading to an incline to the brickworks
Rowlands Castle Brickworks	before 1932	after 1964		Rowlands Castle, England	Hand-worked line in clay pit leading to cable hauled incline to brickworks
Smithbrook Brickworks (1936) Ltd.		after 1965		Cranleigh, England	Mainly hand-worked line, with occasional use of a Lister diesel locomotive
Standard Brick & Sand Co. Ltd. Holmethorpe Brickworks	before 1911	1963		Holmethorpe, England	An extensive steam and diesel locomotive worked clay tramway
Strensall Brickworks railway		by 1975		Strensall, England	Locomotive worked clay pit line
Storr Hill Brickworks railway^[22]	1869?	1981		Wyke, England	An unusual chain-worked double track plateway only 250yd long.
Swallow's Tiles (Cranleigh) Ltd.	before 1953	after 1966		Cranleigh, England	Mainly hand-worked clay pit line with cable hauled incline, and occasional use of a diesel locomotive
Warnham Brickworks	before 1909	1965		Horsham, England	Internal line serving the brickworks and clay pit.
W. H. Collier Marks Tey Brickworks		after 1979		Marks Tey, England	Internal locomotive-worked line serving the brickworks.
Wheatly and Co. Ltd. Springfield Tileries		after 1979		Stoke on Trent, England	Locomotive-worked railway
William Blythe (company) Barton Brick & Tile Yard		after 1979		Barton-upon-Humber, England	Locomotive-worked line
William Blythe Far Ings Tileries		after 1979		Barton-upon-Humber, England	Locomotive-worked line
Woodside Brickworks	before 1949	by 1967	?	Croydon, England	Internal brickworks railway notable for its two Sentinel high-pressure steam locos.

Clay extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
APCM Alkerden Works	before 1900	1943		Swanscombe, England	Large steam-worked clay pit line
BPCM Bean Works	1920	1964		Bean, Kent, England	Short line serving a clay pit on the banks of the Thames
Bridgemarsh Brickfields Company	1870	1892	unknown	Bridgemarsh Island, Essex, England	Connected work to pier for transhipment onto Thames barges^[23]
C.W. Powder Co. Ltd	?	1942		Treamble, Cornwall, England	A works producing Fuller's earth using two Kerr, Stuart and Company 0-4-2 tank engines acquired from Dolcoath mine in 1903 and 1911.
Far Ings Tileries	1905	2001		Barton-upon-Humber, England	Late survivor of the clay tramways, including a cable-hauled incline and (diesel) locomotive worked sections.
Fayle's Tramway^[24]	1905	1971	until 1948 after 1948	Norden, Dorset, England	Clay tramway that replaced the Middlesbere and Newton tramways. Remaining section around Norden regauged in 1948 to suit ex-WHR locomotive Russell and various diesels
Furzebrook Railway^[25]	1830	1968	until 1866 after 1866	Furzebrook, Dorset, England	Horse-hauled clay plateway, replaced in 1866 by steam-hauled industrial railway serving the clay pits around Creech Heath.
John Knowles Ltd. Woodville Clay Pits				Derbyshire, England
Laporte Industries Ltd. Coombe Hay Mines^[26]		after 1979		Bath, England	Fuller's earth mine with battery electric locomotives
Middlebere Tramway	1806	1907	(?)	Norden, Dorset, England	Horse-powered plateway serving clay pits near Corfe Castle.
Newton Tramway	1860 (?)	1905		Poole Harbour, Dorset, England	Originally opened as Horse-drawn tramway until locomotive Tiny introduced around the 1870s, became part of Fayle's Tramway
Pentewan Railway	1829	1918	, after 1874	Pentewan, England	Initially horse-hauled, worked by steam locomotives after 1874. Connected St Austell to Pentewan
Thomas Marshall & Co (Loxley) Ltd. Storrs Bridge Fireclay Mine		after 1979		Loxley, England	Locomotive-worked underground railway
Thakeham Tiles	before 1937	1982		Storrington, England	Short line serving the tile works
Watts Blake Bearne & Co. Ltd. West Golds Mine		after 1979		Newton Abbott, England	Underground clay mine railway

China clay extraction

In Britain large deposits of Kaolinite (commonly known as "china clay") were found in Cornwall. Many industrial railways, both narrow gauge and standard gauge, were built to serve the china clay quarries and mines of this area.

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Beacon China Clay Kiln	1928	1963		St Austell, England	Tramway from the kilns to a loading wharf next to the Beacon siding on the standard gauge line from Drinnick Mill and Burngullow.
Blackpool China Clay Pit		after 1956		Trewoon, England	Tramway from the clay pits to a tip.
Charlestown No. 1 China Clay Kiln	1908	1960s		St Austell, England	Two tramways running mainly in tunnels. Rails and wagons remain in the tunnels which were sealed when the kilns closed.
Hendra China Stone Quarry	1860s	after 1967		Nanpean, England	Internal quarry tramway system with cable hauled inclines
Hendra Light Railway	1919	1939		Nanpean, England	0.751NaN1 long petrol locomotive worked railway connecting a loading wharf at the GWR to the Hendra china clay kilns.
Meeth Clay Company	1920	1970		Woolladon, England	Short line carrying clay from the pits at Meeth. The first loco was an 0-6-0WT followed by a pair of Muir-Hill petrol locos and then a pair of Ruston & Hornsby diesel mechanical locos.
Melbur China Clay Pit		1920s ?	(?)	St Stephen-in-Brannel, England	Hand worked tramways
Pochins Tramway	1880	1933	(?)	Gothers, England	Railway connecting the Gothers china clay works with the GWR. May have been gauge. The last of the four steam locomotives was scrapped on site in 1953.
Quarry Close China Stone Works	1863	1973		Nanpean, England	A network of lines connecting several quarries to the GWR branch line from Drinnick Mill.
Redlake Tramway	1911	1932		Dartmoor, England	A steam hauled line commencing on the edge of nowhere and terminating right in the middle of it
Restowrack China Clay Kiln	1907	1969		Treviscoe, England	A hand-worked tramway from a loading wharf on the St. Dennis junction to Burngallow branch line into the kiln.
Tregargus China Stone Quarry	1890s	1968		St Stephen-in-Brannel, England	A network of lines and inclines connecting the quarry with six mills.
Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit		after 1910		Retew, England	Horse worked internal tramway

Sand and gravel extraction

The sand and gravel extraction industries made extensive use of narrow gauge railways, and several of these lasted into the 1980s – this was one of the last industries to make significant use of narrow gauge industrial railways in the UK.

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Ace Sand and Gravel Co. Ltd. Marsh House quarries		by 1979		Aore, England	Locomotive-worked line
Ballast Producers Ltd. Farnham Pits^[27]	before 1934	1952		Farnham, England	Diesel locomotive worked line serving the gravel pits around Farnham
Bretts Faversham Sand Quarry railway	1930s (?)	1969 (?)		Faversham, England	Sand and gravel haulage
Bretts Sturry Gravel railway	?	after 1968, by 1979		Sturry, England	Served gravel pits on the River Stour
Biddenham Gravel Pit railway^[28]	by 1920	1930s		Biddenham, England	Short horse-worked line serving Biddenham gravel pit, near Bedford.
British Industrial Sand Ltd. Middleton Towers railway^[29]		1977		Kings Lynn, England	Extensive locomotive-worked sand quarry system. Five remaining diesel locomotives acquired by the LBLR in 1980.
Buckland Sand & Silica Co.	before 1934	after 1935		Reigate, England	Short steam-hauled railway working sand from the pits to a private BR-worked siding
Croxden Gravel Ltd. Twelve Yards Road Pit	?	after 1979		Irlam, England	Locomotive-worked line
Earls Barton sand quarry railway		after 1975		Earls Barton, England	Small sand pit with internal locomotive worked line
East Sussex Transport and Trading Company	early 1930s	1964		Cuckmere Haven, England	Hauled gravel extracted from the Cuckmere Haven beach to Exceat.
G.F.X Hartigan Ltd. Woad Farm Pits^[30]	1933	1959 (dismantled 1962)		Newport Pagnell, England	Line serving gravel pits on the River Great Ouse. Used four diesel-mechanical locomotives.
Hall & Co.	before 1938	late 1960s		Eastbourne, England	Shingle extraction railway on The Crumbles.
Hall & Ham River Co. North Station Pits	before 1964	1970		Farnborough, England	Gravel extraction railway using diesel locomotives, at least two of which went to the Brockham Museum after the line closed.
Ham River Grit Co. Ltd. Bletchingley Pits		after 1963		Redhill, England	Steam and diesel locomotive worked line
Ham River Grit Co. Ltd. Ham Pits	before 1932			Kingston, England	Steam locomotive worked line
Heavers Gravel	1920s	1962		Drayton, England	Internal gravel pit line
Hoveringham Gravels Ltd. Holme Pierrepont Pit		by 1979		Holme Pierrepont, England	Internal gravel pit line
Hoveringham Gravels Ltd. Hoveringham Works		by 1979		Hoveringham, England
Inns & Co. Ltd. Farnborough Pits	before 1964	1967		Farnborough, England	Diesel locomotive worked line
Inns & Co. Ltd. Savay Farm Gravel Pits	1949	about 1964		Denham, England	Diesel locomotive worked line, east of the River Colne
Kempston gravel pit railway	1910s	about 1930	Probably	Kempston, Bedfordshire	Short horse-drawn line connecting gravel pits by the River Great Ouse to the main road
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway	1919	1969		Leighton Buzzard, England	Industrial railway that carried sand from the quarries around Leighton Buzzard
Marlow Sand and Gravel Co. Ltd. Westhorpe Pits	?	after 1979		Little Marlow, England	Locomotive worked sand pit railway
Penfolds Ltd.	?	1963		Eartham, England	Gravel extraction line
Pentewan Dock & Concrete Company	1939	1966		Pentewan, England	Diesel locomotive worked line carrying sand from the shoreline dunes to the grading equipment. Used some of the trackbed of the earlier Pentewan Railway.
Piel & Walney Gravel Co. Ltd.^[31]	?	1962		Barrow-in-Furness, England	Steam locomotive operated gravel line running to a pier at Walney.
Pilkington Glass Mill lane siding	?	by 1979		Rainford, England	Locomotive-worked line
Pilkington Glass St. Helens quarry railway	?	after 1968		St. Helens, England	Temporary locomotive-worked railways used for sand extraction for glass making
Twickenham Gravel Company Waltham Cross Gravel Pits Railway^[32]	1931	1964?		Waltham Cross, England	Locomotive-worked railways connecting gravel pits and crushing plant
Thomas Patterson & Sons Weydon Hill sand pit^[33]	around 1919			Farnham, Surrey, England	One of the first sand railways installed using ex-WDLR surplus equipment.

Stone quarrying and mining

Slate

See main article: article and British narrow gauge slate railways.

The most well-known of the British industrial narrow gauge railways were those serving the slate industry of north Wales. Many of the quarries had internal tramways and feeder lines connecting them to transhipment points on local railways, rivers, roads or coastal ports.

Granite

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Bearah Tor Quarry	?	late 1980s		Liskeard, England	Short, hand worked internal quarry railway.
Brada Quarry railway	1935	1950s		Bamburgh, England	Internal quarry system; locomotive worked until 1944 by two Lister petrol locos
Carreg-y-Llam Quarry railway	before 1900	1963	and	Llithfaen, Wales	Original locomotive-worked internal railway removed in 1949, but a new gauge line was installed in the mid-1950s.
Ceiriog Granite Quarries railway	1914	1959		Criggion, Wales	Internal quarry system worked by a single steam locomotive until 1921, when it was replaced by cable-haulage.
Charnwood Granite Quarries railway	1850s	1963		Shepshed, England	Early horse worked quarry system; steam locomotives introduced in the late 1890s, replaced by internal combustion locos in 1937.
Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway	1896	1948		Stanton under Bardon, England	Hauled stone from the Cliffe Hill Granite Quarry.
Groby Granite Quarries railway	1893	1943		Groby, England	Extensive internal quarry system worked by five Hunslet steam locomotives.
Haytor Granite Tramway	by 1824	1858		Dartmoor, England	Horse-drawn tramway serving the granite quarries around Haytor. Used granite "setts" as rails.
Jee's Hartshill Granite Quarry^[34]	?	1956?		Nuneaton, England	Granite quarry with an extensive locomotive-worked tramway system.
Llanelwedd Granite Quarries railways	1929	after 1969	and	Builth Wells, Wales	Internal quarry system; the gauge line was horse-worked and closed in 1953; the gauge was hand-worked apart from between 1953 and 1961 when a Lister locomotive was used.
Lunedale Whinstone Company railway^[35]	1878	around 1918		Mickleton, England	Steam locomotive worked line connecting the quarry with a siding on the North Eastern Railway
Newcastle Granite and Whinstone Company^[36]	1902	1939		Haltwhistle, England	Locomotive worked line connecting Cawfields Quarry to Haltwhistle station
Penmaenbach Stone quarry tramway	1875	1962		Penmaenmawr, Wales	Smaller working beside the Penmaenmawr quarry with an internal tramway system and a series of inclines down to the coast.
Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co.	1830s	1967		Penmaenmawr, Wales	Extensive steam-hauled internal railway system in granite quarry complex.
Tonfanau quarry tramway	1892	1998	?	Tonfanau, Wales
Trefor Quarry railway	1850	1962		Llanaelhaearn, Wales	Internal quarry railway, with large incline to a steam locomotive worked pier branch

Other stone

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Basset mines Ltd	1896	1918		Redruth, Cornwall, England	Three lines linking the shaft to the two stamps. An 0-4-0WT by Orenstein & Koppel worked the line throughout its existence.
Cloughfold to Ding Quarry tramway^[37]	1867	1920		Cloughfold, England	Extensive tramway system serving the Brow Edge, Great Height, Ding and Hurdles sandstone quarries. Used at least one steam locomotive.
Downhead Basalt Quarry	by 1904	1925		Downhead, England	Steam locomotive worked quarry line
East Cornwall Mineral Railway^[38]	1872	1891/1908		Callington, England	Early steam-worked railway serving the iron ore and stone quarries around Callington.
Harecrag Quarry railway		1969		Shilbottle, England	Roadstone quarry operated by Northumberland County Council operated by six Hunslet diesel locomotives.
Hall Fold to Walstead Clough tramway^[39]	After 1844	By 1912	Approximately	Haslingden, England	Horse- and locomotive- worked tramway linking the sandstone quarries of Thurns Head, Ragstone Brow and Ab Top
Ingleton Granite Quarry Tramway	1887	1930s	??	Chapel le Dale, England	Steam-drawn tramway and rope-hauled incline built to transport Silurian gritstone, known locally as "Ingleton granite", down the valley to Ingleton
Levant Mine	Pre-1820	1930		St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, England	A line laid in the long underground gallery experimentally used an 0-2-2WT by A. Bickle of Plymouth in 1892.
Lochaline quartz sand mine railway^[40]	1943	1963	??	Lochaline, Scotland	Diesel worked railway linking the sandstone mine at Lochaline with a pier on the Sound of Mull
Long Rake Spar mine		after 1979		Youlgreave, England	Underground aggregates mine railway operated by battery-electric locomotives.
Lyke Wake Moor Tramway	Around 1915	1930s	?	Osmotherley, England	Horse-hauled tramway running one and a half miles from a ganister quarry on Lyke Wake Moor to sidings on the main line near Beacon Howe, via a self-acting incline. Some rails and sleepers still in situ in 2003.
Monks Park Mine^[41]	before 1991	present		Corsham, England	Bath stone underground mine. Surface lines were locomotive worked until 1991
Musbury Height Tramway^[42]	1877	mid 1920s		Haslingden, England	Long locomotive-worked tramway serving a sandstone quarry, reached by a long incline. Also known as the "Haslingden Grane Tramway"
Penlee Quarry railway	about 1900	1972		Newlyn, England	Aggregate quarry served by England's most westerly railway and one of the last industrial narrow gauge railways to operate. Used both steam and diesel locomotives.
St. Keverne & Associated Quarries	1912	1958		Porthoustock, England	Roadstone quarries connected by a network of railways. At least two lightweight Lister locomotives and several cable inclines were used.
Sidmouth Harbour Railway	1836	1838		Sidmouth, England	To quarry stone for an intended harbour at Sidmouth, that never came to fruition.
Stepper Point Quarry	1918	1948		Stepper Point, England	Exploiting a previous quarry working for roadstone. Used an 0-4-0 locomotive to move stone from the crusher to a schute that supplied barges.^[43]
Titterstone Clee Hill Quarry railway	before 1910	1952		Ludlow, England	Dhustone quarry with an internal horse worked railway; steam locomotive worked from 1910. Included a 1 mile long incline
Tregongeeves Quarry	1931	1961		St. Mewan, England	Roadstone quarry with cable incline and three petrol locomotives.
West of England Quarry		by 1979		St. Keverne, England	Aggregates quarry with a short locomotive-worked line
Woodsmith Mine Tunnel		Still open		North Yorkshire, England	Links Woodsmith Mine polyhalite operation with export terminal on Teesside^[44] ^[45]

Coal

The British coal mining industry made extensive use of narrow gauge railways, particularly underground where the restricted size of the tunnels meant that narrow gauge lines were and are particularly well suited. Many National Coal Board (NCB) mines used railways both underground and in the stock yards above ground. There were also many short lines at private mines, particularly in south Wales and the Forest of Dean regions.

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Ayle Colliery	1932	open 2015	,,, ^[46]	Alston, England	Private colliery with locomotive-worked mine railway.
Bryn Oer Tramway^[47] ^[48]	1815	1865		Talybont on Usk, Wales	Early horse-drawn tramway
Copeland District Council Wellington Colliery		after 1987		Whitehaven Harbour, England	Private colliery with preserved locomotive
Coventry Colliery	1911	1991		Keresley, England
Deep Navigation Colliery	1872	1991		Treharris, South Wales
Doe Lee Colliery	before 1979	Out of use by 1987		Chesterfield, England	Underground locomotive worked mine railway
Flow Edge Colliery	before 1979	by 1987		Alston, England	Small battery-electric locomotive worked mine railway
Foxcote Colliery	1890	1931		Chilcompton, England	Steam locomotive worked tramway
Gleision Colliery	1980	?		Between Godre'r Graig and Cilybebyll, South Wales
Hope Level Mine	?	1988	?	Stanhope, England	Small mine operation with loco-worked railway
Huish Colliery	after 1824	1912		Radstock, England	Internal tramway
Kilmersdon Colliery	before 1886	1973		Radstock, England	Internal tramway
Little Eaton Gangway^[49]	1795	1908		Little Eaton, England	Very early horse-drawn tramway serving the collieries north of Derby
Lower Writhlington Colliery	1867	1973		Chilcompton, England	Steam locomotive worked tramway
Mendip Shaft	?	1968		Chilcompton, England	Private colliery with surface and underground tramway
Moorside Mining	?	1992		Eckington, Derbyshire, England	Private colliery, purchased twelve battery electric locomotives from South Crofty mine in 1992
NCB BatesColliery^[50]		1986		Blyth, England	Diesel locomotive worked underground colliery system
NCB Berwick Drift Stockyard	?	2005		Lynemouth, England	One of several locomotive-worked stock yard railways in the British coal industry.
NCB Clockburn Drift Mine railway	?	after 1968		County Durham, England	Substantially built double-track line for coal haulage from the main mine adit.
NCB Gascoigne Wood Colliery railway	?	?		South Milford, England	Underground mine railway
NCB Harworth Colliery railway	?	?		Bircotes, England	Underground mine railway
NCB Hentley Training Centre	?	1991		Hentley, England	Test incline and locomotive worked lines
NCB Kellingley Colliery railway	?	?		Kellingley, England	Underground mine railway
NCB Kellingley Training Centre railway	?	?		Kellingley, England	Mine training railway
NCB Lewis Merthyr Colliery railway	?	1983		Rhondda, Wales	Stock yard line worked by diesel locomotives
NCB Parkside Colliery railway	?	after 1972		Newton-le-Willows, England	Stock yard line worked by diesel locomotives
NCB Prince of Wales Colliery railway	?	?		Pontefract, England	Underground mine railway
NCB Riccall Colliery railway	?	?		Riccall, England	Underground mine railway
NCB Stillingfleet Colliery railway	?	?		Stillingfleet, England	Underground mine railway
NCB Tilmanston Colliery		1986		Eythorne, England	Modern underground colliery system
NCB Wentworth Drift Mine railway^[51]	1947	1955		Wentworth, England	Locomotive-worked surface and underground railway system
NCB Wistow Colliery railway	?	?		Wistow, England	Underground mine railway
New Peacock Hay Colliery railway	?	?		Harecastle, England	Cable-hauled incline from a small private coal mine
New Rock Colliery		1968		Chilcompton, England	Internal tramway
Norton Hill Colliery		1966		Midsomer Norton, England	Surface and underground tramways
Pensford Colliery	1910	1957		Pensford, England	Mile long railway connecting the colliery to Bromley station. Initially steam locomotive worked, later cable hauled.
Pentwyn No.3 Mine	?	after 1994		Ystalyfera, Wales	One of the last coal mines using pit ponies on a railway.
Saundersfoot Railway^[52]	1829	1939		Saundersfoot, Wales	Early industrial railway hauling coal.
Severn & Wye Railway	1801	1869		Forest of Dean, England	Coal and iron hauling tramway, eventually replaced by a broad gauge line.
Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway	1722	1880		East Lothian, Scotland	Built to carry coal from mines at Tranent to salt pans at Cockenzie and later to the harbour at Port Seton. The original wooden rails were replaced with iron in 1816 and the line was converted to standard gauge in 1880.
Weardale Minerals	?	1988		Cambokeels, England	Colliery railway
Weardale Mining and Processing	?	1988		West Blackdene, England	Colliery railway

Peat extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Country Kitchen Foods Lindow Moss railway	?	after 1987		Wilmslow, England	Peat moss tramway using diesel locomotives.
Cumberland Moss Litter railway		after 1979		Wigton, England	Extremely lightly laid temporary lines for peat extraction
Eden Park Nurseries	1987	?		Wark Forest, England	A relatively new narrow gauge industrial railway.
Haversham House Farm railway	?	?		Lancaster, England	Turf farm railway
Joseph Metcalf Ltd.	?	1999 ?		Irlam, England	Lightly laid peat tramway using modern diesel locomotives.
L&P Ltd. Creca Moss^[53]	?	Present?		Annan, Scotland	Peat extraction line
L&P Ltd. Letham Moss	?	Present ?		Airth, Scotland	Peat extraction line
L&P Ltd. Nutberry Works	?	Present ?		Eastriggs, Scotland	Peat extraction line near Gretna Green.
Lenzie Peat Railway	?	1966^[54]		Lenzie, Scotland	Works owned by the Peat Development Co Ltd.^[55] Worked by Lister petrol locomotives, works numbers 26286 of 1944 and 29890 of 1946^[56]
Moodiesburn Peat Works railway	?	?		Glenboig, Scotland	Locomotive worked line a few hundred yards long
Richardson's Peat Work railway^[57]	?	after 1979		Longtown, England	Peat tramway in Cumbria.
Fisons Ltd. Cumbria Peat Works	after 1979	after 1987		Kirkbride, England	Locomotive-worked peat railway.
Fisons Ltd. Eclipse Peat Works	1922	after 1979		Meare, England	Locomotive-worked peat railway.
Fisons Ltd. Hatfield Peat Works^[58]	1890s	2006		Hatfield, England	Some 8miles of permanent track prior to closure.
Fisons Ltd. Swinefleet Peat Works	1890s	2002		Goole, England	Peat works railway employing at least 11 internal combustion locomotives. Two new Schoma locomotives delivered in 1989
Solway Moss railway	?	after 1987		Cumbria, England	Peat tramway with at least 10 4wDM locomotives on site in 1987
George Watson & Sons Middlemuir peat railway^[59]	approx. 1949	1989		Fraserburgh, Scotland	Peat tramway with three Lister locomotives in 1989
White Moss Peat Co. Ltd. Simonswood Moss		after 1979		Kirkby, England	Locomotive-worked line
White Moss Peat Co. Ltd. White Moss Works railway		1958		Alsager, England	Very lightweight line of less than 1 mile length; worked using Lister locomotives
William Sinclair Horticultural Auchencorth Moss railway	?	?		Leadburn, Scotland
William Sinclair Horticultural Bolton Fell railway	?	Present		Hethersgill, England	Lightly laid, locomotive worked peat extraction line.
William Sinclair Horticultural Cladence Moss railway^[60]	1998	Present		East Kilbride, Scotland	Lightly laid, locomotive worked peat extraction line.
William Sinclair Horticultural Ryflat Moss railway	late 1990s	Present ?		Strathclyde, Scotland
William Sinclair Horticultural Springfield Moss railway	?	?		Leadburn, Scotland
Wilmslow Peat Farm railway^[61]	before 1979	2000		Wilmslow, England	Locomotive-worked peat tramway near Manchester

Other mineral extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Blue Circle Industries Ltd. Kilvington Gypsum Works		after 1979		Newark, England	Locomotive-worked railway.
British Gypsum Mines Ltd. Gotham Works		after 1979		Gotham, Nottinghamshire, England	Underground locomotive-worked railway.
British Gypsum Mines Ltd. Mountfield Works	1945	after 1966		Mountfield, England	Inclined adit and works railway.
British Steel Corporation Beaumont Fluor Mine		after 1979		Allenheads, England	Underground locomotive-worked fluor mine.
British Steel Corporation Blackdene Fluor Mine		after 1979		Ireshopeburn, England	Underground locomotive-worked fluor mine.
British Steel Corporation Blanchland Fluor Mines		after 1979		Ireshopeburn, England	Underground locomotive-worked fluor mine.
Hagdale Chromate Railway	1907	1937		Isle of Unst, Scotland	Remote line hauling chromite from quarries to a pier on Balta Sound. Worked by gravity and horse-power.
J. Parish Loam works^[62]	1849	1957		Erith, England	Steam locomotive hauled railway moving loam for metal casting molds.
Laporte Industries Ltd. Ladywash Mine		after 1987		Eyam, England	Underground fluorite mine with locomotive worked railway
Laporte Industries Ltd. Sallet Hole Mine		after 1987		Stoney Middleton, England	Underground fluorite mine with locomotive worked railway
Laporte Industries Ltd. Watersaw Rake Mine		after 1987		Stoney Middleton, England	Underground mine with battery electric locomotive worked railway
Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway	1890	1915		Isle of Skye, Scotland	Remote line hauling "diatomic earth" which was used in the manufacture of dynamite. Steam worked for a short while.
Scropton Tramway	1889	1949		Scropton, England	Steam hauled tramway serving Gypsum mines south of Scropton station.

Metal mining

Tin, lead and zinc

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Ardda Tramway	1853	1864	probably	Dolgarrog, Wales	Iron sulphide mine with 1 mile long tramway
Athole G. Allen Ltd. Closehouse Barytes Mine		after 1979	and	Middleton-in-Teesdale, England	Locomotive-worked barytes mine.
Basset Mines Tramway^[63]	before 1907	1918		Redruth, England	Steam locomotive worked line connecting the West Basset Mine and the stamps at Carnike
Botallack Mine	before 1864			St Just, England	300-yard surface line and cliff-side inclines into the mine.
Cae-Coch Mine railway	1860	1919	unknown	Trefriw, Wales	Tramway serving a remote iron sulphide mine
Camborne Mines Ltd. Pendarves Mine		after 1979		Camborne, England	Underground railway serving the Pendarves tin mine
Carrock Fell mine		after 1979		Mungrisdale, England	Lead mine with a single battery-electric locomotive
Cononish Farm Mine railway	?	Present?		Tyndrum, Scotland	Mine railway in intermittent use.
Cornwall Tin and Mining Corporation Mount Wellington Mine		by 1979		Twelveheads, Cornwall, England	Underground Tin mine
Cornish Hush Mine railway	?	Late 1970s		Bishop Auckland, Scotland	Railway at a Fluorspar mine, operated by a battery electric locomotive	-	[Wheal Concord]] mine		after 1987		Blackwater, Cornwall, England	Underground mine railway using battery electric locomotives ----->
Force Crag Mine Ltd. Braithwaite Barytes Mine^[64]		after 1987		Keswick, England	Railway at a Barytes mine, operated by a battery electric locomotive
Frongoch Lead Mine		before 1903	unknown	Ceredigion, Wales	Tramway at a Lead Zinc mine
Geevor Tin Mines Ltd. Pendeen Mine	1911	1991		St Just, England	Extensive underground tin mine railway. Part of the site, with reinstated tramway, has been reopened as the Geevor Tin Mines Museum.
Glenn Sannox Railway^[65]	around 1900	late 1940s	unknown	Sannox, Arran	Incline and pier railway serving a barytes mine.
Great Laxey Mines Railway	by 1854	1929		Laxey, Isle of Man	Lead, zinc and silver mines with steam locomotive worked railway by the Laxey Wheel.
Mineral Industries Ltd. Scraithole Mine^[66]		after 1979, by 2003		Nenthead, England	Zinc mine with underground locomotive-worked railway
Parc Mine tramway	1951	after 1960		Trefriw, Wales	Lead mines with extensive underground locomotive-hauled railway system.
Rosevale Historical Mining Company	1974	present	and	Zennor, England	Newly re-opened tin mine using battery-electric locomotives
Snailbeach District Railways	1873	1961	or	Snailbeach, England	Served the lead and other mineral mines around Snailbeach.
South Crofty Mine	1900	1998	and	Camborne, England	Extensive tin mine with internal railway. The mine was re-opened in 2001 although currently without the use of railway transport.
Swiss Aluminium Mining (UK) Ltd. Burtree Pasture Mine		after 1979		Cowshill, England	Fluorite mine using battery-electric locomotives
Swiss Aluminium Mining (UK) Ltd. Cambokeels Mine		after 1979		Stanhope, England	Fluorite mine using battery-electric locomotives
Swiss Aluminium Mining (UK) Ltd. Redburn Mine		after 1979		Stanhope, England	Fluorite mine using battery-electric locomotives
Swiss Aluminium Mining (UK) Ltd. Stanhope Burn Mine		after 1979		Stanhope, England	Fluorite mine using battery-electric locomotives
Weardale Fluorspar Ltd. Frasers Grove Mine		after 1989		County Durham, England	Fluorspar mine with at least 15 battery electric locomotives on site in 1989
Wheal Jane Ltd. Clemo's Shaft	1965	1992		Baldhu, England	Locomotive-worked Cornish tin mine.
Wheal Pendarves Ltd. Wheal Pendarves mine		after 1987		Camborne, England	Locomotive-worked Cornish tin mine.
Willoughby Mine Tramway	1877	1914		Trefriw, Wales	Tramway serving lead and zinc mine. An early (1904) Kerr Stuart locomotive worked here.

Iron

Mainly ironstone quarries

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
British Steel Corporation Beckermet Ore Mine railway		after 1979		Beckermet, England	Underground mine railway.
Brymbo Ironworks railway^[67]	1899	1946		Hook Norton, England	Major ironstone quarry and calcination works served by a steam-hauled railway.
Colton Iron Ore Mine	1880?			Brendon Hill, England	Steam locomotive worked tramway connecting the iron ore mine with the West Somerset Mineral Railway
Eastwell Quarries	1880s (?)	1958		Eastwell, Leicestershire, England	Extensive system of steam-hauled lines with a cable-hauled incline.
Waltham Iron Ore Tramway	1884	1958		Eaton, Leicestershire, England	System of tramways connecting the pits of the Waltham Iron Company to the Great Northern Railway's Eaton Branch Railway.
Finedonhill Tramway	1874	late 1940s		Finedon, England	Cable-hauled ironstone quarry tramway
Florence Iron Ore Mine railway	?	after 1987		Egremont, England	Underground mine tramway worked by battery-electric locomotives
Grinkle Mine Tramway^[68]	1875	1930		Roxby and Port Mulgrave, North Yorkshire	tramway connecting mine with harbour at Port Mulgrave
Irchester Quarries railway	1871	1884		Irchester, England	Early ironstone quarry system using one steam locomotive.
Irthlingborough Quarries railway		after 1958		Irthlingborough, England	Underground mines using electric locomotives with a double-track adit to the surface
Kettering Ironstone Railway	part=2">	1879	1962	part=2"/>		Kettering, England	Extensive system of steam-hauled lines serving the ironstone quarries west of Kettering.
Midland Brick Quarries	after 1901	by 1940		Wellingborough, England	Small hand-worked ironstone quarry line
Myers Burn Mine	1985	1988	?	Eaglesham, Scotland	Small iron pyrites mine with underground railway system.
Rosedale Branch			? converted to
Raasay Iron Mines	1915	1919		Raasay, off Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland	Electric-powered cable haulage connecting mine to pier^[69] ^[70]
Scaldwell Ironstone Quarries		1963		Brixworth, England	Steam locomotive worked connecting the ironstone quarry south of Scaldwell to the British Rail branch to Lamport
South Hill Farm Quarries	1912	about 1926	probably	Finedon, England	Locomotive worked ironstone quarry tramway connected to Finedonhill Tramway
Neilson's Tramway	1881	1929		Finedon, England	Cable-hauled tramway with horse-worked upper section, to the Thingdon Mines
Tir Stent mine	pre-1861	1913 ?		Dolgelley, Wales	Horse worked iron ore mine tramway
Wellingborough Tramway	1874	1966		Finedon, England	The last narrow gauge steam hauled ironstone railway in England. There were also gauge feeder lines at the quarries, latterly worked by diesel locos.

Gold

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Clogau mine	1880s	Present		Bontddu Wales	Hand-worked gold mine railway, in intermittent use
Gwynfynydd mine		Present		Dolgellau Wales	Hand-worked gold mine railway, in intermittent use

See also

• British industrial narrow-gauge railways
• British narrow-gauge railways
• Industrial railway

Bibliography

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External links

• Narrow Gauge Railway Society
• Industrial Railway Society

Notes and References

1. Book: Nicholson, Peter . Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways in Britain . Bradford, Barton . 0-85153-236-5 . 1975.
2. Book: Mitchell, Vic . Smith, Keith . amp . Kent Narrow Gauge. Middleton Press. 2000. 1-901706-45-1 .
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4. The Industrial Railway Record. Leleux, Sydney A. . Industrial Railways of Bedfordshire: Sundon Cement Works. 36. 31–36. April 1971.
5. Web site: Amberley narrow gauge railway stock list . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061007064032/http://home.fastnet.co.uk/gerrycork/amberleyrail/index.html . 7 October 2006 .
6. Book: Trevor Rowe, D. Two Feet between the Tracks. Plateway Press. 1990. 1-871980-12-7.
7. Industrial Railway Record . Farmer, Keith . Amalgamated Roadstone . 269–281/288 . August 1968 . 20 . Industrial Railway Society.
8. Book: The British Internal Combustion Locomotive 1894–1940 . Webb, Brian . David & Charles . 1973 . 0715361155.
9. Book: Mitchell, Vic . Smith, Keith . amp . Dorset and Somerset Narrow Gauge . Middleton Press . 2006 . 1-904474-76-4.
10. Web site: Black Rock & Nightingale Quarries . 15 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171001125105/http://www.wcpr.org.uk/Black_Rock.html . 1 October 2017 . dead .
11. Book: Hampshire Narrow Gauge including the Isle of Wight . Mitchell, Vic . Smith, Keith . amp . Middleton Press . 2004 . 1-904474-36-5.
12. Web site: Conygar Quarry . 15 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171001125746/http://www.wcpr.org.uk/Conygar.html . 1 October 2017 . dead .
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14. Book: Boyd, James I.C. . Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire: Volume Three The Dinorwic Quarry and Railways, The Great Orme Tramways and Other Rail Systems . The Oakwood Press. 2001 . 0-85361-328-1.
15. Narrow Gauge Wagons: Lime Kiln Wagons . Down, C.G. . The Industrial Railway Record . Industrial Railway Society . 60 . 48–49 . 1975.
16. The Kinmel Camp Railway . The Industrial Railway Record . The Industrial Railway Society . Hindley . Philip G. . 102 . 309–322 . September 1985.
17. Shepherd . Cliff . Alne Brick Co Ltd . The Industrial Railway Record . 1993 . 139 . 394 . Industrial Railway Society . Birmingham . 0537-5347.
18. Web site: Narrow Gauge Railway Museum article on the Buckley Tramroad.
19. The Industrial Railway Record. Warrington, A.J. . Industrial Railways of Bedfordshire: Coronation Works, Elstow. 35. 5–11. February 1971.
20. Web site: Littlethorpe Potteries website article on pot making.
21. Web site: Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway rolling stock list.
22. Web site: Narrow Gauge Railway Museum article on Birkby Brickworks .
23. Web site: Essex Family History . 22 January 2011 . 12 September 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100912133148/http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/islands.htm . dead .
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25. Book: The Narrow Gauge Charm of Yesterday: A Pictorial Tribute . Peters, Ivo. Ivo Peters . The Oxford Publishing Company. 1976. 0-902888-65-X.
26. Book: Industrial Locomotives 1979: including preserved and minor railway locomotives. Industrial Railway Society. 0-901096-38-5. 1979.
27. Book: Mitchell, Vic . Smith, Keith . amp . Surrey Narrow Gauge including South London . Middleton Press . 2003 . 1-901706-87-7.
28. The Industrial Railway Record. Warrington, A.J. . Industrial Railways of Bedfordshire: Biddenham Gravel Pit. 17. 192–193. February 1968.
29. Chaloner. Cohrig, John . Two Tales of Five Diesels. 45. Winter 1980 . Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway Society.
30. Book: Waywell, Robin . Industrial Locomotives of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire & Nottinghamshire . Industrial Railway Society . 2001 . 1-901556-23-9. page 60
31. The Industrial Railway Record. Down, C.G. . Narrow Gauge Wagons: Piel & Walney Gravel Co. Ltd.. 25. 83–85. June 1969.
32. C.G. . Down . Industrial Railway Record . 3 & 4 . 79–81 . December 1963 . Waltham Cross Gravel Pits.
33. Robertson 1988, page 39
34. http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/misc/misc_indust076.htm WarwickshireRailways.com Miscellaneous; Industrial Railways
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37. Web site: Cloughfold to Ding Quarry tramway.
38. Web site: A brief history of the ECMR.
39. Web site: Hall Fold to Walstead Clough tramway.
40. Web site: Canmore – Lochaline silica sand mine.
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