Edge Hill Light Railway
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The Edge Hill Light Railway
, one of Colonel Stephens' railways, was in Warwickshire
, England
. It was designed to carry iron ore from Edge Hill Quarries
to Burton Dassett
where a junction was made with the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway
. It was never officially opened, but began operating in 1922. In the middle of the line was cable-worked incline at 1 in 6 (16%). Within three years it was found that the iron ore deposits were uneconomic, and the line closed: it was not dismantled until 1946.
Light railway
Light railway refers to a railway built at lower costs and to lower standards than typical "heavy rail". This usually means the railway uses lighter weight track, and is more steeply graded and tightly curved to avoid civil engineering costs...
, one of Colonel Stephens' railways, was in Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It was designed to carry iron ore from Edge Hill Quarries
Quarries
Quarries - The "Royal Quarries" — not found in Scripture — is the namegiven to the vast caverns stretching far underneath the northern hill, Bezetha, on which Jerusalem is built. Out of these mammoth caverns stones, a hard limestone, have been quarried in ancient times for the buildings in the...
to Burton Dassett
Burton Dassett
Burton Dassett is a parish and shrunken medieval village in Warwickshire. Much of the area is now the Burton Dassett Hills country park. It was enclosed for sheep farming by Sir Edward Belknap at the end of the 15th century....
where a junction was made with the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway
Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway
The Stratford Upon Avon & Midland Junction Railway was a small independent railway company which ran a line across the empty, untouched centre of England. It visited the counties of Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire and a little of Buckinghamshire, only existing as the SMJR from 1909 to...
. It was never officially opened, but began operating in 1922. In the middle of the line was cable-worked incline at 1 in 6 (16%). Within three years it was found that the iron ore deposits were uneconomic, and the line closed: it was not dismantled until 1946.