Burwell Tramway
Burwell Tramway was a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) standard gauge industrial tramway which ran from the Ely-Newmarket line, just south of the Soham-Wicken A1123 road, to industries just north of Burwell Lode. As well as serving Fisons chemical (fertilizer) works, the line also served the adjacent Burwell Brick Company brickworks, a cement works, and local fruit growers and farmers.
History
The line was in existence by 1900 and was closed in 1971.
Locomotives
- Planet 4-wheel diesel-mechanical locomotive no. FH3887 at work c. 1959, photograph reference IND330, IND579[1]
References
- Industrial Locomotives of East Anglia by C.Fisher, published by the Industrial Railway Society
- Ordnance Survey map: 7th Edition, sheet 135, Cambridge & Ely, revised 1950, published 1954
- Forgotten Railways: Vol 7 East Anglia by R.S.Joby, published by David St John Thomas (map, p. 102)
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