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    The Sand Hutton Light Railway was a minimum-gauge estate railway serving the estate of Sir Robert Walker, the Fourth Baronet of Sand Hutton, Yorkshire...
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  • The Sand Hutton Miniature Railway was a miniature gauge estate railway serving the estate of Sir Robert Walker, the Fourth Baronet of Sand Hutton, Yorkshire...
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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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    Minimum-gauge railways are railways with track gauges smaller than those of narrow-gauge railways, primarily designed for light, industrial, or tourist...
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    Convoys Wharf (category 18 in gauge railways in England)
    from the railway at the Deptford Meat Depot. In 1921 Sir Robert Walker purchased three locos and 75 wagons for the Sand Hutton Light Railway, and purchased...
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    known as the Settle and Carlisle (S&C)) is a 73-mile-long (117 km) main railway line in northern England. The route, which crosses the remote, scenic regions...
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    Pareil, built in 1912 by Bassett-Lowke of Northampton for the Sand Hutton Miniature Railway. It arrived at the R&ER in 1978 and was restored to running...
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    of railway track gauges by size. A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails. For ridable miniature railways and minimum-gauge railways, the...
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    The Hope Valley line is a trans-Pennine railway line in Northern England, linking Manchester with Sheffield. It was completed in 1894. Passenger services...
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    1932 the station was also the southern terminus of the Sand Hutton Light Railway. This railway supplied the estate of Sir Robert Walker. The level crossing...
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    of the tunnels and the need for loaded tubs to be light enough to be pushed by one man, these railways were almost all narrow-gauge. These underground lines...
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    Docks). War Department Light Railways British industrial narrow-gauge railways British narrow-gauge railways Industrial Railway Society. (1979). Industrial...
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    Wakefield line (category Railway lines in Yorkshire and the Humber)
    The Wakefield line is a railway line and service in the West Yorkshire Metro and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive areas of northern England...
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    the railway's first steam locomotive Jurassic arrived. Additional equipment in the form of a passenger coach from the Sand Hutton Light Railway (closed...
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    Wharfedale line (category Railway lines in Yorkshire and the Humber)
    hill to: Guiseley railway station Menston railway station Burley-in-Wharfedale railway station Ben Rhydding railway station Ilkley railway station A new station...
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    York–Beverley line (category Closed railway lines in Yorkshire and the Humber)
    The York–Beverley line was a railway line between York, Market Weighton and Beverley in Yorkshire, England. The line was sanctioned in 1846 and the first...
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    Woodhead line (category Great Central Railway)
    The Woodhead line was a railway line linking Sheffield, Penistone and Manchester in the north of England. A key feature of the route is the passage under...
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    The Colsterdale Light Railway (CLR) was a narrow-gauge railway line in Colsterdale, North Yorkshire, England. It was built between 1903 and 1905 to allow...
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    The North Holderness Light Railway was a proposed light railway, which was to have been constructed by the North Eastern Railway (NER) between Beverley...
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    Hallam Line (category Railway lines in Yorkshire and the Humber)
    The Hallam Line is a railway connecting Leeds and Sheffield via Castleford in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. It is a slower route...
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    Penistone Line (category Abandoned light rail projects in the United Kingdom)
    July 1850 by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR). From the joint L&YR/London and North Western Railway Huddersfield station, trains ran south to...
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    "Ruswarp Miniature Railway". Miniature Railway World. Retrieved 12 December 2015. "Disused Stations: Sand Hutton Light Railway". www.disused-stations...
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    Midland Main Line (MML), sometimes also spelt Midland Mainline, is a major railway line from London to Sheffield in Yorkshire via the East Midlands. It comprises...
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    (SR&O 1920/448) Laundries Welfare Order 1920 (SR&O 1920/654) Sand Hutton Light Railway Order 1920 (SR&O 1920/807) Gut Scraping, Tripe Dressing, etc....
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    The Esk Valley Line is a railway line located in the north of England, covering a total distance of approximately 35 miles (56 km), running from Middlesbrough...
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    The Barton line is a railway line in North and North East Lincolnshire, England. It runs from Barton-upon-Humber south east to Cleethorpes and was designated...
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    of the railways which came to be part of the North Eastern Railway: the Leeds Northern Railway and the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway. At the...
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    Pontefract line (category Railway lines in Yorkshire and the Humber)
    building purposes. February 1854 the Great Northern Railway (GNR) and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) jointly administered Knottingley station. August...
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    The Selby Diversion is a mainline railway in the United Kingdom, built as a new part of the East Coast Main Line (ECML) to avoid an area of potential...
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    Leeds–Bradford lines (category Railway lines in Yorkshire and the Humber)
    Leeds–Bradford lines are two railway lines connecting the cities of Leeds and Bradford in West Yorkshire, both meeting in Leeds railway station and both included...
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