Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway
Map with all coordinates: | Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway | |
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 Bronhilde enters the station Stony Shaw a
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| Route length: | 0.8 km |
| Gauge : | 610 mm ( 2 foot track ) |
The Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway (BWLR) is a nearly 0.8 km long narrow-gauge railway near Bredgar and Wormshill in Kent , just south of Sittingbourne , England with a 610 mm (2 foot) gauge . It is run on a voluntary basis as a museum railway.
history
The BWLR is a private railway that was built voluntarily by a group of railway enthusiasts since the early 1970s. It is a fully functional, high quality railroad with Warren Wood station , a locomotive shed, a depot and the smaller Stony Shaw station at the other end of the line.
The railroad operates every first Sunday in summer to collect donations for various foundations. There is also a model railway, a Locomobile a showman , a steam machine, two steam rollers and several Bean Cars to see and other historic automobiles.
Rolling stock
Operational steam locomotives
| Manufacturer | Factory number and year | Wheel alignment | No. and name | Remarks | photo |
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| L. Schwartzkopff | 9124/1927 | 0-4-0WT | No. 1 Bronhilde | Originally at the Norddeutsche Affinerie in Hamburg . Sold to Bressingham Steam and Gardens in 1976 . Acquired in 1979 as the first steam locomotive on the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway. |
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| Young | 3872/1931 | 0-6-0WT | # 2 Katie | Originally used in Cameroon's sugar plantations . Decommissioned in 1973 and acquired by the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway in 1980. Flange-free wheelset on the central axis. |
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| Bagnall flat share | 2088/1919 | 0-4-0ST | No. 4 Armistice | One of the two steam engines on the Birmingham, Tame and Rea District Drainage Board Railway . Restored in 1981 as Lady Luxborough . Acquired by the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway in 1991 and refurbished in 1992, after which it was given its original name again. |
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| Orenstein & Koppel | 5668/1912 | 0-4-0WT | No. 6 Eigiau | Formerly Penrhyn Quarry Railway . Sold to Bressingham Steam and Gardens in 1963 . Acquired in 1995 by the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway. |
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| Decauville | 246/1897 | 0-4-2T | # 7 Victory | Originally used at Invicta Sugar Mill in Giru , Australia . Sold in 1963 and used as a museum railway. Acquired in 1984 from the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway. |
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| Orenstein & Koppel | 12722/1936 | 0-4-0WT | No. 8 | Used as a construction site locomotive in Northern Germany until 1957. In use in Great Britain and on the Brecon Mountain Railway since 1970 . Acquired by Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway in 1999. |
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| Hunslet Engine Co. | 1429/1922 | 0-4-0ST | Lady Joan | Used in a slate quarry in Wales until 1967 . Also used on Woburn Abbey and the Knebworth Park and Winter Green Railway . Acquired in 1996 by the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway. |
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| John Fowler & Co. | 13573/1912 | 0-4-2T | No. 10 Zambese | Originally built with a 500 mm gauge. Used to transport sugar cane on the Sena Estates Railway in Mopeia, Mozambique . Decommissioned in 1965. Shipped to the UK in 1998 and re-gauged to 620 mm (2 feet ). Boiler acceptance in 2009 and back in operation from 2011. |
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| Henschel & Son | 29582/1956 | 0-6-0WT | No. 105 Siam | Originally used on the sugar plantation in Chonburi Province , Thailand . Use on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway . 750 mm track width. After a general overhaul, the locomotive was for sale in excellent condition in June 2009. 2019 still available. |
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Diesel locomotives
| Manufacturer | Factory number and year | Wheel alignment | No. and name | Comments | photo |
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| Baguley-Drewry | 3775/1983 | 4wDH | No. 5 Bredgar | Use on the lines of the MoD Milford Haven with 1000 mm gauge. Acquired in 1995 and relocated to 610 mm gauge. |
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| Hudswell Clarke | DM1366 / 1965 | 0-6-0 | No. 11 Wormshill | Originally National Coal Board Harden Colliery and Seaham Colliery. 1990 sold to the South Tynedale Railway . Acquired in 2006 from the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway. Restoration in November 2010. |
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| Motor Rail | 9869/1953 | 4wDM | No. 12 Bicknor | Originally Great Ouse River Authority , Ely . In use until 1977. Acquired in 2010 by the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway from The Hop Farm Country Park , Beltring . |
partnership
The Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway is partnered with the Chemin de Fer de La Valée de l'Ouche (CFVO) in Bligny-sur-Ouche , Côte-d'Or , France .
Web links
Commons : Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Article by BBC Kent on the Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Visitors Guide . Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway, 2008.
- ↑ a b Un-named Fowler . Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway. Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
- ↑ a b Fowler resteams after Bredgar rebuild . In: Heritage Railway . No. 132, December 22, 2009 - January 20, 2010, September, p. 11.
- ↑ Hudswell-Clarke Diesel . Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway. Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Waterworks locomotive moves to Bredgar . In: Heritage Railway . No. 139, October 28 - November 24, 2010, p. 23.
- ↑ BWLR and CFVO . Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway. Retrieved July 31, 2008.
Coordinates: 51 ° 17 ′ 49.7 " N , 0 ° 40 ′ 58.4" W.