rogerfarnworth Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 This post results from reading Issue No. 30 of the "Railway Archive" Journal. It contains an article about the locomotives originally purchased for the Cornwall Minerals Railway. That company dramatically over-ordered motive power and when it lease was taken over by the GWR, 50% of its original order were returned to the manufacturer Sharp, Stewart of Manchester. Eight if these locomotives found their way to the Lynn & Fakenham Railway and eventually onto the books of the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway. This first post about the Cornwall Minerals Railway highlights these locomotives. ... http://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/05/17/the-cornwall-minerals-railway-part-1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall_Minerals_Railway 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackedmember Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 The final one of the nine returned to the makers, was sold to the Colne Valley & Halstead Railway. It was subsequently sold on to the Harton Colliery and eventually scrapped in the 1950's. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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