The Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway (TNGR) is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railway running alongside the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway at Toddington. It was built in 1985 when the Dowty Railway Preservation Society needed a new home for its collection of narrow-gauge rolling stock. The rail used on the railway was purchased from the Southend Pier Railway.
Built to an Avonside design, and supplied new to Chaka's Kraal Sugar Estates, Natal. The locomotive was purchased in 1981 by the North Gloucestershire Railway. Following restoration at Ashchurch and Toddington it was based at the South Tynedale Railway until 1999 when it returned to Toddington. Operational, overhaul completed in 2015.
This was originally a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge National Coal Board locomotive from Hem Heath colliery near Stoke-on-Trent.[2] It was purchased by the Talyllyn Railway in September 1997 and re-gauged to 2 ft 3in,[3] and was re-painted into standard Talyllyn livery during summer 2005. The locomotive was named after the Bryn Eglwys slate quarries. The loco was sold to the North Gloucestershire Railway,[4] in August 2014 and re-gauged to 2 ft.
toddington, narrow, gauge, railway, tngr, narrow, gauge, railway, running, alongside, gloucestershire, warwickshire, railway, toddington, built, 1985, when, dowty, railway, preservation, society, needed, home, collection, narrow, gauge, rolling, stock, rail, u. The Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway TNGR is a 2 ft 610 mm narrow gauge railway running alongside the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway at Toddington It was built in 1985 when the Dowty Railway Preservation Society needed a new home for its collection of narrow gauge rolling stock The rail used on the railway was purchased from the Southend Pier Railway North Gloucestershire RailwayJung Locomotive Justine on shedLocaleEnglandTerminusToddingtonCommercial operationsNameNorth Gloucestershire Narrow Gauge RailwayOriginal gauge2 ft 610 mm Preserved operationsStations2Length1 2 mile 0 80 km Preserved gauge2 ft 610 mm The railway was originally named the North Gloucestershire Railway but in 2018 is officially called the Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway 1 Contents 1 Locomotives 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksLocomotives editName Builder Type Works number Date built Notes ImageChaka s Kraal No 6 Hunslet 0 4 2T 2075 1940 Built to an Avonside design and supplied new to Chaka s Kraal Sugar Estates Natal The locomotive was purchased in 1981 by the North Gloucestershire Railway Following restoration at Ashchurch and Toddington it was based at the South Tynedale Railway until 1999 when it returned to Toddington Operational overhaul completed in 2015 nbsp Justine Jung 0 4 0WT 939 1906 Operational overhaul completed in 2020 Originally built for a Belgian gravel works nbsp No 1091 Brigadelok Henschel 0 8 0T 15968 1918 Stored awaiting overhaul Originally used by the German war time light railways supplying the trenches during WW1 nbsp Tourska Fablok 0 6 0T Arrived Sept 2015 OperationalHunslet 4wDH 6647 1967 Operational Ex MoD Singapore Naval Dockyard later at Milford Haven re gauged from 2 ft 6in Ruston and Hornsby 4wDM 166010 1932 Operational Possibly oldest working Ruston amp Hornsby loco Re gauged from 2 ft 6in Ruston and Hornsby 4wDM 354028 1953 Operational Originally Ilford Sewerage Works then Gascoigne Wood Pumping Station in Barking EssexLister 4wDM 34523 1940 OperationalMotor Rail 4wPM 7053 1937 Operational Ex Gloucester CorporationIvan F C Hibberd amp Co 4wPM 3317 1948 Operational Ex Kempton Park Water WorksBryn Eglwys Simplex Mechanical Handling Ltd 4wDM 101T023 1985 This was originally a 2 ft 6 in 762 mm gauge National Coal Board locomotive from Hem Heath colliery near Stoke on Trent 2 It was purchased by the Talyllyn Railway in September 1997 and re gauged to 2 ft 3in 3 and was re painted into standard Talyllyn livery during summer 2005 The locomotive was named after the Bryn Eglwys slate quarries The loco was sold to the North Gloucestershire Railway 4 in August 2014 and re gauged to 2 ft nbsp See also editBritish narrow gauge railwaysReferences edit Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway Engineering Report Talyllyn News issue 175 September 1997 ed p 6 Diesels and Other Self propelled Vehicles Talyllyn Railway Retrieved 5 August 2009 Report of the Council for 2013 Talyllyn Railway Retrieved 22 September 2014 Official website Facebook Narrow Gauge Pleasure article on the NGR External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to North Gloucestershire Railway Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway 51 59 20 N 1 55 44 W 51 989 N 1 929 W 51 989 1 929 nbsp This England rail transport related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway amp oldid 1174268159, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
