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unusual facts about Industrial railway



Cedryn Quarry Tramway

The Cedryn Quarry Tramway (later largely used as the route of the Eigiau Tramway) was an industrial narrow gauge railway that connected the slate quarries at Cedryn and Cwm Eigiau to the quays at Dolgarrog in the Conwy valley.

Fyansford Cement Works Railway

The Fyansford Cement Works Railway was an industrial railway near Geelong, Australia, built by the Australian Portland Cement Company to carry limestone from their quarry to their cement works in Fyansford.

Little Eaton Gangway

The Little Eaton Gangway, or, to give it its official title, the Derby Canal Railway, was a narrow gauge industrial wagonway serving the Derby Canal, in England, at Little Eaton in Derbyshire.

NBR G Class

The design was originated by Neilson and Company of Hyde Park Works, Springburn, Glasgow, who built the first examples of the type, mainly for industrial customers, in the 1870s.

Stanhope and Tyne Railway

The Stanhope and Tyne Railway (formally the Stanhope and Tyne Railroad Company) was an early British industrial railway that ran from Stanhope, in County Durham, to South Shields at the mouth of the River Tyne.

Trams in Finland

These railways include a "freight tram" in Tampere (from Finlayson to Santalahti woodyard a few miles away, closed in 1957), the harbour railway in Lohja (Finland's first electric railway, from the state railway station to the port, including passenger services, closed in 1930), the railway in Mustio (a freight line from the railway station to the mill, closed in 1964) and Kyröskoski industrial railway in Hämeenkyrö (Finland's last narrow gauge industrial railway, closed in 1989).


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Exploits Valley

The river becomes navigable below Bishop's Falls and the pulp and paper mill constructed a seaport on the lower reaches of the river at Botwood, which was connected to Grand Falls by an industrial railway.

Horrem station

Lignite and overburden are transported on this industrial railway between mines and coal-fired power stations.

Skotfoss Bruk

The first electric industrial railway in Norway opened in 1892 at Skotfoss Bruk.