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Granite

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Name Opened Closed Gauge Location Notes
Bearah Tor Quarry ? late 1980s 2 ft (610 mm) Liskeard, England Short, hand worked internal quarry railway.
Brada Quarry railway 1935 1950s 2 ft (610 mm) Bamburgh, England Internal quarry system; locomotive worked until 1944 by two Lister petrol locos
Carreg-y-Llam Quarry railway before 1900 1963 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm) Llithfaen, Wales Original locomotive-worked 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) internal railway removed in 1949, but a new 2 ft (610 mm) gauge line was installed in the mid 1950s.
Ceiriog Granite Quarries railway 1914 1959 2 ft (610 mm) Criggion, Wales Internal quarry system worked by a single steam locomotive until 1921, when it was replaced by cable-haulage.
Charnwood Granite Quarries railway 1850s 1963 2 ft (610 mm) Shepshed, England Early horse worked quarry system; steam locomotives introduced in late 1890s, replaced by internal combustion locos in 1937.
Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway 1896 1948 2 ft (610 mm) Stanton under Bardon, England Hauled stone from the Cliffe Hill Granite Quarry.
Groby Granite Quarries railway 1893 1943 2 ft (610 mm) Groby, England Extensive internal quarry system worked by five Hunslet steam locomotives.
Haytor Granite Tramway by 1824 1858 4 ft 3 in (1,295 mm) Dartmoor, England Horse-drawn tramway serving the granite quarries around Haytor. Used granite "setts" as rails.
Jee's Hartshill Granite Quarry ? 1956? 2 ft 6 1⁄2 in (775 mm) Nuneaton, England Granite quarry with an extensive locomotive-worked tramway system.
Llanelwedd Granite Quarries railways 1929 after 1969 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) and 2 ft (610 mm) Builth Wells, Wales Internal quarry system; the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge line was horse-worked and closed in 1953; the 2 ft (610 mm) gauge was hand-worked apart from between 1953 and 1961 when a Lister locomotive was used.
Lunedale Whinstone Company railway 1878 around 1918 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Mickleton, England Steam locomotive worked line connecting the quarry with a siding on the North Eastern Railway
Newcastle Granite and Whinstone Company 1902 1939 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) Haltwhistle, England Locomotive worked line connecting Cawfields Quarry to Haltwhistle station
Penmaenbach Stone quarry tramway 1875 1962 3 ft (914 mm) Penmaenmawr, Wales Smaller working beside the Penmaenmawr quarry with an internal tramway system and a series of inclines down to the coast.
Penmaenmawr & Welsh Granite Co. 1830s 1967 3 ft (914 mm) Penmaenmawr, Wales Extensive steam-hauled internal railway system in granite quarry complex.
Trefor Quarry railway 1850 1962 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) Llanaelhaearn, Wales Internal quarry railway, with large incline to a steam locomotive worked pier branch

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