Wisbech and Upwell Tramway
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The Wisbech and Upwell Tramway was a rural standard gauge tramway in East Anglia. Built by the Great Eastern Railway between Wisbech, Cambridgeshire and Upwell, Norfolk to carry agricultural produce.
Its success was one of the reasons for the Light Railways Act 1896.
Bus competition ended passenger services in 1927, but freight carried on until 1966 when it was cut as part of the Beeching Axe.
Originally it was GER Class G15/LNER Class Y6 0-4-0T locomotives, which accordance with Board of Trade regulations had. These were replaced by more powerful 0-6-0T GER Class C53/LNER Class J70 and later by Drewry 0-4-0DM (Class 04) shunters. One coach survives.
Toby the Tram Engine is modelled after the locomotives used on this line.
External links
- http://www.lner.info/article/wisbech/wisbech.shtml
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