Industrial Railways Directory

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An industrial railway is a type of private railway used exclusively to serve a particular industry inside a mine or factory compound. Industrial railways were once very common, but with the rise of road transport, their numbers have greatly diminished.

As an example, an industrial railway would transport clay from a quarry to an interchange point with a main line railway, where it would be transported to its final destination. The line would be owned and operated by the quarry company, and would exist solely to serve the quarry.

Most industrial railways are short, usually being only a few kilometres long.

As well as quarries, industrial railways can serve many different types of industry. Industrial railways were also used in a millitary capacity although much of this use is still considered secret.

These are narrow-gauge railways that were primarily built to serve one or more industries. Some offered passenger services for employees or workmen, but they did not serve the public.

Contents 1 UK Industrial Railways by Industry 1.1 Cement Works 1.2 Brickworks 1.3 Water treatment and sewage works 1.4 Sand and Gravel extraction 1.5 Lime works 1.6 Granite extraction 1.7 Iron extraction 1.8 Slate extraction 1.9 Metal Mining 1.10 Tin Mining 1.11 Tunnelling 1.12 Clay extraction 1.13 Peat extraction 1.14 Coal extraction 1.15 Gas works 1.16 Power Generation 1.17 General freight 1.18 Other mineral extraction 1.19 Other Industries 2 External links

[edit] UK Industrial Railways by Industry

[edit] Cement Works

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
APCM - Alpha Works	1934 ?	1959	610 mm/2 ft	Cliffe-at-Hoo, England	Extensive diesel-hauled chalk pit railway.
APCM - Bevan Works	?	after 1962	610 mm/2 ft	Northfleet, England	Short line operating on a riverside wharf
APCM - Holborough Works	1923	1969	914 mm/3 ft	Snodland, England	Steam- and diesel- hauled railway at the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturer Ltd's cement plant at Holborough.
APCM - Murston Works	before 1898	after 1963	610 mm/2 ft	Sittingbourne, England	Internal brickworks railway
APCM - Rodmell Works	before 1910	1975	610 mm/2 ft	Rodmell, England	Short line serving a cement works
APCM - Sittingbourne Works	?	after 1964	1 295 mm/4 ft 3 in	Sittingbourne, England	Cement works line with the last narrow gauge steam locomotive in that industry.
APCM - Stone Works	1877	1927	1 156 mm/3 ft 9½ in	Greenhithe, England	Steam-hauled railway at the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturer Ltd's cement plant at Greenhithe.
British Standard Cement Works	1912	1932	610 mm/2 ft	Rainham, England	Notable as the only industrial line in Britain to use an ex-WDLR Baldwin locomotive.
Broom Bank	1933	1962	1 295 mm/4 ft 3 in	Lower Twydall, England	Steam hauled cement works and clay pit line
Smeed Dean & Co.	1900	1949	1 105 mm/3 ft 7½ in	Lower Twydall, England	Chalk pit line
Francis & Co.	1871	1920	1 130 mm/3 ft 8½ in	Cliffe, England	Steam-worked chalk quarry railway
Gillingham Portland Cement Co.	1870s?	1910	1 067 mm/3 ft 6 in	Gillingham, England	Early cement works line
I.C. Johnson & Co.	before 1872	1928	1 156 mm/3 ft 9½ in	Greenhithe, England	Internal steam hauled railway, replaced by a standard gauge line.
J.B. White & Bros - Swanscombe Works	?	1929	1 054 mm/3 ft 5½ in	Swanscombe, England	Steam-hauled internal works line with rare outside flanged rolling stock
Knight, Bevan & Sturge	1873 ?	1928	825 mm/2 ft 8½ in	Northfleet, England	Extensive chalk quarry system, eventually superseded by a standard gauge line
Queensborough Cement Works	1896	1930?	unknown	Queensborough, England	Line worked by two Aveling and Porter steam locomotives
RPCM - Halling Works	?	1952	610 mm/2 ft	Halling, England	Extensive cement works railway
Tolhurst & Sons	1860's	before 1948	1 067 mm/3 ft 6 in	Gravesend, England	Large internal chalk quarry system

[edit] Brickworks

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Baxters Brickworks	1888	1969	610 mm/2 ft	Bexhill, England	Short line serving the clay pit and brickworks.
Buckley Tramroad	1780's	1862	762 mm/2 ft 6 in	Connah's Quay, Wales	Early horse-worked plateway carrying coal and bricks from a canal wharf.
Butterley Brick - Cherry Orchard Lane Works	?	1993	610 mm/2 ft	Rochford, England	Short line serving the clay pit and brickworks.
Butterley Brick Ltd - Milton Hall Works	?	1991	610 mm/2 ft	Great Wakering, England	Short line serving the clay pit and brickworks.
Castle Firebrick Company	about 1865	after 1920	610 mm/2 ft (?)	Northrop, England	Internal brickworks line, worked by steam locomotives after World War One.
Crowborough Brickworks	before 1930	1980	610 mm/2 ft (?)	Crowborough, England	Internal line at the brickworks, latterly worked by battery-electric locomotives.
Halstow Creek Brickworks	before 1900	1920's	610 mm/2 ft	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	610 mm/2 ft	Nutbourne, England
LBC - Fletton Works	1889?	1950s ?	889 mm/2 ft 11 in	Peterborough, England	Claypit and brickworks line of unusual gauge.
Ludlay Brick & Tile Co.	?	1965	610 mm/2 ft	Berwick, England	Internal brick works railway at Berwick in Sussex.
Midhurst Whites	after 1913	1980	762 mm/2 ft 6 in	Midhurst, England	Brickworks with three separate narrow gauge lines
North Holmwood Brickworks	?	1981	610 mm/2 ft	Dorking, England	Internal system for the Redland Brick Co.'s clay pit and brickworks
Standard Brick Co	before 1936	1964	610 mm/2 ft	Redhill, England	Steam- and diesel- hauled clay tramway
Storr Hill Brickworks	1869?	1981	457 mm/1 ft 6 in	Wkye, England	An unusual chain-worked double track plateway only 250 yards long.
Warnham Brickworks	before 1909	1965	762 mm/2 ft 6 in	Sandwich, England	Internal line serving the brickworks and clay pit.
Woodside Brickworks	?	1953	?	Croydon, England	Internal brickworks railway notable for its two Sentinel high-pressure steam locos.

[edit] Water treatment and sewage works

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Brede Waterworks	1899	1935	457 mm/1 ft 6 in	Brede, England	Hauled coal from barges unloaded from the River Brede to the Brede Valley water works.
Chicester Sewage Works	1930s (?)	1976	610 mm/2 ft	Apuldram, England	Short line around the sewage works
Berrylands Sewage Works	?	1970s	610 mm/2 ft	Kingston-upon-Thames, England	Extensive sewage treatment plant railway
Dukinfield Sewage Works	?	late 1980s	610 mm/2 ft	Manchester, England	Small-scale railway at sewage works
Llanforda Hall	?	1989	610 mm/2 ft	Oswestry, England	Railway serving the filtration beds and sand washing plant.
Metropolitan Water Board Railway	1916	1946	610 mm/2 ft	Hampton, England	Transported coal from a wharf on the River Thames to the Kempton pumping station.
Wandle Valley Sewerage Board	?	1963	610 mm/2 ft	Merton, England	Internal sewerage railway.
Water Orton Sewage Plant	?	1990	610 mm/2 ft	Minworth, England	Internal sewerage railway.

[edit] Sand and Gravel extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Bretts - Faversham	1930's (?)	1969 (?)	610 mm/2 ft	Faversham, England	Sand and gravel haulage
Bretts - Sturry	?	1968 (?)	610 mm/2 ft	Sturry, England	Served gravel pits on the River Stour
Buckland Sand & Silica Co.	?	?	610 mm/2 ft	Reigate, England	Short steam-hauled railway working sand from the pits to a private BR-worked siding
East Sussex Transport and Trading Company	early 1930's	1964	610 mm/2 ft	Cuckmere Haven, England	Hauled gravel extracted from the Cuckmere Haven beach to Exceat.
Hall & Co.	before 1938	late 1960's	610 mm/2 ft	Eastbourne, England	Shingle extraction railway on The Crumbles.
Heavers Gravel	1920's	1962	610 mm/2 ft	Drayton, England	Internal gravel pit line
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway	1919	1969	610 mm/2 ft	Leighton Buzzard, England	Industrial railway that carried sand from the quarries around Leighton Buzzard
Penfolds Ltd.	?	1963	610 mm/2 ft	Eartham, England	Gravel extraction line

[edit] Lime works

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Brockham Lime Works	1870's (?)	1936	610 mm/2 ft	Dorking, England	Lime pits and works railway, later home of the Brockham Museum
Caldon Low Quarry	before 1906	1933	1 067 mm/3 ft 6 in	Waterhouses, England	Limestone quarry with an internal steam-worked railway system
Dorking Greystone Lime Co.	1880	1954	970 mm/3 ft 2¼ in and 610 mm/2 ft	Betchworth, England	Well-known steam hauled internal limeworks line.
Little Ormes Head Quarry	1889	1931	914 mm/3 ft	Porth Dyniewyd, Wales	Internal limestone quarry railway.
Oxstead Greystone Lime Co.	before 1912	1971	610 mm/2 ft	Oxstead, England	Internal railway of lime quarry and works.
Peak Forest Tramway	1794	1923	1 270 mm/4 ft 2 in	Chapel en le Frith, England	Early tramway that was horse and chain hauled throughout its life.
Whitehaven Quarry	1932	1953	1 219 mm/4 ft	Oswestry, Wales	A series of rope-hauled inclines and steam locomotive worked tramways.

[edit] Granite extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Bearah Tor Quarry	?	late 1980s	610 mm/2 ft	Liskeard, England	Short, hand worked internal quarry railway.
Cliffe Hill railway	1880's (?)	1948	610 mm/2 ft	Stanton under Bardon, England	Hauled stone from the Cliffe Hill Granite Quarry.
Haytor Tramway	by 1824	1858	uncertain	Dartmoor, England	Horse-drawn tramway serving the granite quarries around Haytor. Used granite troughs as rails.
Jee's Hartshill Granite Quarry	?	1956?	775 mm/2 ft 6½ in	Nuneaton, England	Granite quarry with an extensive locomotive-worked tramway system.
Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co.	1830s	1960s ?	914 mm/3 ft	Penmaenmawr, Wales	Extensive steam-hauled internal railway system in granite quarry complex.

[edit] Iron extraction

Mainly ironstone quarries

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Brymbo Ironworks	1899	1946	597 mm/1 ft 11½ in	Hook Norton, England	Major ironstone quarry and calcination works served by a steam-hauled railway.
Eastwell Quarries	1880's (?)	1958	914 mm/3 ft	Eastwell, England	Extensive system of steam-hauled lines with a cable-hauled incline.
Eaton Quarries	?	1958	1 m	Belvoir, England	Unusual in its use of French locomotives.
Kettering Ironstone Railway	1879	1951	914 mm/3 ft	Kettering, England	Extensive system of steam-hauled lines serving the ironstone quarries west of Kettering.
Myers Burn Mine	1985	1988	?	Eaglesham, Scotland	Small iron pyrites mine with underground railway system.
Wellinborough Iron Company	1880's (?)	1966	914 mm/3 ft	Wellingborough, England	The last narrow gauge ironstone railway in England, steam-hauled to the last.

[edit] Slate extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Aberllefenni Mine	1880's (?)	2002	686 mm/2 ft 3 in	Aberllefenni, Wales	Underground slate mine and short line to the mill. Originally joined to the Corris Railway
Alexandra Quarry	1876	1940s ?	610 mm/2 ft	Moel Tryfan, Wales	Quarry feeder tramway connected to the Bryngwyn branch of the Welsh Highland Railway.
Croesor Tramway	1864	1948 (?)	610 mm/2 ft	Porthmadog, Wales	Horse-powered tramway serving the slate quarries of the Croesor valley
Deeside Tramway	?	1947	787 mm/2 ft 7 in	Glyndyfrdwy, Wales	Horse-powered tramway serving the slate quarries
Friog Quarry	?	?	597 mm/1 ft 11½ in	Fairbourne, Wales	Lightweight internal tramway around small slate quarry.
Gorseddau Tramway/Tremadoc Tramway	1855	1872	914 mm/3 ft	Porthmadog, Wales	Horse-powered tramway serving the remote slate quarries of the Cwmystradllyn valley.
Gorseddau Junction and Portmadoc Railways	1872	1898	610 mm/2 ft	Porthmadog, Wales	Regauged and extended Gorseddau Tramway.
Hendre-Ddu Tramway	1867	1954	610 mm/2 ft	Aberangell, Wales	Network of branch lines serving slate quarries and timber forests west of the Dyfi valley.
Honister Slate Mine	?	Present	610 mm/2 ft	Honister, England	Working slate mine perched at the top of Honister Pass. The mine has gone through phases of activity and redundancy, the current operation started in 1997.
Llechwedd Slate Mine	1860s?	1980s?	610 mm/2 ft	Blaenau Ffestiniog, England	Extensive slate mine, once supported by nearly 100 miles of internal railway. Commercial railway use has now ceased by a short tourist train is operated.
Nant Col quarry	?	?	610 mm/2 ft (?)	Llanbedr, Wales	Internal slate quarry tramway.
Nantlle Tramway	1828	1963	1 067 mm/3 ft 6 in	Penygroes, Wales	Horse-hauled slate tramway serving the quarries of the Nantlle vale.
Oakley Quarry	by 1814	?	597 mm/1 ft 11½ in	Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales	One of the largest slate mines in Wales, a major source of the Ffestiniog Railway's traffic.
Padarn Railway	1843	1961	1 219 mm/4 ft	Llanberis, Wales	Slate hauler serving the Dinorwic Quarry which itself had an extensive narrow gauge rail system.
Pant-Dreiniog Quarry	1903	1911	610 mm/2 ft	Bethesda, Wales	Quarry set up by striking Penrhyn Quarry miners during the historic lock-outs.
Penrhyn Railway	1874	1962	597 mm/1 ft 11½ in	Bethesda, Wales	Slate hauler serving the Penrhyn Quarry which itself had an extensive narrow gauge rail system.
Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry	1870's?	1965	610 mm/2 ft	Nantlle, Wales	Internal quarry system feeding the Nantlle Tramway.
Ratgeod Tramway	1860's	1950's	686 mm/2 ft 3 in	Aberllefenni, Wales	Horse and gravity worked light tramway connecting the Cymerau and Ratgoed quarries with the Corris Railway
Rhiwbach Tramway	1863	1961	610 mm/2 ft	Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales	Locomotive and incline worked tramway connecting the remote quarries around Cwt y Bugail to the Ffestiniog Railway

[edit] Metal Mining

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Connish Farm Mine	?	Present?	610 mm/2 ft	Tyndrum, Scotland	Mine railway in intermittent use.
Great Laxey Mines Railway	by 1854	1929	483 mm/1 ft 7 in	Laxey, Isle of Man	Lead, zinc and silver mines with steam locomotive worked railway by the Laxey Wheel.

[edit] Tin Mining

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
South Crofty Mine	1880's (?)	1990's	559 mm/1 ft 10 in	Camborne, England	Extensive tin mine with internal railway.

[edit] Tunnelling

Many narrow gauge lines were employed for short term tunnelling contracts. Most of these are unrecorded, so this list represents only a few of the many such lines.

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Eurotunnel contract	1988	1992	914 mm/3 ft	Dover, England	Extensive rack and adhesion railway used in the construction of the Channel Tunnel.
Cockermouth Sewer Contract	?	1988	610 mm/2 ft ?	Cockermouth, England	Temporary line to serve the renewal of the main sewer tunnel. Used battery electric locomotives.
Nuttall's Sewer contract	1996	1998	610 mm/2 ft	Dover, England	Construction railway for a one-mile long interception sewer tunnel.

[edit] Clay extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
APCM - Alkerden Works	before 1900	1943	825 mm/2 ft 8½ in	Swanscombe, England	Large steam-worked clay pit line
BPCM - Bean Works	1920	1964	610 mm/2 ft	Bean, England	Short line serving a clay pit on the banks of the Thames
Far Ings Tileries	1905	2001	610 mm/2 ft	Barton Upon Humber, England	Late survivor of the clay tramways, including a cable-hauled incline and (diesel) locomotive worked sections.
Fayle's Tramway (I)	1905	1948	1 143 mm/3 ft 9 in	Norden, England	Clay tramway that replaced the Middlesbere and Newton tramways
Fayle's Tramway (II)	1948	1971	597 mm/1 ft 11½ in	Norden, England	Regauged to suit ex-WHR locomotive Russell.
Meeth Clay Company	1920	1970	610 mm/2 ft	Woolladon, England	Short line carrying clay from the pits at Meeth.
Middlebere Tramway	1806	1907	1 067 mm/3 ft 6 in (?)	Norden, England	Horse-powered plateway serving clay pits near Corfe Castle.
Newton Tramway	1860 (?)	1905	1 143 mm/3 ft 9 in	Poole Harbour, England	Clay tramway, became part of Fayle's Tramway
Pentewan Railway	1830	1916	762 mm/2 ft 6 in	Pentewan, England	Initially horse-hauled, worked by steam locomotives after 1874.
Pike Brothers' Tramway (I)	1830	1866	1 219 mm/4 ft	Creech, England	Horse-hauled clay plateway.
Pike Brothers' Tramway (II)	1866	1968	825 mm/2 ft 8½ in	Creech, England	Steam-hauled industrial railway serving the clay pits around Creech Heath.
Thakenham Tiles	before 1937	1980	610 mm/2 ft	Storrington, England	Short line serving the tile works

[edit] Peat extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Bolton Fell	?	Present	610 mm/2 ft	Hethersgill, Scotland	Lightly laid, locomotive worked peat extraction line owned by William Sinclair Horticultural.
Cladence Moss	1998	Present	762 mm/2 ft 6 in	East Kilbride, Scotland	Lightly laid, locomotive worked peat extraction line owned by William Sinclair Horticultural.
Creca Moss	?	Present?	610 mm/2 ft	Annan, Scotland	Peat extraction line owned by L & P Peat Ltd.
Eden Park Nurseries	1987	?	610 mm/2 ft	Wark Forest, England	A relatively new narrow gauge industrial railway.
Hatfield Peat Works	?	Present	914 mm/3 ft	Hatfield, England	One of the few remaining working industrial narrow gauge railways in England.
Jospeh Metcalf Ltd.	?	1999 ?	610 mm/2 ft	Irlam, England	Lightly laid peat tramway using modern diesel locomotives.
Letham Moss	?	Present ?	610 mm/2 ft	Airth, Scotland	Peat extraction line owned by L & P Peat Ltd.
Nutberry Works	?	Present ?	610 mm/2 ft	Eastriggs, Scotland	Peat extraction line owned by L & P Peat Ltd near Gretna Green.
Richardson's Peat Work	?	?	762 mm/2 ft 6 in	Longtown, England	Peat tramway in Cumbria.
Solway Moss	?	?	762 mm/2 ft 6 in	Cumbria, England	Peat tramway
Wilmslow Peat Farm	?	2000	610 mm/2 ft	Wilmslow, England	Peat tramway near Manchester

[edit] Coal extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Ayle Colliery	1932	after 1996	610 mm/2 ft ?	Alston, England	Private colliery with mine railway.
Berwick Drift Stockyard	?	Present	914 mm/3 ft	Lynemouth, England	One of only two locomotive-worked stock yard railways in the British coal industry.
Bryn Oer Tramway	1815	1865	?	Talybont on Usk, Wales	Early horse-drawn tramway.
Hope Level Mine	?	1988	?	Stanhope, England	Small mine operation with loco-worked railway
Pentwyn No.3 Mine	?	after 1994	610 mm/2 ft	Ystalyfera, Wales	One of the last coal mines using pit ponies on a railway.
Saundersfoot Railway	1829	?	1 219 mm/4 ft	Saundersfoot, Wales	Industrial railway hauling coal.
Severn & Wye Railway	1801	1869	1 067 mm/3 ft 6 in	Forest of Dean, England	Coal and iron hauling tramway, eventually replaced by a broad gauge line.
Weardale Minerals	?	1988	610 mm/2 ft	Cambokeels, England	Colliery railway
Weardale Mining and Processing	?	1988	610 mm/2 ft	West Blackdene, England	Colliery railway

[edit] Gas works

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Dundee Gasworks Railway	?	?	597 mm/1 ft 11½ in	Dundee, Scotland	Internal steam-hauled gas works railway.
Harrogate Gasworks Railway	1908	1956	610 mm/2 ft	Harrogate, England	Steam-hauled railway running from the North Eastern Railway to Harrogate gasworks.
South Metropolitan Gas Works, Old Kent Road	1892 (?)	1953	914 mm/3 ft	London, England	Internal steam-hauled gas works railway on the Old Kent Road.
South Metropolitan Gas Works, Vauxhall	1898 (?)	?	914 mm/3 ft	London, England	Internal steam-hauled gas works railway.

[edit] Power Generation

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Stourport Power Station	?	1989	762 mm/2 ft 6 in	Stourport, England	Internal line.

[edit] General freight

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Belvoir Castle Tramway	1815	1920	1 334 mm/4 ft 4½ in	Belvoir castle, England	A short plateway used to haul coal and other goods from a canal wharf to the castle.
Guilford Tramway	1903	1930	1 067 mm/3 ft 6 in	Sandwich, England	Freight-only line serving the St. George's Golf Club.
Redruth and Chasewater Railway	1826	1915	1 219 mm/4 ft	Redruth, England	Freight and mineral hauling line, originally horse-drawn later used steam locomotives.
Talisker Distillery	?	1930s	610 mm/2 ft	Isle of Skye, Scotland	Hauled goods from a pier to the whisky distillery.

[edit] Other mineral extraction

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
Gypsum Mines Ltd.	1945	after 1951	610 mm/2 ft	Mountfield, England	Inclined adit and works railway.
J. Parish Loam works	1850's	1957	1 219 mm/4 ft	Erith, England	Steam-hauled railway moving loam for metal casting molds.
Lealt Railway	1890	1915	610 mm/2 ft	Isle of Skye, Scotland	Remote line hauling "diatomic earth" which is used as a polishing agent. Steam worked for a short while.
Raasay Railway	1880's	1918	?	Isle of Skye, Scotland	Remote line hauling "Wolframite" which is used in steel making.
Snailbeach District Railways	1877	1961	705 mm/2 ft 3.75 in	Snailbeach, England	Served the lead and other mineral mines around Snailbeach.

[edit] Other Industries

Name	Opened	Closed	Gauge	Location	Notes
ABCO Petroleum	before 1910	1960s	610 mm/2 ft	Rye, England	200 yard long internal railway serving the reprocessing plant.
Ashton Canal Carriers	?	Present?	610 mm/2 ft	Ashton, England	Short loco-worked line within a boatyard.
Ballard's Malt Vinegar Works	1894	after 1974	610 mm/2 ft	Malvern, England	Hand-worked line connecting the barley malting works to the piggery.
BICC - Belvedere	1930s (?)	1968	1 067 mm/3 ft 6 in	Belvedere, England	Steam-hauled railway at the British Insulated Callender's Cables Ltd's cable plant.
Biwater Pipes and Castings	?	2000	698 mm/2 ft 3½ in	Clay Cross, England	Very short line for hauling pipes within the works.
Beyer Peacock Works Railway	?	?	457 mm/1 ft 6 in	Manchester, England	Extensive railway serving the locomotive construction works of Beyer Peacock.
Bowater Light Railway	1906	1969	762 mm/2 ft 6 in	Sittingbourne, England	Served the Bowater's paper mills. The last steam-worked industrial narrow gauge line in Britain.
British Aluminium Corporation - Lochaber	1925	1977	914 mm/3 ft	Fort William, Scotland	Long line built for the construction and maintenance of pipelines from Locahber to Fort William
Cefn Vron Tramway	1924	1926	762 mm/2 ft 6 in	Newtown, Wales	Temporary timber hauling railway on the Welsh-English border.
Kerry Ridgeway Railway	1941	1943	610 mm/2 ft	Newtown, Wales	Temporary timber-hauling railway.
Kerry Tramway	1887	1923	610 mm/2 ft	Newtown, Wales	Locomotive-worked line hauling timber from the Kerry forest to Kerry Station on the Cambrian Railways
Lynlite Concrete Ltd.	?	1979	914 mm/3 ft	Ramsey, England	Concrete suppliers.
Nocton Potato Estate	1920	1969	610 mm/2 ft	Lincoln, England	Extensive system to carry potatos from the fields to the crisp processing plant.
Pett Level Tramway	1934	1946	610 mm/2 ft	Winchelsea, England	Built to aid the construction and maintenance of sea defenses on the Sussex coast.

[edit] External links

• The Industrial Railway Society (UK)