Railways of Jamaica: Linstead to New Works
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The Linstead to New Works branch was a mere three miles of standard gauge track constructed in 1921 to serve a citrus growing region to the north east of Linstead[1].
Beyond this, very little is known about it. There is no trace of it on satellite images (see Linstead to New Works at WikiMapia[2]) suggesting it was closed significantly earlier than Jamaica's other lines.
All external links below are to WikiMapia.
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[edit] Gradients
Linstead is at 400 feet[3] while New Works is close below the 500 foot contour[4], so the line must have risen around 79 feet in it's three miles for an average gradient of 1 in 200 or thereabouts.
[edit] Stations and Halts
There must have been at least 2 stations on the line[4]:
- Linstead Station (Branch Terminus)
- New Works Station (Terminus)
[edit] Tunnels
There were no tunnels on the line[4].
[edit] 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[5] (~75m)[6] and there are no other significant water courses between Linstead and New Works[4].
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ The rise and fall of railways in Jamaica 1845-1975 page 7, Veront M Satchell & Cezley Sampson, The Journal of Transport History, March 2003.
- ^ You must be logged in to WikiMapia for the line to be visible.
- ^ Linstead, Falling Rain Genomics.
- ^ a b c d UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets G (1973), K (1966) & L (1967).
- ^ 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).
- ^ Bridge lengths were obtained using Wikimapia's GeoTools.
