Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard-gauge railway, standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum r ...
s were used extensively in the
slate industry
The slate industry is the industry related to the extraction and processing of slate. Slate is either quarried from a ''slate quarry'' or reached by tunneling in a ''slate mine''. Common uses for slate include as a roofing material, a flooring ma ...
of
Great Britain
Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...
, especially in
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
. Many quarries had internal tramways, some using many dozens of miles of track. Others had private lines that stretched from the quarry to transhipment points on local railways, rivers, roads or coastal ports.
Wales
Rest of Britain
File:Kimberley incline in Honister mine.jpg, Underground incline at Honister slate mine
File:Slate quarrying in the Lakes - geograph.org.uk - 27543.jpg, Burlington slate quarry
File:Isle of Seil - Ellenabeich 06.JPG, Slate loading jetty on Seil
File:Delabole slate quarry.jpg, Delabole slate quarry
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Industrial railways in Wales
Narrow gauge