Ashorne Hall Railway

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It was Template:RailGauge gauge and had a complicated track layout giving a journey of about Template:Cvt in a restricted area of Script error: No such module "convert".. With two substantial stations, a tunnel and engine shed it was very well equipped. With the death of its creator Graham Whitehead in 2003, the railway closed. It was dismantled and sold in 2005 and the track lifted. The steam locomotive is now at the Rudyard Lake Steam Railway and the petrol locomotive and carriages at the Wilderness Railway.

Equipment

Locomotives
  • 2-4-2T Ashorne, built 1994 by Exmoor Steam Railway
  • 2-4-2 Bella, built locally on chassis supplied by Exmoor Steam Railway using a Coventry Climax petrol engine.
Rolling stock
  • 5 bogie carriages built locally by Paul Camps on frames supplied by Exmoor Steam Railway
  • 2 tip wagons

References

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  • Heywood Society Journal No.36 Spring 1995

External links

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