 Entrance to James Cropper, Burneside Mills. The tramway tracks still visible on the left. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Burneside, Cumbria |
| Locale | England |
| Dates of operation | 1880–1974 |
| Successor | Abandoned |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) and 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Length | 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) |
The Burneside Tramway was initially a narrow gauge and later a standard gauge industrial railway serving the James Cropper paper mills around Burneside, Cumbria. [1]
The tramway was built in 1879-80 as a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) line to connect the paper mills run by James Cropper and Co in Burneside and Cowan Head. [2] Wagons were hauled by horse power.
It was converted to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) in 1924, and in the same year, the Motor Rail and Tram Car Company in Bedford provided an 0-4-0 Dorman Petrol locomotive called Rachel which was used to transfer wagons between the mill and Burneside railway station. [3] In 1951 Rachel was replaced by a diesel Ruston 48 No.294266. [4]
The line to Cowan Head closed in 1965, with the section between Burneside Mill and Burneside railway station still operating until it closed in 1974. [5]
Rachel has survived and is preserved at the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway.
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