Corringham Light Railway
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The Corringham Light Railway (CLR) was incorporated on 10 July 1899 and opened to freight on 1 January and passenger on 22 June 1901. It ran in the marshlands of South Essex, England closing in 1962.
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[edit] Overview
The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway had a branch from Thames Haven Junction, near Stanford-le-Hope, to Thames Haven on the Thames Estuary. There was a passenger station at Thames Haven but it closed before the CLR opened.
The CLR ran from a junction with the LTSR near Thames Haven to the Kynoch explosives works at Shell Haven with branches east to Kynochtown (later re-named Coryton) and west to Corringham.
In its later years the CLR was owned by the Mobil Oil Company serving its Coryton Refinery.
It was some 2¾ miles in length.
The site of the Corringham Station on Fobbing Road is still apparent from the satellite view of Post Code SS17 9BN. The trees that lined the track as it ran north and curved westward into the station are still present.
[edit] Locomotives
- 0-4-0T, ex-Barry Railway Company, built by Kitson & Co. in 1893
- 0-4-2T Kynite, built by Kerr Stuart in 1901
- 0-4-0ST Cordite, built by Kerr Stuart in 1915
- 0-6-0ST, built by Avonside Engine Company in 1917
- 0-6-0ST, (second-hand), built by Avonside Engine Company in 1914
After the line was taken over by the Mobil Oil Company, diesel locomotives were used but details are not known.
[edit] Sources and Reference
- Minor Railways of England and their Locomotives by George Woodcock, published by Goose and Son, Norwich, England, 1970
[edit] External links
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