Clay Extraction
| Name | Opened | Closed | Gauge | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APCM Alkerden Works | before 1900 | 1943 | 2 ft 8 1⁄2 in (825 mm) | Swanscombe, England | Large steam-worked clay pit line |
| BPCM Bean Works | 1920 | 1964 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Bean, Kent, England | Short line serving a clay pit on the banks of the Thames |
| Bridgemarsh Brickfields Company | 1870 | 1892 | unknown | Bridgemarsh Island, Essex, England | Connected work to pier for transhipment onto Thames barges |
| Far Ings Tileries | 1905 | 2001 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Barton-upon-Humber, England | Late survivor of the clay tramways, including a cable-hauled incline and (diesel) locomotive worked sections. |
| Fayle's Tramway | 1905 | 1971 | 3 ft 9 in (1,143 mm) until 1948 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) after 1948 |
Norden, Dorset, England | Clay tramway that replaced the Middlesbere and Newton tramways. Remaining section around Norden regauged in 1948 to suit ex-WHR locomotive Russell and various diesels |
| Furzebrook Railway | 1830 | 1968 | 4 ft (1,219 mm) until 1866
2 ft 8 1⁄2 in (825 mm) after 1866 |
Furzebrook, Dorset, England | Horse-hauled clay plateway, replaced in 1866 by steam-hauled industrial railway serving the clay pits around Creech Heath. |
| John Knowles Ltd. Woodville Clay Pits | 18 in (457 mm) | Derbyshire, England | |||
| Laporte Industries Ltd. Coombe Hay Mines | after 1979 | 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) | Bath, England | Fuller's earth mine with battery electric locomotives | |
| Meeth Clay Company | 1920 | 1970 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Woolladon, England | Short line carrying clay from the pits at Meeth. |
| Middlebere Tramway | 1806 | 1907 | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) (?) | Norden, Dorset, England | Horse-powered plateway serving clay pits near Corfe Castle. |
| Newton Tramway | 1860 (?) | 1905 | 3 ft 9 in (1,143 mm) | Poole Harbour, Dorset, England | Originally opened as Horse drawn tramway until locomotive Tiny introduced around 1870s, became part of Fayle's Tramway |
| Pentewan Railway | 1829 | 1918 | 4 ft (1,219 mm), 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) after 1874 | Pentewan, England | Initially horse-hauled, worked by steam locomotives after 1874. Connected St Austell to Pentewan |
| Redlake Tramway | 1911 | Unknown | 3 ft (914 mm), | Redlake (Dartmoor) to Bittaford, England | 8.3 miles (13.4 km) in length. |
| Thomas Marshall & Co (Loxley) Ltd. Storrs Bridge Fireclay Mine | after 1979 | 16 in (406 mm) | Loxley, England | Locomotive-worked underground railway | |
| Thakeham Tiles | before 1937 | 1982 | 2 ft (610 mm) | Storrington, England | Short line serving the tile works |
| Watts Blake Bearne & Co. Ltd. West Golds Mine | after 1979 | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Newton Abbott, England | Underground clay mine railway |
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