The War Department Light Railways were a system of narrow gauge trench railways run by the British War Department in World War I. Light railways made an important contribution to the Allied war effort
ALCO locomotive built for the WDLR, seen running on the Ffestiniog Railway in 1995
Western Front (Belgium), Ypres Area. Locomotive believed to be a Baldwin 4-6-0T
Baldwin Class 10-12-D in Michigan in 1921 after the end of the war
Western Front (Belgium), Ypres Area, Poperinghe. A 40 hp Simplex petrol locomotive that was damaged by shellfire and returned to the railway yard for repairs
Ashover Light Railway
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The Ashover Light Railway was a 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in narrow gauge railway in Derbyshire, England that connected Clay Cross and Ashover. It was built by the Clay Cross Company to transport minerals such as l
The Light Railway Ashover, ca 1925
Passenger Train. Ashover Light Railway
One of the Baldwin 10-12-D engines at Ashover, ca. 1948
Locomotive ‘Peggy’ of Ashover Light Railway, Derbyshire, ca 1925