1932 Remaining British Railways Owning Rolling Stock

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REMAINING BRITISH RAILWAYS OWNING ROLLING STOCK.

Ashover Light.—2 ft. gauge ; length, 7| miles ; 6 locos, 12 carriages, 70 goods vehicles. General Manager, G. 11. Wilbraham ; Secretary, John Steen, Clay Cross.

Bideford, Westward Ho! and Appledore.—Incorporated 1896 ; opened 18 May, 1901 ; length, 7 miles. The Government took over and removed the permanent way material in 1917, and the rolling stock was sold. Liquidation completed.

Bishops Gastie.—Incorporated 26 June, 1861; opened 1 February, 1866; length, 91 miles; 2 locos, 3 coaching vehicles, 9 goods vehicles. This line is in Chancery, Mr. W. Roberts, Wrexham, being Receiver and Manager.

Brighton Electric.—A 2 ft. 81 in. gauge electric pleasure line on the beach at Brighton, 1.7 miles in length. Proprietors, Magnus Volk, Ltd. Opened 1883; 10 cars. M. Volk, Chairman and Managing Director; M. H. Volk, Engineering Director. Other Directors: A. Volk; H. Castledene; C. J. M. Whittaker; H. Castledene, Secretary, Madeira Road, Brighton.

Campbeltown and Machrihanish.—-Alight railway of 2 ft. 3 in. gauge, in Argyllshire, Scotland; incorporated 8 May, 1905; opened 16 August, 1906. Length, 7 miles; 3locos, 6 passenger vehicles and 2 goods vehicles. Secretaries, The British Trust and Banking, Co., Ltd. 31, London Wall, London. E.C.2. ; Superintendent E. McCabe, Campbeltown.

Corringham Light.—Incorporated 1899; opened 1906. Now goods and workmen’s traffic only. Connects Corringham with Coryton, Essex. Length 2| miles ; 2 locos, 3 coaching vehicles, 20 goods vehicles. Secretary and General Manager, J. H. Freeman, Coryton.

Corris Railway.—2 ft. 3 in. gauge line. Originally incorporated as a universal railway, 1858 ; as a public line, 4 July, 1883 ; length 11 miles ; 4 locos, 8 coaching vehicles, 29 goods vehicles. Taken over by the Great Western Railway, and from the passing of the Great Western Railway Act of 1930, became vested in the G.W.R.

Derwent Valley.—Light railway, incorporated 1907; opened 21 July, 1913. Length 16 miles; 13 goods vehicles. Secretary, H. W. Badger; General Manager and Accountant, S. J. Reading,Layer- thorpe Station, York.

Easingwold Railway.—Incorporated 23 August, 1887: opened 27 July, 1891. Length 2i miles; 1 loco, 3 coaching vehicles. Now a Light Railway as per Ministry of Transport Light Railway Order January, 1928. Secretary and General Manager, G. H. Coates, Easingwold, Yorks.

East Kent.—Incorporated 1910; opened 1911; length 19 miles <38 miles under construction). A local system of lines operating partly in connection with the Kent coal industry; 8 locn<, 10 coaching vehicles, 41 freight vehicles. Secretary, A. Parkes ; General Manager and Engineer, W. H. Austen, Tonbridge, Kent.

Felixstowe Dock and Railway.—Incorporated 21 July, 1879 ; opened May, 1886. Length 3 furlongs 3 chains. The dock lines connect with and are served by the London and North Eastern Railway; 8 goods vehicles owned. Manager, N. W. Lewis ; Secretary, F. R. C. German.

Festiniog Railway.—1 ft. 11$ in. gauge. Originally incorporated 1832 and opened 1836; reincorporated 1869. Authorized as a light railway, 1923. Length, 14| miles: 9 locos. 60 coaching vehicles, 1,256 goods vehicles. Chairman and Managing Director, Evan R. Davies ; Engineer and Locomotive Superintendent, W. H. Ansten, Tonbridge, Kent; Secretary, C. E. Davies, Wellington House, Buckingham Gate, London. S.W. 1.

Glasgow Corporation Transport-Subway Section.—A cable-operated “ tube ” line making a complete circuit, connecting central parts of Glasgow on both sides of the Clyde by a frequent service. Incorporated 4 August, 1890 ; opened 21 January, 1897 ; length 6.6 miles ; 50 cable cars. General Manager, L. MacKinnin, 46, Bath Street, Glasgow. Taken over by Glasgow Corporation, August 1, 1923.

Glyn Valley Tramway.—2 ft. 4| in. gauge. Incorporated 1885; opened 1888; length 8i miles; 4 locos, 14 coaching vehicles, 243 goods vehicles. Secretary and General Manager, Albert Wynn. Offices, Ruabon.

Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramways.—A light railway connecting Chichester and Selsey Town. Incorporated 29 April, 1896, and by West Sussex Railway Certificate, 1924 ; opened 27 August, 1897 ; length 8 miles ; 5 locos, 12 coaching vehicles, 4 rail motors, 20 goods vehicles. Receiver and Manager, Owen Walker, F.S.A.A., i03, Cannon Street, London, E.C. 4 ; Secretary, J. Elcome, Tonbridge, Kent; Engineer and Locomotive Superintendent, W. H. Austen, Tonbridge, Kent.

Isle of Man.—3 ft. gauge. Incorporated 19 December, 1870; opened Douglas to Peel, 2 July, 1873, other sections later. Manx Northern Railway acquired 27 February, 1904. Length, 461 miles; 16 locos, 115 coaching vehicles, 175 goods vehicles. Secretary and Manager, A. M. Sheard, Station Buildings, Douglas; Locomotive Superintendent, F. J. Vaughan.

Jersey Eastern.—4 ft. 81 in. gauge. Incorporated 1872 ; opened August, 1873 ; length, 6| miles 4 locos, 17 coaching vehicles, 3 goods vehicles, 2 rail cars. Closed down, 1929.

Jersey Railways and Tramways.—3 ft. 6 in. gauge. Incorporated January, 1896, but original lines opened 1870; length, 8 miles; 4 locos, 23 coaching vehicles, 20 goods vehicles, 4 Sentinel-Cammell steam rail cars; 50 omnibuses; omnibus services, 120 miles. Manager, J. H. Blakeway, Weybridge, St. Heliers, Jersey ; Secretary, R. F. Le Broca ; Locomotive Superintendent, G; Todd.

Kent and East Sussex.—Incorporated by Bother Valley Railway Act, 1896; opened March, 1900; length, 24 miles; 8 locos, 1 steam rail motor car, 6 motor omnibuses, 23 coaching vehicles, 15 goods vehicles. Assistant Secretary, R. E. Boyce ; Managing Director and Engineer, W. H. Austen, Offices, Tonbridge, Kent.

Liverpool Overhead.—First electric overhead railway in the world. Incorporated 24 July, 1886; opened 6 March, 1893; length, 6i miles; 1 steam loco, 42 electric motor cars and 15 trailer cars; 2 service vehicles. Secretary, H. G. Alexander, F.C.A.; Traffic-Manager, G. Hughes, M.Inst.T.; Engineer, W. L. Box, A.M.I.Mech.E.

Manchester Ship Canal.—Incorporated 6 August, 1885; opened 1 January, 1894. Canal 35i miles; railways 213 miles; 74 locos, 2,432 goods vehicles. General Manager, F. A. Eyre ; Secretary, M. Kissane ; Chief Superintendent, H. M. Gibson ; Traffic Superintendent, W. Browning; Indoor Superintendent, F. W. Way; Dock Traffic Superintendent, A. Alcock ; Dock Master, Capt: Acraman; Chief Engineer, F. B. Greenwood, M.Inst.C.E.; Mechanical Engineer, W. G. Smith M.I.Mech.E., A.M.I.E.E. ; Accountant, H. O. Whitelegg.

Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham.—Incorporated 1845 ; opened 20 July, 1849. Length, 9 m. 13 ch. Secretary, J. McLaren, Marylebone Station, London. Engineering and rolling stock supervision and maintenance by officers of the operating railways. Electric working inaugurated May 11, 1931. Multiple unit trains working on 1,500 volt D.C. system, with overhead conductors. Power supplied by national grid.

Manx Electric.—18 miles 3 ft. gauge, 4.9 miles 3 ft. 6 in. gauge. Incorporated 12 November 1932. 30 passenger motor cars; 25 trailer cars; 26 goods wagons and mail vans ; 3 motor char-a-bancs; 2 motor lorries. Secretary, A. D. Foster, River Plate House, Finsbury Circus, London, E.C. 2. General Manager and Engineer, F. Edmondson, 1, Strathallan Crescent, Douglas, I.O.M.

Mersey.—Electric underground railway, incorporated 1866; opened 1 February, 1886; length 1.7 miles; 28 motor and 40 trailer cars. Originally steam-operated. Secretary, General Manager and Engineer, J. Shaw, Central Station, Birkenhead.

Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.—68 miles of railway, Liverpool; 50| miles in Birkenhead 34 locos. General Manager and Secretary, L. A. P. Warner, C.B.E.; Chief Traffic Manager A. Foulkes ; Engineer, T. L. Norfolk; all at Dock Office, Liverpool.

Milford Haven Dock and Railway.—Incorporated 23 July, 1860; opened 19 January, 1882. Length, li miles. Dock lines connected with and served by Great Western Railway. The entire capital i.? held by Thos. W. Ward, Limited, Albion Works, Savile Street, Sheffield. Director, Joseph Ward; Secretary, W. Johnson, Albion Works, Savile Street, Sheffield.

Nidd Valley Light.—Promoted by Bradford Corporation and opened 11 September, 1907, under Light Railway Order, 1904. Closed for public passenger and goods transport as at 31 December, 1929.

North Sunderland (Light).—Incorporated 27 January, 1892; opened for goods traffic 1 August, 1898, for passenger traffic 11 December, 1898. Length, 4.1 miles; 1 locomotive, 3 coaching vehicles. Secretary and General Manager, Richard Smith, 61, Westgate Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Pentewan Railway Port and Trading Company.—2 ft. 6 in. gauge ; length, 4 miles. Sold 1927 to Pentewan Dock and Trading Co., Ltd.

Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway.—Incorporated 26 May, 1873, and opened 24 May, 1875. Present company incorporated 24 July, 1911, and line re-opened on 15-inch gauge, using miniature railway locomotives, 20 August, 1915. Length 7.2 miles ; 8 locos, 35 coaching vehicles, 106 goods vehicles. 2| miles, 4 ft. 8i in. gauge. Secretary, R. G. New; General Manager, William Gillon ; Engineer, Edward H. Wright; all at Ravenglass, Cumberland.

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch.—15 in. gauge. Opened 1927 ; length, 14 miles; 8locos, 111 coaching vehicles, 32 goods vehicles. Extension from New Romney to Dungeness, opened June 1928. Traffic Supt., R. Hardie, New Romney, Kent.

Rowrah and Kelton Fell.—Incorporated 16 July, 1874; opened 1 January, 1877. Length, 3^ miles. A portion only now used. Secretary, D. J. Mason, 143, Queen Street, Whitehaven; Engineer, H. Casson.

Rye and Camber.—3 ft. gauge. Opened, July, 1895. Length, 3 miles; 3 locos, 2 coaching vehicles, 6 goods vehicles. Secretary and Manager, O. A. Gaff ord. Rye, Sussex.

Sand Hutton Light Railway.—1 ft. 6 in. gauge. Incorporated 1920. Part opened for goods traffic, April, 1922. Part opened for passenger traffic, October, 1924. Length, 8 miles; 4 locos, 1 bogie passenger coach, 1 brake van, 75 goods vehicles. General Manager and Secretary, S. C. Foster, Estate Office, Claxton, York. Engineer, G. Batty, Sand Hutton, York.

Shropshire and Montgomeryshire (late Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway).— Opened, 1911; utilizing several more or less derelict lines. Length, 26 miles; 6 locos, 2 petrol rail cars, 1 trailer, 16 coaching vehicles, 37 goods vehicles. Managing Director, James Ramsay, O.B.E. Secretary, C. R. Hewitt; Engineer, W. H. Austen ; all at Tonbridge, Kent.

Snailbeach District.—2 ft. 4 in. gauge. Incorporated 5 August, 1873 ; length, 3i miles ; 4 locos, 42 goods vehicles. Chairman, John Pike, O.B.E.; Engineer, W. H. Austen; Secretary, C. R. Hewitt; Tonbridge, Kent.

Snowdon Mountain Railway, Ltd.—Rack railway ; 2 ft. 7|in. gauge. Opened, 1895. Length, 5 miles; 7 locos, 9 coaching vehicles, 4 goods vehicles. General Manager and Locomotive Superintendent, J. R. Owen, Llanberis, R.S.O., Carnarvonshire; Secretary, H. L. Wcstall, 9, Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W. 1; Engineers, Sir Douglas Fox & Partners, Russell Square, London, W.C. 1.

Southwold.—3 ft. gauge. Incorporated 187G; opened, September, 1879. Length, 9 miles; 3 locos, 6 coaching vehicles, 39 goods vehicles. Closed 1929.

Stocksbridge.—Incorporated, 1874; opened, 1876. Length, 1 mile 7 furlongs 1 chain; 1 locOj 67 goods vehicles. Secretary, R. K. Mitchell; General Manager, T. Swinden; Engineer, 0. Inman Stocksbridge, near Sheffield.

Swansea and Mumbles.—This includes the original Oystermouth Railway, incorporated 1804 and opened 1807. The Swansea and Mumbles was incorporated in 1879 and reorganised 1893. Now, leased to The South Wales Transport Co., Ltd. Electrified 1929. Length, 51 miles ; Secretary, J. G. Death, Electrical Federation Offices, Kingsway, London, W.C. 1. General Manager, P. R. Blake, A.M.I.E.E.

Swansea Improvements and Tramways Company.—Incorporated 1874; opened, 1878 and 1900. Length, Route 13.03 miles. Cars, 34 double, 45 single deck. Secretary and Offices, J. G. Death ; Electrical Federation Offices, 88, Kingsway, London, W.C. 2 ; General Manager, P. R. Blake, A.M.T.E.E., 2, Rutland Street, Swansea ; Engineer, A. Johnston.

Welsh Highland Light Railway.—North Wales IN arrow Gauge Railway, 1 ft. 11| in. gauge. Incorporated, 6 August, 1872; opened, 15 August, 1877. Length, 12 miles; 3 locos, 8 coaching vehicles, 129 freight vehicles. Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway, 1 ft. 11| in. gauge. Incorporated, 7 August, 1901. Length, 4| miles. Both these lines absorbed by the Welsh Light Railway Company under the Welsh Highland Railway (Light Railway) Order of 1922. Mileage open for passengers and goods, 27 miles. Receiver and Manager—

Tal-y-llyn.—2 ft. 3 in. gauge; opened, 1865. Length, 6.7 miles; 2 locos, 5 coaching vehicles, 104 goods vehicles. Secretary and General Manager, H. Haydn Jones; Engineer,; Traffic Manager, E. Thomas, Towyn, Merioneth, North Wales.

Trafford Park-Opened 1900. Length, 28 miles ; 3 locos, 52 merchandise vehicles. Registered Office, Trafford Park Road, Trafford Park. Chairman and Managing Director, Marshall Stevens; Secretary, C. A. Grundy; Director and Manager, W. McLaren Hamilton; Engineer, Stephen B. Bland.

Wantage Steam Tramway.—-4 ft. 8| in. gauge. Incorporated, 1873; opened, 1875. Passenger service closed 31 July, 1925. Goods service still maintained. Length, 2| miles, Wantage Road Station, G.W.R., to Wantage Town ; 2 locos. Secretary, H. Saunders.

Weston, Clevedon and Portishead.—Incorporated, 1887; opened, 1 December, 1897; extension, 7 August, 1907. Length, 14| miles; 5 locos, 1 petrol rail car, 1 trailer, 18 coaching vehicles, 26 goods vehicles. General Manager and Engineer, W. H. Austen, Tonbridge, Kent; Secretary, F. E. Johnson, London.

“HUMP” MARSHALLING YARDS.
These are designed so that wagons pushed up an incline over a “ hump,” when released by uncoupling, according to sorting requirements, will run down dh the other side by gravity to the siding for which the points are set. “Hump” yards are in use as follows: London Midland and Scottish Railway—Aintree, Bamfurlong,Bescot, Bushbury, Chaddesden, Copley Hill, Crofton Junction, Edge Hill, Healey Mills, Lostock Sidings, Moston, Mytholmroyd, Northampton, Norton Junction, Nuneaton, Robroyston East and West, Rose Grove, Ross, Rugby, Stechford, Three Spires, Toton, Warrington, Washwood Heath, Wellingboro’, and Willesden. London and North Eastern Railway— Eremus, Gascoigne Wood, Hull, Newport, Shildon, Stockton, Wath and York. Southern Railway— Feltham. Great Western Railway—Bristol East Depot, Llandilo Junction, Rogerstone and Banbury.
With Power Brakes.—L.N.E.R. Whitemoor (March). Frolich hydraulic system. Inaugurated February, 1929.

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• 1932 Railway Year Book