Old Kiln Light Railway

Old Kiln Light Railway
"Altonia" at Reeds Road, 5 April 2015
Locale England
Preserved operations
Length 0.5 miles (0.8 km)
Preserved gauge 2 ft (610 mm)

The Old Kiln Light Railway[1] is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway located at the Rural Life Centre open-air museum in Tilford, near Farnham, Surrey. It has a collection of historic locomotives and rolling stock including two steam locomotives. It operates on Sundays and some Bank Holidays during the summer season.

History

Founded in the early 1970s as the "Wey Valley Light Railway", this line was located around a disused pumping station in Farnham

In 1982 the land was sold for redevelopment, and the railway track and equipment was relocated to the "Old Kiln Museum", now known as the "Rural Life Centre"

The line has since extended around the perimeter of the museum and a small stretch of track serves the museum's heritage timber yard demonstration area.

Steam locomotives

NameBuilderWorks NoBuiltWheelNotes
PamelaHunslet92019060-4-0STBuilt for Penrhyn Quarry North Wales
ElouiseOrenstein & Koppel999819220-6-0WTSupplied new to Servicios` Florestais, Portugal
Emmet Jim Haylock 2005 0-4-0T Currently on Loan from The Moors Valley Railway. This loco was constructed using the frame of a 1937 O&K 4wDM loco

Internal combustion locomotives

NameBuilderWorks NoBuiltFuelWheelNotes
"Altonia"Baguley17691928Diesel0-4-0DHLilleshall Abbey Woodland Railway

Alton Towers Park Railway

Motor Rail89811946Diesel4wDMMidhurst Whites. Purchased by OKLR in 1986.[2]

Re-gauged from 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) to 2 ft (610 mm)

"Phoebe"Motor Rail88871944Diesel4wDMWar Department
"Eagle"Motor Rail57131936Diesel4wDMStaveley Coal and Iron Co. Ltd, Campbell Brickyard. Moved to Stanton & Staveley Concrete Pipe works in Ilkeston in 1968. Purchased by Alan Keef, then sold to Brian Gent in 1980 and moved to the Wey Valley Railway. Moved to the OKLR in 1982.[2]

Fitted with Dorman 2RB Engine

"Fido"Motor Rail52971931Petrol4wPMWeydon Lane sand pits in Farnham
"Sandrock"Ruston & Hornsby1776391936Diesel4wDMCounty Borough of Derby
"Red Dwarf"Ruston & Hornsby1818201936Diesel4wDMSevern Trent Water Authority
"Norden"Ruston & Hornsby3921171956Diesel4wDMContractor locomotive for Hadley Wood tunnelling scheme for British Rail

Worked on the Fayle's Tramway at Norden in Dorset

Currently on loan to Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum.

"Corbiere"FC-Hibberd25281941Diesel4wDMWar Department, Ministry Of Defense, Liphook
Moësn/a1955Diesel4wDMBelgian brickworks, in Rumpst. Privately owned by Dan Quine[3]
Hudson HunsletHE-19441939Diesel4wDMEnfield Steel Rolling Mill

Basingstoke Canal restoration

"Champion"HunsletAD361971Diesel4wDHLydd Ranges in Kent
"Wey valley"HunsletAD371971Diesel4wDHLydd Ranges in Kent

Rebuilt in 1988 by Andrew Barclay

"Weyfarer"HunsletAD381971Diesel4wDHLydd Ranges in Kent
"Liz"Wickham30311941Petrol4wPMConverted from unmanned target trolley

Single cylinder Petter engine

"Sue"Wickham29811941Petrol4wPMConverted from unmanned target trolley

850cc Reliant engine

Awards

The OKLR received the "Surrey Industrial History Group Conservation" award in 1994 [4][5]

References

  1. Old Kiln Light Railway
  2. 1 2 "Motorrails of Bedford". Old Kiln Light Railway.
  3. "Narrow Gauge Railways". Dan Quine.
  4. http://www.sihg.org.uk/awards.htm
  5. http://www.oldkilnlightrailway.com/oklr-archive.php

Coordinates: 51°11′01″N 0°46′29″W / 51.1836°N 0.7746°W / 51.1836; -0.7746


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