The Barber Line
The Barber Line is the name given to the Harrogate Gas Companys narrow gauge railway that carried coal to the gasworks from 1908 to 1956.
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Images
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| NOTE: The next 6 images are scanned from the book "Narrow Gauge Railways, England and the Fifteen Inch" by Humphrey Household, published in 1989, ISBN Number 0-86299-575-2. It's an interesting book, I suggest you buy a copy. |
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Locomotive 'Barber', built 1908 by T. Green and Son, Leeds.
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The Bilton coal drops in 1928.
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10 ton hopper wagon built in 1908. At Bilton Junction.
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Tar going from narrow gauge to standard gauge wagons. 1928.
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The northern entrance to the tunnel.
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The Peckett loco, sometime in the 1950's. To the right of it can be seen the front of the Drewry diesel engine supplied in 1949.
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