Yaxham Light Railway

Yaxham Light Railway

Locale	England
Terminus	Yaxham
Commercial operations
Name	Yaxham Park Light Railway
Original gauge	2 ft (610 mm)
Preserved operations
Operated by	Yaxham Light Railway
Stations	2
Length	360 yd (329 m)
Preserved gauge	2 ft (610 mm)
Commercial history
Opened	1967
Preservation history

Yaxham Light Railway is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge light railway (heritage railway) situated adjacent to Yaxham railway station on the Mid-Norfolk Railway. It is located in the village of Yaxham in the English county of Norfolk.

History

Mr D.C. Potter opened the site's first narrow gauge line in the former goods yard in 1967. This was constructed for his Hunslet 0-4-0ST, "Cackler", and the disused tracks of this line can still be seen from passing trains on the Mid-Norfolk Railway.

In 1969 the loco was moved across the standard gauge line to the Yaxham Park Light Railway (YPLR), which ran for over ½ a mile in meadows beyond the station, eventually being replaced by today's Yaxham Light Railway.^[1]

Present day

The main running line is some 360 yd (329 m) long. It operates a collection of industrial railway equipment acquired over the years from quarries and other locations throughout the country. Passenger trains are usually hauled by a variety of vintage diesel locomotives.^[2]^[3]

Rolling stock

Narrow gauge steam locomotives

YLR No.1 – “Coffee Pot” – vertical boilered locomotive built at Yaxham
YLR No. 20 – “Kidbrooke” –W.G.Bagnall Ltd 0-4-0 built 1917

Narrow gauge diesel locomotives

YLR No. 2 – “Rusty” – Lister “Rail-Truck” built 1948
YLR No. 3 – “Pest” – Lister “Rail-Truck” built 1954
YLR No. 4 – “Goofy” – Orenstein & Koppel with a Single Cylinder Crude Oil Engine
YLR No. 6 – “Colonel” – Ruston & Hornsby built 1940
YLR No. 7 – Ruston & Hornsby 16 hp class, built 1934
YLR No. 10 – “Ousel” – Motor Rail Ltd ‘20/28hp’ plate frame type, built 1937
YLR No. 13 – Motor Rail Ltd ‘20/28hp’ plate frame type, built 1940
YLR No. 14 – “Coldmeece” – Ruston & Hornsby class ‘20DL’, built 1943
YLR No. 18 – “Planet” – F.C. Hibberd & Co Ltd type 39, built 1962
YLR No. 19 – “Penlee” – Hudson Hunslet 25 hp, built 1942
Number 19

Standard gauge goods wagons

GWR 126977 MOGO Cars Wagon, grounded body and former narrow gauge locomotive shed.

References

↑ Yaxham Light Railway; Yaxham Station and its railways
↑ Yaxham Light Railway (2005). Yaxham Light Railway. Retrieved January 13, 2006.
↑ Yaxham Light Railway (2005). Site Layout. Retrieved January 13, 2006.

External links

Yaxham Light Railway website

Map sources for Yaxham Light Railway

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Coordinates: 52°39′06″N 0°57′35″E / 52.65163°N 0.95968°E / 52.65163; 0.95968

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