Hagdale Chromate Railway

Hagdale Chromate Railway
Locale Isle of Unst, Scotland
Dates of operation 19071937
Track gauge 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)
Length 1½ miles
Headquarters Baltasound
Hagdale Chromate Railway
Legend
Hagdale quarries

Keen of Hamar
Midgarth quarry
Sandison Pier
Balta Sound
Hagdale Chromite Mill

The Hagdale Chromate Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway on the Isle of Unst, in the Shetland Islands. Built in 1907, it connected the chromite quarries at Hagdale with a pier at Baltasound. There were a few narrow gauge railways on the Shetland Islands. Most being used by fishermen. None of them survive or were preserved.

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