Kettering Ironstone Railway

Kettering Ironstone Railway
Locale England
Dates of operation 1870s1962
Track gauge 3 ft (914 mm)
Length 3 miles
Headquarters Kettering

The Kettering Ironstone Railway was an industrial 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway that served the ironstone quarries around Kettering.

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 and Hawthorns in 1949
Kettering Furnaces No. 7 Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST 1897 1370 Rebuilt by Robert Stephenson and 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

References

  1. Leleux, Sydney A. (June 1975). "Ironstone Narrow Gauge". The Industrial Railway Record (Industrial railway Society) 60: 37–46.

See also

Coordinates: 52°23′20″N 0°47′00″W / 52.3888°N 0.7833°W / 52.3888; -0.7833


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