Global Information Lookup Global Information

Kerry Tramway information


Kerry Tramway
Map of the Kerry Tramway
Diana being restored at Alan Keef Ltd. in 1999
Overview
HeadquartersKerry
LocaleWales
Dates of operation1887–1925
Successorabandoned
Technical
Track gauge2 ft (610 mm)
Length3 miles (4.8 km)

The Kerry Tramway was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway built in 1887 to serve the timber workings and slab quarry to the south of the village of Kerry, near Newtown in mid Wales.

and 28 Related for: Kerry Tramway information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8757 seconds.)

Kerry Tramway

Last Update:

The Kerry Tramway was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway built in 1887 to serve the timber workings and slab quarry to the south of the village of Kerry...

Word Count : 329

Tank locomotive

Last Update:

Institution. p. 103. Cozens, Lewis (1953). The Van and Kerry Railways: With the Kerry Tramway. R. Cozens. Mark Smithers (31 March 2016). The Royal Arsenal...

Word Count : 3832

Cambrian Railways

Last Update:

Machynlleth Hendre-Ddu Tramway, at Aberangell Festiniog Railway, at Minffordd Kerry Tramway, at Kerry Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway, at Llanfihangel (later...

Word Count : 1620

Slate operations on the Welsh Highland Railway

Last Update:

Highland Railway (WHR) owed its existence to the narrow gauge railways and tramways built to serve commercial slate traffic from slate quarries and other mineral...

Word Count : 262

Talyllyn Railway

Last Update:

in the United Kingdom: the Corris Railway and the Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway both a few miles from the Talyllyn, and the Campbeltown and Machrihanish...

Word Count : 8329

Vale of Rheidol Railway

Last Update:

to be used similar to the nearby Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway. Following closure of this tramway, the gauge was changed to 1 ft 11+3⁄4 in (603 mm) instead...

Word Count : 2972

Cambrian Line

Last Update:

Gorseddau Tramway Hendre-Ddu Tramway Kerry Tramway Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway Merionethshire Railway Morda Tramway Nantlle Tramway Padarn Railway Penrhyn...

Word Count : 3298

Santon Downham Tramway

Last Update:

Narrow-Gauge Railway. FCA Today, Issue 28, March 2006. David Cox und Christopher Krupa: The Kerry Tramway and other Timber Light Railways. 1992, p. 59....

Word Count : 623

Kerry branch line

Last Update:

Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445642864. OCLC 898088602. Cozens, Lewis (1 January 1953). The Van and Kerry Railways and the Kerry Tramway. Author....

Word Count : 99

Snowdon Mountain Railway

Last Update:

Gorseddau Tramway Hendre-Ddu Tramway Kerry Tramway Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway Merionethshire Railway Morda Tramway Nantlle Tramway Padarn Railway Penrhyn...

Word Count : 5918

Glyn Valley Tramway

Last Update:

The Glyn Valley Tramway was a narrow-gauge railway that ran through the Ceiriog Valley in north-east Wales, connecting Chirk with Glyn Ceiriog in Denbighshire...

Word Count : 1436

Oakeley quarry

Last Update:

Yaxham Light Railway. Quine, Dan (March 2017). "Baguley 774 and the Pennal Tramway". Industrial Railway Record. "BAG001 Baguley 774". Narrow Gauge Railway...

Word Count : 2119

Heart of Wales line

Last Update:

Gorseddau Tramway Hendre-Ddu Tramway Kerry Tramway Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway Merionethshire Railway Morda Tramway Nantlle Tramway Padarn Railway Penrhyn...

Word Count : 1873

Fairbourne Railway

Last Update:

opening in 1895 as a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge horse-drawn construction tramway. It was converted in 1916 to 15 in (381 mm) gauge, and again to its present...

Word Count : 1428

Ffestiniog Railway

Last Update:

The line over the bridge also connected with the Gorseddau and Croesor Tramways and was later used by Welsh Highland Railway passenger trains from 1923...

Word Count : 7127

Conwy Valley line

Last Update:

Gorseddau Tramway Hendre-Ddu Tramway Kerry Tramway Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway Merionethshire Railway Morda Tramway Nantlle Tramway Padarn Railway Penrhyn...

Word Count : 2826

Corris Railway

Last Update:

Montgomeryshire (now Powys) in Mid-Wales. The line opened in 1859 as a horse tramway, running originally from quays on the River Dyfi at Morben and Derwenlas...

Word Count : 4906

Roosevelt Island Tramway

Last Update:

The Roosevelt Island Tramway is an aerial tramway that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Roosevelt Island to the Upper East Side of Manhattan...

Word Count : 15441

Bryn Oer Tramway

Last Update:

The Bryn Oer Tramway (also known as the Brinore Tramroad) was a horse-worked narrow-gauge railway built in South Wales in 1814. The Brecknock and Abergavenny...

Word Count : 296

Swansea and Mumbles Railway

Last Update:

in 1877 when trials were undertaken with one of Henry Hughes's patent tramway locomotives, aptly named Pioneer. These were adjudged to be a success,...

Word Count : 2947

Eigiau Tramway

Last Update:

185; -3.844 The Eigiau Tramway might refer to the Eigiau Quarry Tramway or to the Eigiau Reservoir Tramway. The Eigiau Quarry Tramway was a 2 ft (610 mm)...

Word Count : 930

Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway

Last Update:

3°46′01″W / 53.322°N 3.767°W / 53.322; -3.767 The Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge industrial railway operating at three...

Word Count : 85

List of Talyllyn Railway rolling stock

Last Update:

(Talyllyn No. 6) are brown lined with gold leaf and the two Glyn Valley Tramway coaches (Talyllyn Nos. 14 and 15) are green lined with white. There is...

Word Count : 3116

List of quarries served by the Ffestiniog Railway

Last Update:

although granite quarries and zinc mines were also connected by narrow gauge tramways to the railway. The ruined mill at Blaen-y-Cwm, in 2005 The remains of...

Word Count : 266

Oswestry and Newtown Railway

Last Update:

intermediate loop on the single line.: 35–40  From 1888 a narrow-gauge tramway continued from Kerry station, engaged with the timber trade. The passenger service...

Word Count : 3489

Welsh Highland Railway

Last Update:

long and the service had a reputation for being unreliable. The Croesor Tramway had run from Porthmadog since 1863 up into the Croesor Valley and the slate...

Word Count : 5756

Penrhyn Quarry Railway

Last Update:

mile (1.6 km) long 2 ft 1⁄2 in (622 mm) gauge Llandegai Tramway, built in 1798. The tramway connected the Penlan Mill at Llandegai with Port Penrhyn...

Word Count : 2487

Crickheath Tramway

Last Update:

The Crickheath Tramway was a 1.5-mile-long, 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge industrial railway connecting the Porth-y-waen lime quarries near Llanymynech...

Word Count : 122

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net