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Redlake Tramway (3ft gauge)


Kerr Stuart 0-4-2T Dartmoor loco



The Redlake Tramway was a railway built to carry supplies and workers between Bittaford and the clay workings at Redlake, near the centre of the southern part of Dartmoor, Devon. It was built in 1911 to a 3 ft  narrow gauge, and ran for a circuitous 8.3 miles and closed in 1932.
The line had 3 locomotives ,a 3 ft gauge version of a Kerr Stuart standard gauge Waterloo class(scrapped 1921),the second locomotive was 'Dartmoor', a Kerr Stuart Tattoo class loco,the third loco was 'Lady-Mallaby Deeley', and 0-4-0 geared vertical boilered locomotive. Built by Atkinson Walker's, it was the sister of the AW tractor provided to the Clogher Valley Railway.

There were initially 3 bogie coaches.One bogie coach was later split it two 4 wheel coaches(one with 3 windows and one with 4), numbered 3 and 4.

There were also open wagons.



Requires finishing off, wheels etc



Scale N (1/148)






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more info about railway here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redlake_Tramway


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