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Encyclopedia > East Cornwall Mineral Railway
East Cornwall Mineral Railway
Locale England
Dates of operation 1872 – 1891
Successor line Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1067 mm)
Length 8 miles
Headquarters Callington

The East Cornwall Mineral Railway was a narrow gauge industrial railway built in 1872 to serve the iron ore and stone quarries around Callington in Cornwall. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... The Plymouth, Devonport and South Western Junction Railway (1890-1966 (part)) was built by an independant company but operated by the London and South Western Railway as part of its main line to give it independant access to Plymouth. ... Rail gauge is the distance between two rails of a railroad. ... Callington (Cornish Kelliwik) is a small town and civil parish in southeast Cornwall, UK. The civil parish had a population of 4,783 in 2001, according to the 2001 census, although recent figures show that the population has risen to around 6000. ... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... A display of a narrow gauge industrial sand train An industrial railway is a type of private railway used exclusively to serve a particular industry inside a mine or factory compound. ... This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production. ... The El Chino mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Open-pit mining refers to a method of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow. ... Callington (Cornish Kelliwik) is a small town and civil parish in southeast Cornwall, UK. The civil parish had a population of 4,783 in 2001, according to the 2001 census, although recent figures show that the population has risen to around 6000. ... Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in South West England on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar. ...


Locomotives

Number Builder Type Date Works number Notes
1 Neilson and Company 0-4-0ST 1871 1660 Probably scrapped in 1907[1]
2 Neilson and Company 0-4-0ST 1871 1661 Converted to a standard gauge 0-4-2ST around 1907. Sold in 1912 and worked on the Selsey Tramway until scrapped in 1927[1]

Neilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Neilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... The West Sussex Railway opened in 1897 as the Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramway, so named to save having to build the railway to regulations that normally covered railways. ...

References

  1. ^ a b Callington Branch locomotives.
  • A brief history of the ECMR.

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