Torry Hill Railway
| Torry Hill Miniature Railway | |
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.jpg) Viaduct
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| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 9 in (229 mm) |
The Torry Hill Railway is a private miniature railway with the unusual gauge of 9 inches (229 mm) at Torry Hill near Frinsted in the Borough of Maidstone in Kent, England. It operates only occasionally.
History
[edit]The Torry Hill Railway was built in the 1930, as many British narrow gauge estate railways. It is maintained and occasionally operated by a group of volunteers. There is still a turntable, a 100 ft (30 m) long tunnel and a viaduct that has been built from realistically scaled miniature bricks. It is owned by the heirs of Sir Robert Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown.[1]
The tracks of the Torry Hill Railway lie on private property, which is not accessible by public footpaths or any right of way.[2]
Photos
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Torry Hill -
Bridge over a footpath -
Dual track in the forest -
turntable
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Literature
[edit]- Robert Turcan: Sittingbourne Through Time. Revised Edition. Amberley Publishing Limited, 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Torry Hill Railway.
- John Zebedee: PhotoStream auf Flickr
References
[edit]- ^ Tom Moran: Torry Hill Railway: A Narrow-Gauge Relic of the Past. Published on 21 December 2015. Downloaded on 12 April 2017.
- ^ Dave Willis Narrow Gauge Railway Society visit to the Torry Hill Railway 20th September 2014. Published on 1 October 2014. Downloaded on 12 April 2017.