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Narrow Gauge Branch Lines Kent Narrow Gauge by Mitchell & Smith Hard Cover
Narrow Gauge Branch Lines Kent Narrow Gauge by Mitchell & Smith
Hard Cover
Copyright 2000
96 pages
An astonishing variety of narrow gauge railways once added interest to the Garden of England. This volume contains a selection of industrial systems (cement, gravel, paper and others), the principal military ones and a range of passenger carrying lines. There is a special feature on the much admired Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway.
CONTENTS
1. 1 3 7Industry
Chattenden & Upnor Railway
Davington Light Railway
Lydd Ranges
APCM - Stone Works
APCM - Holborough Works BICC - Belvedere
12Bowaters - Sittingbourne
3. Pleasure
29Bretts - Faversham
65Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway
31Bretts - Sturry
73Herne Bay Pier Tramway
33Dungeness: Fish Railways
75Isle of Thanet Light Railway
34Eurotunnel (TML)
76Margate Dreamland Miniature Railway
42Guilford Tramway - Sandwich
80Margate Pier Railway
44Hewitts Farm - Orpington
82Ramsgate Tunnel Railway
45Nuttall's Dover Sewer
88Sittingboume & Kemsley Railway
2. Military
46Chatham Dockyard
4. Main Line
94Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
INDEX TO PUBLIC STATIONS
111Dungeness
94Hythe
110Pilot
97Dymchurch
91Kemsley Down
82Ramsgate Harbour
109Greatstone
90Milton Regis Halt
88Sittingbourne Viaduct
85Hereson Road
99New Romney
98St. Mary's Bay
All the well known small gauge Kent lines are featured in this album, along with an extensive selection of less famous routes serving the diverse industries of the county; also included are some military establishments and a wide assortment of holiday locations. They have been chosen to represent the different uses to which light railways have been put over the last 100 years or more, in this interesting corner of England.
The classic Industrial Railways of the South-East (IRSE) contains illustrations of some lines not included herein, notably those of the Alpha Cement Company at Cliffe-at-Hoo, APCM at Northfleet, BSC at Rainham, Erith Loam Quarries, Lower Halston Brickworks, RPCM at Halling and the Swanscombe Cement Works. Colliery systems are also excluded.
Some of the military lines not featured in this volume were either short lived or subject to strict security. In the former category was a two-foot gauge construction railway on Manston Airfield for the RAF and in the latter was an Admiralty line on Hoo Ness and an Army network at No. 4 Storehouse RE, Ashford. There were many others.
Railways for leisure and pleasure have been remarkably numerous in the "Garden of England" and so only a representive selection can be offered. Again, some have been transitory. Some of the memorable ones being the Bridgehill & Beechwood Railway, the Folkestone Miniature Railway, Herne Bay Miniature Railway and the Saltwood Miniature Railway. We have only included one example of a line under l5ns gauge.
The terms "tramway" and "railway" were used loosely, especially on piers and even in the legal world, and so, in some cases, we have had to cross the blurred boundary.
While the Midlands had the Black Country, Dr. Edwin Course described parts of North Kent as once being known as the White Country, due to the impact of the unregulated cement industry. This area was once paradise for the student of industrial lines. Kent's geographical location and features made it a home for a diverse selection of military railways. Its coastline gave rise to many minor rail routes for the benefit of holiday visitors. We hope that you will enjoy our selection.
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