Scropton Tramway

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Scropton Tramway
Locale England
Dates of operation 1889 – 1949
Track gauge 3 ft (914 mm)
Length 1½ miles
Headquarters Scropton

The Scropton Tramway was a British industrial narrow gauge railway connecting several gypsum mines with the North Staffordshire Railway station at Scropton in Staffordshire.

Locomotives

Name Builder Type Date Works number Notes
W.G. Bagnall 0-4-0T Late 1880s 1050 Small inverted saddle tank locomotive; sold by 1894 to Jospeh Boam Ltd., Norfolk
W.G. Bagnall 0-4-0T 1892 1232 Larger version of the first Bagnall locomotive; sold by 1902 to the Manchester Corporation Rivers Department
Lowca Engineering 0-4-0ST 1884 241 Scrapped 1950
Manning Wardle 0-4-0ST 1888 Built for the construction of the Ashworth Moor Reservoir; purchased in 1913
Manning Wardle 0-4-0ST 1888 Built for the construction of the Ashworth Moor Reservoir; purchased in 1913. Sold for scrap, 1946
Prince Charlie Hunslet 4-6-0T 1917 1276 Built as a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge locomotive for the War Department Light Railways. Purchased in 1947; scrapped 1950
Vyrnwy Orenstein and Koppel 0-4-0WT 1930 Built reservoir construction; purchased in 1947. Sold to the Piel and Walney Gravel company in 1953.

References


  • Baker, Allen C.. "The Scropton Tramway". The Narrow Gauge 164: 3-18. ISSN 0142-5587. 

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