Geltsdale Reservoir railway
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The Geltsdale Reservoir railway was a narrow gauge industrial railway
used during the construction of Castle Carrock Reservoir
near Carlisle in Cumbria
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Industrial railway
An industrial railway is a type of railway that is not available for public transportation and is used exclusively to serve a particular industrial, logistics or military site...
used during the construction of Castle Carrock Reservoir
Castle Carrock
Castle Carrock is a village and civil parish on the B6413 road, in the City of Carlisle District, in the English county of Cumbria. It has a pub , a primary school and many walks...
near Carlisle in Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
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Locomotives
| Name | Builder | Type | Date | Works number | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuroki | Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
0-4-0ST | 1904 | 718 | Supplied new to William Kennedy Ltd. the first contractors on the reservoir project. Left in 1906 |
| Swansea | Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use... |
0-4-0ST | 1902 | 959 | ex-Swansea Corporation; owned by Harold, Arnold & Son, contractors. |
| W.G. Bagnall W.G. Bagnall W. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England. It was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall and ceased trading in 1962 when it was taken over by English Electric Co Ltd. The company was located at the Castle Engine Works, in Castle Town, Stafford... |
0-4-0ST | 1902 | 1704(?) | May be ex-Swansea Corporation; owned by Harold, Arnold & Son, contractors. |