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| Kettering Ironstone Railway |
| Locale |
England |
| Dates of operation |
1870s–1962 |
| Track gauge |
3 ft (914 mm) |
| Length |
3 miles |
| Headquarters |
Kettering |
The Kettering Ironstone Railway was an industrial narrow gauge railway that served the ironstone quarries around Kettering.
[edit] Locomotives
| Name |
Builder |
Type |
Date |
Works number |
Notes |
| Kettering Furnaces No. 2 |
Black, Hawthorne |
0-4-0ST |
1879 |
501 |
|
| Kettering Furnaces No. 3 |
Black, Hawthorne |
0-4-0ST |
1885 |
|
Preserved at the Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum |
| Kettering Furnaces No. 4 |
Black, Hawthorne |
0-4-0ST |
1887 |
|
Scrapped 1935 |
| Kettering Furnaces No. 6 |
Manning Wardle |
0-6-0ST |
1889 |
1123 |
Rebuilt by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns in 1949 |
| Kettering Furnaces No. 7 |
Manning Wardle |
0-6-0ST |
1897 |
1370 |
Rebuilt by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns in 1950 |
| Kettering Furnaces No. 8 |
Manning Wardle |
0-6-0ST |
1906 |
1675 |
Preserved by the Welland Valley Vintage Traction Club |
| [1] |
Sentinel |
4wG+4wG |
1926 |
6412 |
A unique articulated geared steam locomotive, heavily used in the 1930s, but scrapped in 1960 |
[edit] References
- ^ Leleux, Sydney A. (June 1975). "Ironstone Narrow Gauge". The Industrial Railway Record 60: 37–46. Industrial railway Society.
- Peters, Ivo (1976). The Narrow Gauge Charm of Yesterday: A Pictorial Tribute. The Oxford Publishing Company.
[edit] See also
