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
| Name | Builder | Works No | Built | Wheel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pamela | Hunslet | 920 | 1906 | 0-4-0ST | Built for Penrhyn Quarry North Wales |
| Elouise | Orenstein & Koppel | 9998 | 1922 | 0-6-0WT | Supplied 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
| Name | Builder | Works No | Built | Fuel | Wheel | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Altonia" | Baguley | 1769 | 1928 | Diesel | 0-4-0DH | Lilleshall Abbey Woodland Railway
Alton Towers Park Railway |
| Motor Rail | 8981 | 1946 | Diesel | 4wDM | Midhurst Whites. Purchased by OKLR in 1986.[2] | |
| "Phoebe" | Motor Rail | 8887 | 1944 | Diesel | 4wDM | War Department |
| "Eagle" | Motor Rail | 5713 | 1936 | Diesel | 4wDM | Staveley 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 Rail | 5297 | 1931 | Petrol | 4wPM | Weydon Lane sand pits in Farnham |
| "Sandrock" | Ruston & Hornsby | 177639 | 1936 | Diesel | 4wDM | County Borough of Derby |
| "Red Dwarf" | Ruston & Hornsby | 181820 | 1936 | Diesel | 4wDM | Severn Trent Water Authority |
| "Norden" | Ruston & Hornsby | 392117 | 1956 | Diesel | 4wDM | Contractor 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-Hibberd | 2528 | 1941 | Diesel | 4wDM | War Department, Ministry Of Defense, Liphook |
| Moës | n/a | 1955 | Diesel | 4wDM | Belgian brickworks, in Rumpst. Privately owned by Dan Quine[3] | |
| Hudson Hunslet | HE-1944 | 1939 | Diesel | 4wDM | Enfield Steel Rolling Mill
Basingstoke Canal restoration | |
| "Champion" | Hunslet | AD36 | 1971 | Diesel | 4wDH | Lydd Ranges in Kent |
| "Wey valley" | Hunslet | AD37 | 1971 | Diesel | 4wDH | Lydd Ranges in Kent
Rebuilt in 1988 by Andrew Barclay |
| "Weyfarer" | Hunslet | AD38 | 1971 | Diesel | 4wDH | Lydd Ranges in Kent |
| "Liz" | Wickham | 3031 | 1941 | Petrol | 4wPM | Converted from unmanned target trolley
Single cylinder Petter engine |
| "Sue" | Wickham | 2981 | 1941 | Petrol | 4wPM | Converted from unmanned target trolley
850cc Reliant engine |
Awards
The OKLR received the "Surrey Industrial History Group Conservation" award in 1994 [4][5]
References
- ↑ Old Kiln Light Railway
- 1 2 "Motorrails of Bedford". Old Kiln Light Railway.
- ↑ "Narrow Gauge Railways". Dan Quine.
- ↑ http://www.sihg.org.uk/awards.htm
- ↑ http://www.oldkilnlightrailway.com/oklr-archive.php
External links
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Coordinates: 51°11′01″N 0°46′29″W / 51.1836°N 0.7746°W