Nearholmer Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) I remember seeing one in Croatia c20 years ago, but I can't recall what the place was called, so I can't google it! Yes I can: Ston. There are videos of it on Youtube. Edited February 15, 2021 by Nearholmer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted February 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Hando said: Speaking of another 18-inch gauge seaside miniature railway... Does anyone know what happened to the Jaywick Stirling Single? I don't knpow where it is now, but it did work at Fairbourne for a while before the war. Since it was a different gauge they had to lay a third rail for it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hando Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Some incredibly obvious lines I've chosen to point out as no-one has already: The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways (at Porthmadog) The Southwold Railway The Penrhyn Quarry Railway (at Port Penrhyn) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 The town i live in, Bridlington, originally had a miniature railway. It was called The Spa Miniature Railway and was located by the boating pool, to the south of the Bridlington Spa and opened in 1951. On 31st January 1953, The gales and high tides, which brought so much havoc to the east coast of England, washed away much of the railway infrastructure but it soldiered on until 1967. Today, no trace of it remains and the Lifeboat station is built on the spot where it was. The locomotive was a 1937 built Bassett Lowke 4-4-0 Southern Railway outline model for 7.25” gauge. Amazingly, it is still operating in private ownership on the Wortley Forge Model Engineers Miniature Railway. The railway. The preserved 4-4-0 running on the Wortley Forge Model Engineers Miniature Railway. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Under the big gun (Malta) - Fort Rinella, some armaments tracks. Sea in the background. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Hando said: Some incredibly obvious lines I've chosen to point out as no-one has already I've not proposed "serious railways that happen to end at the sea", because to me they aren't "seaside railways", more "railways beside the sea", which is a rather narrow distinction, I know. I nearly suggested the Baie de la Somme, but didn't, for that very reason. To me, a seaside railway is one that has as its primary purpose enjoying the seaside, or some essentially sea-based function ....... fishing, servicing a lighthouse, sea-defences, golf-links, bringing drunken sailors home from the pub, smuggling, that sort of thing. Edited February 15, 2021 by Nearholmer 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hando Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: I've not proposed lines that "serious railways that happen to end at the sea", because to me they aren't "seaside railways", more "railways beside the sea", which is a rather narrow distinction, I know. I nearly suggested the Baie de la Somme, but didn't, for that very reason. To me, a seaside railway is one that has as its primary purpose enjoying the seaside, or some essentially sea-based function ....... fishing, servicing a lighthouse, sea-defences, golf-links, bringing drunken sailors home from the pub, smuggling, that sort of thing. Gotcha, sorry about that Although I have to admit of the railways on that list I compiled, the Southwold Railway was hardly a serious railway at all. It's operation in any streamlined matter was constrained by the managment's lack of enthusiasm to spend any money. So no wonder Reg Carter satirised it in his postcards. Edited February 15, 2021 by Hando 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) See the "guiding principles" in Post 1 .......... mind you, they instantly got breached by a flood of miniatures. And, Southwold must be right on the cusp. Edited February 15, 2021 by Nearholmer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted February 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) I'm sure Penlee Quarry qualifies. The loco is sometimes said to be a Koppel, but it was built by a short-lived company called Freudenstein. Penlee Quarry, Newlyn, 1970 by Geoff Dowling, on Flickr Edited February 15, 2021 by Andy Kirkham 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hando Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) The Swanage Pier Tramway: The mysterious rails of Chippel Bay: This is probably the most on-the-nose one you'll get Nearholmer, it's a tramway that is so close to the sea that it gets submerged! I read a fascinating online booklet published by the Lyme Regis Museum documenting the Cement industry of the town, one section features the strange tramway at Chippel Bay, with the writer Richard Bull noting that it is very unclear as to why the tramway is there at all, although there are theories... http://www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/lrm/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/6_cement_industry_in_lyme.pdf Edited February 15, 2021 by Hando Got the names mixed up, honestly I am a pillock sometimes! 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Abandoned railway on Lindisfarne. 8 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 If I could find the album with it in, I'd show one at Port Navalo in France that we found, which was like that; 2ft gauge rails off a shore, across a stony beach, and straight into the sea. I think it might have originated as something for unloading shellfish from boats at all states of the tide. We only stumbled upon it because we drove to said port, thinking we could catch a ferry across a bay to get to where we were staying. Turned out that the ferry was about the size of a rowing boat, accessed down a ladder from a quayside about 20ft above the water. Not ideal for a car. We had to drive in a big circuit of about thirty miles, so that we could look at the exact same spot from a hundred yards distant! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hando Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Tim V said: Abandoned railway on Lindisfarne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Island_Waggonway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 5 minutes ago, Hando said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Island_Waggonway Oops! Might not meet the original criteria! But it is at the seaside! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hando Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Tim V said: Oops! Might not meet the original criteria! But it is at the seaside! @Nearholmer What's the verdict boss? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Well, I've been to that one too, and it is a very nice sea-sidey walk, so its allowed. (Note the rigorous logic applied to that judgement) Nearby, there are some old fishing boats, sawn in half, stood on end, and made into sheds, which would be an ideal feature on a layout. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hando Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: Well, I've been to that one too, and it is a very nice sea-sidey walk, so its allowed. (Note the rigorous logic applied to that judgement) Nearby, there are some old fishing boats, sawn in half, stood on end, and made into sheds, which would be an ideal feature on a layout. Reminds me of this comment by @Hroth on the Castle Aching thread a while back... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) Can I nominate Ruislip Lido Railway? It’s a lovely line even if the beach and “seaside” aren’t real... Edited February 15, 2021 by 009 micro modeller 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 And, from the top of The Snaefell Railway, you can see seven kingdoms (IIRC) and the sea in several directions, but that doesn't count either. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 2 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: And, from the top of The Snaefell Railway, you can see seven kingdoms (IIRC) and the sea in several directions, but that doesn't count either. But presumably this Isle of Man line does? 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Might The Groudle Glen Railway count, though? It seems entirely frivolous, and took people to look at sealions, in the sea, which is a fairly sea-related pastime. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Padre Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 The short lived Glenariff Iron Ore 3’ gauge railway, Co Antrim, active in the 1870s. Its two locos afterwards briefly served on the Londonderry and Lough Swilly. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 And, from a Decauville catalogue. 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 15, 2021 Author Share Posted February 15, 2021 Somewhere, I've got a Decauville catalogue illustration showing divers using a narrow gauge railway on the bed of the sea, but that wouldn't count, because its not at the side of the sea. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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