Burwell Tramway

Burwell Tramway was a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) standard gauge industrial tramway which ran from the Ely-Newmarket line, just south of the Soham-Wicken A1123 road (52°18′40″N 0°20′38″E / 52.3111°N 0.3440°E / 52.3111; 0.3440Coordinates: 52°18′40″N 0°20′38″E / 52.3111°N 0.3440°E / 52.3111; 0.3440), to industries just north of Burwell Lode (52°17′27″N 0°18′32″E / 52.2909°N 0.3089°E / 52.2909; 0.3089). As well as serving Fisons chemical (fertilizer) works, the line also served the adjacent Burwell Brick Company brickworks, a cement works, and local fruit growers and farmers.

History

The line was in existence by 1900 and was closed in 1971.

Locomotives

• Planet 4-wheel diesel-mechanical locomotive no. FH3887 at work c. 1959, photograph reference IND330, IND579^[1]

References

• Industrial Locomotives of East Anglia by C.Fisher, published by the Industrial Railway Society
• Ordnance Survey map: 7th Edition, sheet 135, Cambridge & Ely, revised 1950, published 1954
• Forgotten Railways: Vol 7 East Anglia by R.S.Joby, published by David St John Thomas (map, p. 102)