The Burton & Ashby Light Railway
Posted: 16 Feb 2025, 14:36
Part 1
An article by Seymour Glendenning in the July 1906 issue of The Railway Magazine focussed on the newly opened Burton & Ashby Light Railway.
The light railway was a 3ft 6in gauge electric tram line supplied with electricity from a diesel generator plant near Swadlincote. The power plant sat alongside the tram depot there.
This is the first of two articles about the line: ......
https://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/19/t ... way-part-1
An article by Seymour Glendenning in the July 1906 issue of The Railway Magazine focussed on the newly opened Burton & Ashby Light Railway.
The light railway was a 3ft 6in gauge electric tram line supplied with electricity from a diesel generator plant near Swadlincote. The power plant sat alongside the tram depot there.
This is the first of two articles about the line: ......
https://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/19/t ... way-part-1