Hollycombe Quarry Railway

Hollycombe Quarry Railway
Hunslet Mills Class 0-4-0ST 638 'Jerry M' (1895) with 1 foot 11½ in. (597 mm) gauge
Route
Route length:	2.4 km
Gauge :	610 mm ( 2 foot track )
Legend Train station at the visitor center Sandstone quarry

The Hollycombe Quarry Railway is a 2.4 km long museum - narrow-gauge railway with a track width of 610 mm (2 feet ) in Hollycombe Steam In The Country -called open-air museum on the Iron Hill, Liphook , Hampshire , England .

history

The Hollycombe Narrow Gauge Railway was established in 1967 using equipment from the Dinorwic slate quarry in North Wales . The quarry had shortly before the operation of its extensive works railway, whereupon Commander Baldock acquired the steam locomotive Jerry M along with a lot of tracks and several cars. Construction began in 1968 and reached the sandstone quarry in 1971. The narrow-gauge railway was later expanded to include a loop that brought the track length to 2.4 km. The second steam locomotive, Caledonia , was acquired in 1968.

Four of the five passenger cars were acquired when the Ramsgate Cliff Railway was closed; The fifth car was built in Hollycombe to the same design.

Locomotives

Surname	Manufacturer	Type	Construction year	Factory no.	Remarks
Jerry M	Hunslet	0-4-0 ST	1895	638	Formerly Dinorwic slate quarry . Original name Vaenol , later renamed to Jerry M after the successful racehorse of the quarry owner . Operational.
Caledonia	Barclay	0-4-0WT	1931	1995	Formerly Burnhope Reservoir Railway , later Dinorwic slate quarry, where it is the No. 70 wore. Refurbished, boiler on the Severn Valley Railway.
Jack	Ruston & Hornsby	Diesel Mechanical 4WDM	1939	203016	Out of order
Lizzie	Ruhrthaler	Diesel hydraulic 4wDH			Operational
Floater	simplex	Diesel mechanical 4wDM			Operational
Tinkerbelle	Plymouth	Diesel mechanical 4wDM			Operational

Other exhibits

Part of the fairground, taken from the Ferris wheel

There is also a park railway on the site with a gauge of 184 mm (7¼ inches) and a no longer operated 500 m long standard-gauge railway .

A steam-powered fairground from the Edwardian era is the main attraction of the open-air museum.

An extensive steam engine collection with steam rollers, locomotives, showman's engines, steam engines formerly used for agriculture, transportable steam engines and steam organs are considered by enthusiasts to be the cultural-historical highlight of the museum.

Web links

• www.hollycombe.co.uk (official website)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hollycombe Steam In The Country: Quarry Railway.

Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 26.3 "  N , 0 ° 46 ′ 55.6"  W.