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Bound Plans And Sections Of The Campbeltown And Machrihanish Light Railway From Campbeltown To Machrihanish, Marked With Names Of Proprietors. Pic_RC39.jpg (JPEG Image, 300 × 182 pixels) Princess-drawing.jpg (JPEG Image, 4344 × 2802 pixels) - Scaled (23%) The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway: Amazon.co.uk: Nigel S.C. Macmillan. THE CAMPBELTOWN & MACHRIHANISH LIGHT RAILWAY: Amazon.co.uk: FARR A D. This is a very readable and informative booklet, and is recommended for anyone interested in the history of `minor' British/Scottish railways.
This edition is 48 pages with 8 pages of photographs and with maps in the text. It is No. 45 in the Oakwood Press' Locomotion Papers, from 1969. This 6-mile narrow gauge railway ran across the Kintyre peninsula in south-west Scotland, from Campbeltown on the Loch of that Ilk, to Machrihanish on the Atlantic coast, and opened in 1906. The nearest main-line railway to this line was 25 miles away in Ireland! The line appears to have closed down in 1933. Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway. The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway must have been one of the most isolated railways in Great Britain, a 2 ft. 3 in. gauge line many leagues from the nearest mail line on the Kintyre Peninsula in the County of Argyll & Bute.
Coal was discovered there as early as the fifteenth century, and to faciliate the transportation of this James Watt was called in to build the Campbeltown and Machrihanish Canal, which opened in 1794. By 1876, however, the canal was woefully inadequate and it was replaced by a 2 ft. 3 in. industrial railway four-and-a-half miles long and partly built along the old canal. Machrihanish was a major tourist center with a first class golf course, and to maximize their profit from the railway the owners decided to apply for a light railway order in order to allow the conveyance of passengers.
Ace Engineering Works Roundhouse Argyll. Thanks for the comments guys, I have been a bit quiet on the Argyll front lately, here is why.
As you know I troubles with the r/c, that is all fixed and upgraded to 2.4ghz now. A couple of images below. I then discovered troubles with the motion. Basically I found that a valve was hitting the inside of the valve chest causing a seriously loud blow by that could stall the engine. Remedial work was undertaken and with a few hours of fettling, all was well once again. Whilst checking things over again after the adjustments, I found that one of the front wheels was giving some serious trouble with wobble.
Then (and this is the best bit) did I film part three of Argyll. Here comes the kindness of Chris Bird, whilst I was outside filming another loco he took it upon himself to dismantle the Argyll and press the wheels onto the new wheel bosses, turn a couple of holes on his lathe and put it all back together! I did take another couple of locos and their threads will be updated accordingly. Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway. The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway was a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge railway in Kintyre, Scotland, between Campbeltown and the coalmining village of Machrihanish.
Only three other passenger-carrying lines in the UK operated on the same gauge, all of them in Wales - the Corris Railway, the short-lived Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway and the Talyllyn Railway. History[edit] Coal has been mined on the Kintyre peninsula since 1498 or before. Although not of the highest quality, the coal found there was abundant and relatively cheap to extract. CAMPBELTOWN & MACHRIHANISH LIGHT RAILWAY - ARGYLL - 0-6-2T built 1906 by Andrew Barclay - 2ft 3inch light railway built in 1905 and closed in 1933, at which point the locomotives were scrapped.. - transportsofdelight. FARR, A.D. - The Campbeltown & Machrihanish Light Railway. Campbeltown and Machrihanish Railway. Image ID FOT796422 RightsRM Rights Managed Image DetailsImage File Attributes7.0 MBJPEGImage Dimensions9552 x 7416 pxImage Print Size (at 300 ppi)809 x 628 mm31.8 x 24.7 inVisual Size @300ppi KeywordsCampbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway narrow gauge railway Kintyre Scotland Campbeltown Machrihanish colliery railway passenger railwayDescription The Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway was a 2 ft 3 in (686 mm) narrow gauge railway in Kintyre, Scotland, between the towns of Campbeltown and Machrihanish.
Construction of the Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway began in November 1905 and completed in 1906 and the railway opened on 18 August 1906. It was an immediate success, attracting 10,000 passengers in its first three weeks of operation and replacing the horse-drawn tourist charabanc traffic in Campbeltown. Machrihanish: A 1921 map extract showing the simple station layout at Machrihanish, terminus of the 2^3^ gauge railway from Campbeltown. The hotel shown by the station is still there, [see image 33499] and in 2012 re-opened after a major refurbishment. Th. Machrihanish: A 1921 map extract showing the simple station layout at Machrihanish, terminus of the 2'3' gauge railway from Campbeltown.
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The hotel shown by the station is still there, [see image 33499] and in 2012 re-opened after a major refurbishment. The station driveway has been converted into a road leading to a small housing development that encroaches onto part of the station site. [Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway] Contact Mark Bartlett [//1921] Ref: 33498. An extract from the 1921 map of Campbeltown showing the light railway now extended from the 1899 route [See image 33448] through a cutting and onto the town's quayside over reclaimed land. A triangular junction has also been creat.
Campbeltown: An extract from the 1921 map of Campbeltown showing the light railway now extended from the 1899 route [See image 33448] through a cutting and onto the town's quayside over reclaimed land.
![An extract from the 1921 map of Campbeltown showing the light railway now extended from the 1899 route [See image 33448] through a cutting and onto the town's quayside over reclaimed land. A triangular junction has also been creat](http://cdn.pearltrees.com/s/pic/th/campbeltown-triangular-83008173)
A triangular junction has also been created near the railway depot. By this time the passenger service had been operating for around fifteen years but within ten years from this date would cease following which the railway was dismantled. Photographs of Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway. OS Popular edition, Scotland Sheet 76 - Kintyre - Ordnance Survey One-inch 'Popular' edition, Scotland, 1921-1930. Sheet 76 - Kintyre Publication date: 1926 Maps home > OS One-inch "Popular" edition, Scotland, 1921-1930 TIP: Hold [Shift] key, and select(drag cursor) to area of interest.
