Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway explained

53.322°N -3.767°W

Railroad Name:Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway
Start Year:1889
End Year:1931
Length:1 mile
Hq City:Porth Dyniewyd
Locale:Wales
Successor Line:Abandoned

The Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway was a narrow gauge industrial railway operating at three levels within the extensive limestone quarry on the Penrhyn Bay side of the Little Orme at Llandudno on the North Wales coast.

Locomotives

NameBuilderWheel arrangementDateWorks numberNotes
MonaHughes Foundry0-4-0VB
Little OrmeManning Wardle0-4-0ST1873478Built for the Leeds Corporation Water Works at Swinsty Reservoir
EllesmereKerr Stuart0-4-2ST19121255
GarthKerr Stuart0-4-2ST19141257
PenrhynKerr Stuart0-4-2ST19183092Scrapped 1940
No. 1Sentinel4wVB19266256
No. 2Sentinel4wVB19266255
No. 3Sentinel4wVB19266257

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