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Terminus
  
Yaxham

Stations
  
2

Original gauge
  
2 ft (610 mm)

Locale
  
England

Opened
  
1967

Operated by
  
Yaxham Light Railway

Length
  
360 yd (329 m)

Preserved gauge
  
2 ft (610 mm)

Termini
  
Yaxham

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Name
  
Yaxham Park Light Railway

The yaxham light railway


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.

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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.

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.

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

    • Standard gauge goods wagons

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

    • References

    Yaxham Light Railway Wikipedia
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