The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is laid on the trackbed of the former...
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through Leadhills to Wanlockhead and operated until 1939. Part of the route has been reused by the Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway. The railway is 1,498...
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The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Light Railway was a short branch railway built in Scotland to serve mining settlements, high in the Lowther Hills, connecting...
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Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, nestling in the Lowther Hills and 1 mile (2 kilometres) south of Leadhills at the head of...
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Leadhills railway station was opened on 1 October 1901 as the intermediate stop on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Light Railway and served the lead mining...
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Wanlockhead railway station was opened on 1 October 1902 as the terminus on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Light Railway and served the lead mining area...
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Flash, Staffordshire (category Towns and villages of the Peak District)
of Wanlockhead to be wholly below the 450-metre (1,480 ft) contour (with the exception of Glengonnar Station on the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway, which...
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Ruston & Hornsby (redirect from Ruston and Hornsby)
Foxfield Railway, Staffordshire Great Central Railway (Nottingham), Nottingham Helston Railway, Cornwall Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway, Scotland...
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Lanarkshire Alford Valley Railway, Alford, Aberdeenshire Almond Valley Light Railway, Livingston, West Lothian Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway, South Lanarkshire...
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The Light Railways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 48) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Before the act each...
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Kirkpatrick-Fleming Langholm Lauriston Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch, Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway, Lincluden Collegiate Church Loch Ken Locharbriggs...
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Regulation Railway (Austria) Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway Lea Bailey Light Railway Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway Leighton Buzzard Light Railway Lincolnshire...
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events in British railway history happened on narrow-gauge railways including the first use of steam locomotives, the first public railway and the first preserved...
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Lowther Hills (category Mountains and hills of Dumfries and Galloway)
passing through the villages of Wanlockhead and Leadhills. The B797 reaches to a height of 467 metres as it leaves Wanlockhead - which is the highest village...
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gauge railways in the United Kingdom Steamlocomotive.info - Kent Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum - official website Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch...
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The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway was a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge railway in Kintyre, Scotland, between Campbeltown and the coalmining...
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List of preserved Hunslet narrow-gauge locomotives (category Lists of locomotives and rolling stock preserved on heritage railways in England)
Festipedia. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2020. "Clyde". Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway. Retrieved 26 September 2020. "Moel y Gest". Festipedia. 21...
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Mennock (category Buildings and structures in Dumfries and Galloway)
little way to the south carrying the B797 Mennock Pass road to Leadhills and Wanlockhead. A toll house stood just to the south of the junction on the western...
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to Edinburgh and Glasgow for several years. With the intention of revitalising the lead mining industry, the Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch was opened...
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surpassed between 1902 and 1934 by the Leadhills Light Railway with a height above sea level of 1,498 feet (457 m). The Edinkillie Railway Viaduct has been...
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The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) was one of the two smallest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping, operating...
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Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1844, with the intention of linking with English railways at...
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Waverley Route (redirect from Edinburgh and Hawick Railway)
railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle. The line was built by the North British Railway;...
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Moffat railway station was a station and the terminus of a short branch line which served Moffat, in the Scottish county of Dumfries and Galloway. It...
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The Callander and Oban Railway company was established with the intention of linking the sea port of Oban to the railway network. This involved a long...
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The Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway was a railway company formed in 1836 to connect the city of Edinburgh with the harbours on the Firth of Forth...
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The Edinburgh and Northern Railway was a railway company authorised in 1845 to connect Edinburgh to both Perth and Dundee. It relied on ferry crossings...
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The Great Bush Railway is a private, 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge running round the edge of Tinkers Park, Hadlow Down, Sussex. The railway is operated by...
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The Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway was a railway company that built an east-west railway (known as the Edinburgh Suburban Line or more...
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Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway was a railway company in Scotland. It was promoted independently but supported by the Caledonian Railway, and it was...
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