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Geltsdale Reservoir railway

Coordinates: 54°52′43″N 2°42′50″W / 54.8785°N 2.7138°W / 54.8785; -2.7138
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Geltsdale Reservoir railway
Overview
HeadquartersCarlisle
LocaleEngland
Dates of operation1904–1909
Technical
Track gauge3 ft (914 mm)

The Geltsdale Reservoir railway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge industrial railway used during the construction of Castle Carrock Reservoir near Carlisle in Cumbria.[1]

Locomotives

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Name Builder Type Date Works number Notes
Kuroki Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0ST 1904 718 Supplied new to William Kennedy Ltd. the first contractors on the reservoir project. Left in 1906
Swansea Peckett and Sons 0-4-0ST 1902 959 ex-Swansea Corporation; owned by Harold, Arnold & Son, contractors.
W.G. Bagnall 0-4-0ST 1902 1704(?) May be ex-Swansea Corporation; owned by Harold, Arnold & Son, contractors.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Speight, Tom (2009). Castle Carrock Reservoir. self- reprinted BBC Cumbria. p. 12. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  • Bowtell, Harold D. (1994). Dam Builder's Railways from Durham's Dales to the Border. Plateway Press. ISBN 1-871980-19-4.

54°52′43″N 2°42′50″W / 54.8785°N 2.7138°W / 54.8785; -2.7138