The Leiston Works Railway was a private railway that ran from Leiston railway station on the Aldeburgh Branch Line of the Great Eastern Railway to the engineering works of Richard Garrett & Sons. The railway was originally operated by Suffolk Punch horses hauling coal and iron from the main line to the Garrett Works. This was later taken over by steam shunting engine Sirapite which was then replaced by a battery electric engine in 1962.[1]
The line closed in 1968, with the battery locomotive being scrapped.
^Robinson, Craig (5 September 2012). "Leiston: Group invite people to 'sponsor a sleeper' to help with restoration of Garret Works railway line". East Anglian Daily Times.
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