Linstead to New Works railway explained

The Linstead to New Works railway was a railway in Jamaica constructed in 1921 to serve a citrus growing region to the north east of Linstead.^[1]

Gradients

Linstead is at 400 feet^[2] while New Works is close below the 500 foot contour, so the line must have risen around 79 feet in its three miles for an average gradient of 1 in 200 or thereabouts.

Stations and Halts

There must have been at least 2 stations on the line:^[3]

• Linstead Station (Branch Terminus)
• New Works Station (Terminus)

Tunnels

There were no tunnels on the line.^[3]

Bridges

There were probably no significant bridges on the line as its junction with the Spanish Town to Ewarton line would have been north of the Rio Magno Gully Bridge^[4] (~75m)^[5] and there are no other significant water courses between Linstead and New Works.^[3]

See also

• Railways of Jamaica

Notes and references

1. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3884/is_200303/ai_n9209497/pg_7 The rise and fall of railways in Jamaica 1845-1975 page 7
2. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/JM/10/Linstead.html Linstead
3. UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets G (1973), K (1966) & L (1967).
4. Magno may well be a corruption of Mango but is the spelling used on UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheet K (1966).
5. Bridge lengths were obtained using Wikimapia's GeoTools.