The Sand Hutton Light Railway was a minimum gauge estate railway serving the estate of Sir Robert Walker, the Third Baronet of Sand Hutton, Yorkshire. It connected the main house with the LNER Warthill Station and the village of Bossall. It replaced an earlier, shorter, 15 in gauge miniature railway that was built in 1914. 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. ... Rail gauge is the distance between two rails of a railroad. ... Minimum Gauge Railways are narrow gauge railways that run on extremely narrow gauged rail tracks, below 2 ft (610 mm). ... Locomotive Taliesin on the revived Ffestiniog Railway There were more than a thousand British narrow gauge railways ranging from large, historically significant common carriers to small, short-lived industrial railways. ... LNER timetable for Autumn 1926 detailing the resumption of services after the General Strike. ... Zooline Railroad St. ...

History

Sir Robert Walker built a 15 in gauge miniature railway in the grounds of Sand Hutton hall in 1910. After the First World War he obtained an order under the Light Railway Act that allowed him to extend the line to ¾ miles in length. However there was a surplus of 1 ft 6 in (457 mm) gauge equipment from the war effort available. The decision was made to purchase three locomotives and rebuild the line to suit. Zooline Railroad St. ... Sand Hutton is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, about six miles north-east of York. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Light Railways Act 1896 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom defined a class of railways with the intention of enabling development of such railways without legislation specific to each line. ...

The miniature line was converted by 1922 and extended to a connection with Warthill station on the North Eastern Railway mainline between York and Hull. A further branch line was built to connect to the Claxton brickworks on the estate. The total length of the line was 5¼ miles. Warthill is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, about six miles east of York. ... The North Eastern Railway (NER) , unlike many other of the pre-Grouping companies, had a relatively compact territory, having the district it covered to itself. ... This article is about the historic English city. ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ...

The line carried agricultural produce from the farms on the estate, as well as coal to the brickworks and bricks from them. Most of the goods traffic flowed to or from the transfer sidings at Warthill station. The line also ran passenger services for personel and visitors to the estate between 1924 and 1930.

The Claxton brickworks closed in 1929 and Sir Robert Walker died in 1930. The line closed in June 1932 and was dismantled by 1933.

Locomotives

All four steam locomotives were built for the War Department's meat depot in Deptford. They were all scrapped shortly after the line closed in 1932. Some sources, say there were only three locomotives at Sand Hutton. Irish Mail is typical of many small engines builf for use in quarries Much rebuilt Hunslet Blanche is always popular on the Ffestiniog Railway Hunslet build several hundred 0-6-0STs for the War Department and National Coal Board A typical Hunslet diesel mechanical shunter from the 1950s A typical... Irish Mail is typical of many small engines builf for use in quarries Much rebuilt Hunslet Blanche is always popular on the Ffestiniog Railway Hunslet build several hundred 0-6-0STs for the War Department and National Coal Board A typical Hunslet diesel mechanical shunter from the 1950s A typical... Irish Mail is typical of many small engines builf for use in quarries Much rebuilt Hunslet Blanche is always popular on the Ffestiniog Railway Hunslet build several hundred 0-6-0STs for the War Department and National Coal Board A typical Hunslet diesel mechanical shunter from the 1950s A typical... Irish Mail is typical of many small engines builf for use in quarries Much rebuilt Hunslet Blanche is always popular on the Ffestiniog Railway Hunslet build several hundred 0-6-0STs for the War Department and National Coal Board A typical Hunslet diesel mechanical shunter from the 1950s A typical... Deptford is an area of the London Borough of Lewisham, on the south bank of the River Thames in south-east London. ...

References

• Hartley K.E. (1964). The Sand Hutton Light Railway. The Narrow Gauge Railway Society.
• Thomas, Cliff (2002). The Narrow Gauge in Britain & Ireland. Atlantic Publishers. ISBN 1-902827-05-8.