Burnhope Reservoir railway explained

54.744°N -2.241°W

Railroad Name:Burnhope Reservoir railway
Start Year:1930
End Year:1937
Hq City:Weardale
Locale:England
Successor Line:Abandoned

The Burnhope Reservoir railway was an industrial narrow gauge railway built to serve the construction of Burnhope Reservoir near Weardale. An extensive network of narrow gauge lines connected the North Eastern Railway branch terminus at Weardale with the dam construction site.

Locomotives

NumberNameBuilderTypeDateWorks numberNotes
1Motor Rail4wPM19305067Sold 1932
2Motor Rail4wPM19305132Sold 1932
3GreenAndrew Barclay0-4-0WT19311855Sold to the Corby District Water Company 1937; subsequently scrapped in 1959
4RedAndrew Barclay0-4-0WT19311991Sold to the Penrhyn Quarry in 1936, renamed Cegin, later sold to an owner in the USA around 1965.
5GreyAndrew Barclay0-4-0WT19311994Sold to the Penrhyn Quarry in 1938, renamed Glyder, later sold to an owner in the USA around 1965. Returned to Britain in 2012, now at the Beamish Museum.
6EdithSentinel4wVB19276902Purchased from J.C. Oliver of Leeds. Sold to the Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway around 1935. Scrapped 1957.
70BlackAndrew Barclay0-4-0WT19311995Sold to Corby District Water Company. Sold to the Dinorwic Quarry in 1948; now preserved (as No. 70) at the Hollycombe Steam Collection
72MidgeKerr Stuart0-4-0ST19234290"Wren" class locomotive, ex-Coldwell Reservoir railway in 1932. Sold to South Essex Waterworks Company in 1936. Scrapped around 1940.
73GnatKerr Stuart0-4-0ST19234291"Wren" class locomotive, ex-Coldwell Reservoir railway in 1932. Sold to South Essex Waterworks Company in 1936. Scrapped in 1950.
74BurnhopeKerr Stuart0-4-2ST19111144"Tattoo" class locomotive, ex-Farlington Reservoir railway in 1932. Sold to South Essex Waterworks Company in 1936. Scrapped around 1951.
75WellhopeKerr Stuart0-4-2ST19121145"Tattoo" class locomotive, purchased in 1932. Sold to H.E. Company in 1936. Resold to East African sugar factory in 1940.
76IreshopeKerr Stuart0-4-2ST19111142"Tattoo" class locomotive, purchased in 1932. Sold to South Essex Waterworks Company in 1936. Scrapped around 1951.
77KillhopeKerr Stuart0-4-2ST19081047"Tattoo" class locomotive, purchased in 1931. Sold to H.E. Coy Company in 1938.
78HarthopeKerr Stuart0-4-2ST19151291"Tattoo" class locomotive, ex-Woolwich Arsenal railway around 1932. Sold to South Essex Waterworks Company in 1936. Scrapped around 1948.
79Andrew Barclay0-4-0WT19181453ex-RAF Calshot railway in 1931. Sold to Walston Limestone Company 1939. Scrapped by 1961.
80Kerr Stuart0-4-0ST19184001"Wren" class locomotive, ex-RAF Armaments School, Uxbridge in 1931. Sold to South Essex Waterworks Company in 1936. Scrapped in 1950.
81DurhamAvonside Engine Company0-4-0T19332066Sold to the Penrhyn Quarry in 1936; renamed Ogwen. Later sold to an owner in the USA around 1965. Returned to Britain in 2012, now at Statfold Barn near Tamworth.
82WearAvonside Engine Company0-4-0T19332067Sold to the Penrhyn Quarry in 1936; renamed Marchlyn. Later preserved in the USA. Returned to Britain as of May 2011, currently at Statfold Barn near Tamworth.
83LanchesterAvonside Engine Company0-4-0T19332071Sold to the Birtley Brick Company in 1937. Eventually sold to the Dinorwic Quarry; renamed Elidir. Sold to preservation in Canada in 1966. Returned to the UK in 2006 and now at the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway.
84AucklandAvonside Engine Company0-4-0T19332072Sold to the Corby Water District in 1937. Eventually sold to the Dalmia Cement Ltd., New Delhi, India.
85SunderlandAvonside Engine Company0-4-0T19332073Sold to the Corby Water District in 1937. Eventually sold to the Dalmia Cement Ltd., New Delhi, India.
86StanhopeKerr Stuart0-4-2ST19172395"Tattoo" class locomotive, purchased in 1931. Sold to the Penrhyn Quarry in 1934. Derelict by 1948 and parts sold the Talyllyn Railway. Officially scrapped in 1966, with boiler to Bressingham for Hudswell Clarke 1943 "Bronllywd". "Stanhope's" restoration was completed in 1999, and it ran on the West Lancashire Light Railway until 2010 when it moved to Apedale with the Moseley Railway Trust
87N.E.L.R.John Fowler0-6-0T192616991ex-Nocton Estate Light Railway (NELR) agricultural railway in Lincolnshire (see Nocton and Lincolnshire potato railways) in 1930. Scrapped 1938. This locomotive is incorrectly named as "N.E.L.P." in the book "Dam Builders' Railways from Durham's Dales to the Border".

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