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| Author: | softwerkslex [ Fri Jan 06, 2017 10:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Nearly New Narrow Gauge UK Sold/Scrapped |
Well, I am a year too late. Don't ask how I happened to look at this today. The link takes you to a sale listing with pictures for a nearly new narrow gauge military railway. I thought this kind of railway was obsolete in the 1940's? Is this kind of railway still relevant in 2016? Did anyone get it? http://brownfieldsitesolutions.co.uk/for-sale-11-5km-narrow-gauge-railway-line-to-include-250-turnouts/ |
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| Author: | marshall5 [ Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Nearly New Narrow Gauge UK Sold/Scrapped |
All the track at Eastriggs (an armaments storage depot) was lifted and sold by a contractor last year. It was laid as recently as 1995 IIRC and was 35lb/yd railweight and extended to some 25 miles. AFAIK none of it was scrapped - I seem to think that I read that a lot was exported but can't, now, remember where I read it! It is just one of several armaments depots to close and/or dispose of its railway equipment in recent years. Strangely the Naval depots used 2'6" gauge as their standard. Much of the equipment was new or little used and has gone to various preserved narrow gauge railways throughout the UK. Ray. |
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| Author: | philip.marshall [ Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Nearly New Narrow Gauge UK Sold/Scrapped |
A relevant news story from September 2016: http://www.dng24.co.uk/overseas-interest-in-former-defence-depot-railway/ "Purchasers of the Eastriggs track infrastructure, A. Cowley and Sons, from Worksop, Nottinghamshire, have received orders and enquiries for sections and junctions from the UK and overseas." Who knows, maybe they still have some track available? -Philip Marshall |
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| Author: | christensenge [ Fri Jan 06, 2017 2:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Nearly New Narrow Gauge UK Sold/Scrapped |
Unbelievable! Who'd have thought that a cache like this would be sitting out there in 2016! Remarkable, indeed! Best Regards, Glenn |
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