Scropton Tramway

Scropton Tramway

Overview
Headquarters	Scropton
Locale	England
Dates of operation	1889–1949
Successor	Abandoned
Technical
Track gauge	3 ft (914 mm)
Length	1½ miles

The Scropton Tramway was a British industrial 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway connecting several gypsum mines with the North Staffordshire Railway station at Scropton in Staffordshire. It was also used to transport munitions during World War II.

Locomotives

Name	Builder	Type	Date	Works number	Notes
	W.G. Bagnall	0-4-0T	Late 1880s	1050	Small inverted saddle tank locomotive; sold by 1894 to Joseph Boam Ltd., Norfolk
	W.G. Bagnall	0-4-0T	1892	1232	Larger version of the first Bagnall locomotive; sold by 1902 to the Manchester Corporation Rivers Department
	Lowca Engineering	0-4-0ST	1884	241	Scrapped 1950
	Manning Wardle	0-4-0ST	1888		Built for the construction of the Ashworth Moor Reservoir; purchased in 1913
	Manning Wardle	0-4-0ST	1888		Built for the construction of the Ashworth Moor Reservoir; purchased in 1913. Sold for scrap, 1946
Prince Charlie	Hunslet	4-6-0T	1917	1276	Built as a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge locomotive for the War Department Light Railways. Purchased in 1947; scrapped 1950
Vyrnwy	Orenstein and Koppel	0-4-0WT	1930		Built reservoir construction; purchased in 1947. Sold to the Piel and Walney Gravel company in 1953.

See also

• British industrial narrow gauge railways

References

• Baker, Allen C. "The Scropton Tramway". The Narrow Gauge. 164. Narrow Gauge Railway Society: 3–18. ISSN 0142-5587.