British quarrying and mining narrow-gauge railways
Name Opened Closed Gauge Location Notes
Cloughfold to Ding Quarry tramway 1867 1920 3 ft ( 914 mm ) Cloughfold , England Extensive tramway system serving the Brow Edge , Great Height , Ding and Hurdles sandstone quarries . Used at least one steam locomotive
Downhead Basalt Quarry by 1904 1925 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Downhead , England Steam locomotive worked quarry line
East Cornwall Mineral Railway 1872 1891/1908 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm ) Callington , England Early steam -worked railway serving the iron ore and stone quarries around Callington
Harecrag Quarry railway 1969 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Shilbottle , England Roadstone quarry operated by Northumberland County Council operated by six Hunslet diesel locomotives
Hall Fold to Walstead Clough tramway After 1844 By 1912 Approximately 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm ) Haslingden , England Horse- and locomotive- worked tramway linking the sandstone quarries of Thurns Head , Ragstone Brow and Ab Top
Lochaline quartz sand mine railway 1943 1963 ? 2 ft 4 in ( 711 mm ) ? Lochaline , Scotland Diesel worked railway linking the sandstone mine at Lochaline with a pier on the Sound of Mull
Long Rake Spar mine after 1979 17 in ( 432 mm ) Youlgreave , England Underground aggregates mine railway operated by battery-electric locomotives
Lyke Wake Moor Tramway Around 1915 1930s ? Osmotherley , England Horse-hauled tramway running one and a half miles from a ganister quarry on Lyke Wake Moor to sidings on the main line near Beacon Howe , via a self-acting incline . Some rails and sleepers still in situ in 2003
Monks Park Mine before 1991 present 750 mm ( 2 ft 5 ⁄ 2 in ) Corsham , England Bath stone underground mine . Surface lines were locomotive worked until 1991
Musbury Height Tramway 1877 mid 1920s 3 ft ( 914 mm ) Haslingden , England Long locomotive-worked tramway serving a sandstone quarry , reached by a long incline . Also known as the Haslingden Grane Tramway
Penlee Quarry railway about 1900 1972 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Newlyn , England Aggregate quarry served by England 's most westerly railway and one of the last industrial narrow gauge railways to operate . Used both steam and diesel locomotives
St. Keverne & Associated Quarries 1912 1958 2 ft ( 610 mm ) Porthoustock , England Roadstone quarries connected by a network of railways . At least two lightweight Lister locomotives and several cable inclines were used
Sidmouth Harbour Railway 1836 1838 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm ) Sidmouth , England To quarry stone for an intended harbour at Sidmouth , that never came to fruition
Titterstone Clee Hill Quarry railway before 1910 1952 3 ft ( 914 mm ) Ludlow , England Dhustone quarry with an internal horse worked railway ; steam locomotive worked from 1910 . Included a 1 mile long incline
Tregongeeves Quarry 1931 1961 2 ft ( 610 mm ) St. Mewan , England Roadstone quarry with cable incline and three petrol locomotives
West of England Quarry by 1979 2 ft ( 610 mm ) St. Keverne , England Aggregates quarry with a short locomotive-worked line
Stone quarrying and mining -- Other stone
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.