Linstead to New Works railway

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Linstead to New Works
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0.0Linstead
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0.3Rio Magno Gully~75m
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Linstead Junction
Mainline from Spanish Town continues to Ewarton
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Various unknown infrastructure
on a very gently rising gradient
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4.8New Works

The Linstead to New Works railway was a railway in Jamaica constructed in 1921 to serve a citrus growing region to the north east of Linstead. [1]

Rail transport in Jamaica

The Railways of Jamaica, constructed from 1845, were the second British Colony after Canada's Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad of 1836 to receive a railway system. Construction started only twenty years after George Stephenson's Stockton and Darlington Railway commenced operations in the United Kingdom.

<i>Citrus</i> genus of fruit-bearing plants (source of fruit such as lemons and oranges)

Citrus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the rue family, Rutaceae. Plants in the genus produce citrus fruits, including important crops such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits, pomelos, and limes.

Linstead is a town in the parish of St. Catherine, Jamaica in the West Indies. In 1991 its population was 14,144. It is located 12 mi/19 km NNW of Spanish Town.

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Gradients

Linstead is at 400 feet [2] while New Works is close below the 500 foot contour, [3] so the line must have risen around 79 feet in its three miles for an average gradient of 1 in 200 or thereabouts.

Stations and Halts

There must have been at least 2 stations on the line: [3]

Tunnels

There were no tunnels on the line. [3]

Bridges

There were probably no significant bridges on the line as its junction with the Spanish Town to Ewarton line would have been north of the Rio Magno Gully Bridge [4] (~75m) [5] and there are no other significant water courses between Linstead and New Works. [3]

See also

Notes and references

  1. The rise and fall of railways in Jamaica 1845-1975 page 7 Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine ., Veront M Satchell & Cezley Sampson, The Journal of Transport History, March 2003.
  2. Linstead, Falling Rain Genomics.
  3. 1 2 3 4 UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets G (1973), K (1966) & L (1967).
  4. Magno may well be a corruption of Mango but is the spelling used on UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheet K (1966).
  5. Bridge lengths were obtained using Wikimapia's GeoTools.

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