The Burneside Tramway was initially a narrow gauge and later a standard gauge industrial railway serving the James Cropper paper mills around Burneside, Cumbria.
Video Burneside Paper Mills Tramway
History
The tramway was built in 1879-80 as a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) line to connect the paper mills run by James Cropper and Co in Burneside and Cowan Head. Wagons were hauled by horse power.
It was converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1/2 in) in 1924, and in the same year, the Motor Rail and Tram Car Company in Bedford provided an 0-4-0 Dorman Petrol locomotive called Rachel which was used to transfer wagons between the mill and Burneside railway station. In 1951 Rachel was replaced by a diesel Rushton.
The line to Cowan Head closed in 1965, with the section between Burneside Mill and Burneside railway station still operating until it closed in 1974.
Rachel has survived and is preserved at the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. The Rushton was named Flying Flea at Carnforth before moving south to Sir William McAlpine's Fawley Hill Railway.
Maps Burneside Paper Mills Tramway
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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