Narrow-gauge railways were used extensively in the slate industry of Great Britain, especially in Wales. Many quarries had internal tramways, some using many dozens of miles of track. Others had priva
Underground incline at Honister slate mine
Burlington slate quarry
Slate loading jetty on Seil
Delabole slate quarry
Croesor Tramway
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The Croesor Tramway was a Welsh, 2 ft narrow gauge railway line built to carry slate from the Croesor slate mines to Porthmadog. It was built in 1864 without an act of Parliament and was operated usin
British narrow-gauge slate railways
…branch from Tal-y-sarn. Cornwall quarry tramway 1867 1937 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) Tal-y-sarn Nantlle Vale quarry connected to the Nantlle Railway. Croesor Tramway 1864 about 1944 2 ft (610 mm) Porthmadog Horse-powered tramway serving the slate quarries of the Croesor valley Cwm Ebol Tramway 1868 1906 3 ft (914…
The trackbed of the Croesor Tramway in Cwm Croesor, 2007
Croesor valley from the top of the Blaen y Cwm incline