British quarrying and mining narrow-gauge railways
Name Opened Closed Gauge Location Notes
Country Kitchen Foods Lindow Moss railway ? after 1987 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Wilmslow , England Peat moss tramway using diesel locomotives
Cumberland Moss Litter railway after 1979 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Wigton , England Extremely lightly laid temporary lines for peat extraction
Eden Park Nurseries 1987 ? 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Wark Forest , England A relatively new narrow gauge industrial railway
Haversham House Farm railway ? ? 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Lancaster , England Turf farm railway
Joseph Metcalf Ltd ? 1999 ? 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Irlam , England Lightly laid peat tramway using modern diesel locomotives
L & P Ltd. Creca Moss ? Present ? 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Annan , Scotland Peat extraction line
L & P Ltd. Letham Moss ? Present ? 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Airth , Scotland Peat extraction line
L & P Ltd. Nutberry Works ? Present ? 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Eastriggs , Scotland Peat extraction line near Gretna Green
Moodiesburn Peat Works railway ? ? 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Glenboig , Scotland Locomotive worked line a few hundred yards long
Richardson 's Peat Work railway ? after 1979 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm ) Longtown , England Peat tramway in Cumbria
Fisons Ltd. Cumbria Peat Works after 1979 after 1987 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Kirkbride , England Locomotive-worked peat railway
Fisons Ltd. Eclipse Peat Works 1922 after 1979 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Meare , England Locomotive-worked peat railway
Fisons Ltd. Hatfield Peat Works 1890s 2006 3 ft ( 914 mm ) Hatfield , England Some 8 miles ( 13 km ) of permanent track prior to closure
Fisons Ltd. Swinefleet Peat Works 1890s 2002 3 ft ( 914 mm ) Goole , England Peat works railway employing at least 11 internal combustion locomotives . Two new Schoma locomotives delivered in 1989
Solway Moss railway ? after 1987 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm ) Cumbria , England Peat tramway with at least 10 4wDM locomotives on site in 1987
George Watson & Sons Middlemuir peat railway approx . 1949 1989 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Fraserburgh , Scotland Peat tramway with three Lister locomotives in 1989
White Moss Peat Co. Ltd. Simonswood Moss after 1979 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Kirkby , England Locomotive-worked line
White Moss Peat Co. Ltd. White Moss Works railway 1958 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Alsager , England Very lightweight line of less than 1 mile length ; worked using Lister locomotives
William Sinclair Horticultural Auchencorth Moss railway ? ? 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm ) Leadburn , Scotland
William Sinclair Horticultural Bolton Fell railway ? Present 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Hethersgill , England Lightly laid , locomotive worked peat extraction line
Peat extraction
Some industrial narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man were primarily built to serve quarrying, mining, and similar industries. Some of these narrow-gauge railways offered passenger services for employees or workmen, but they did not run public passenger trains. They are listed by the primary industry they served.