Furzebrook Railway

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Furzebrook Railway
Locale England
Dates of operation 1874 – 1957
Track gauge 2 ft 8 in
Length 3½ miles
Headquarters Furzebrook

The Furzebrook Railway was an industrial narrow gauge railway built to serve the clay pits at West Creech on the Isle of Purbeck.

Locomotives

Name Builder Type Date Works number Notes
Primus
Secundus Bellis and Seekings 0-6-0WT 1874 Now in the Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry
Tertius Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST 1886 999
Quintus Manning Wardle 0-4-0ST 1914 1854
Sextus Peckett 0-6-0ST 1925 1692
Septimus Peckett 0-4-2ST 1930 1808

References


  • Peters, Ivo (1976). The Narrow Gauge Charm of Yesterday: A Pictorial Tribute. The Oxford Publishing Company. 

See also