The Ardkinglas Railway was a narrow gauge estate railway built to serve the Ardkinglas Estate, former seat of Sir James Campbell, 2nd Baronet, of Ardkinglass

Sir James Campbell, 2nd Baronet, of Ardkinglass

Sir James Campbell, 2nd Baronet of Ardkinglass, was a British Member of Parliament and the son of Sir Colin Campbell, 1st Baronet of Ardkinglass.-Biography:...

 on the shores of Loch Fyne

Loch Fyne

Loch Fyne is a sea loch on the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It extends inland from the Sound of Bute, making it the longest of the sea lochs...

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The railway ran along the shore of the loch from a boat house at Caspian.

The railway was built as a transportation system for the estate and as a garden toy for the estate's 17th Laird George Livingston-Campbell-Callander. A single steam locomotive

Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a railway locomotive that produces its power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually coal, wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drives the steam engine...

 operated the line; rolling stock consisted of an open passenger carriage and several wagons.

The railway was dismantled around 1900 and the equipment sold. The boiler from the locomotive was still in situ on the beach at Tayvallich

Tayvallich

Tayvallich, pronounced "Tay-vee-al-ich", is a small village in Knapdale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The village name has origins in gaelic: Taigh a' Bhealaich . The village is built around a sheltered harbour on Loch Sween. It has a primary school, small caravan park, pub and village store. The...

 on Loch Sween until the early 1950s.

See also

• British narrow gauge railways
  British narrow gauge railways
  There were more than a thousand British narrow gauge railways ranging from large, historically significant common carriers to small, short-lived industrial railways...