Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway

Coordinates: 53°19′19″N 3°46′01″W / 53.322°N 3.767°W / 53.322; -3.767

Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway
Locale	Wales
Dates of operation	1889–1931
Track gauge	3 ft (914 mm)
Length	1 mile
Headquarters	Porth Dyniewyd

The Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway was an industrial narrow gauge railway operating at three levels within the extensive limestone quarry on the Penrhyn Bay side of the Little Orme at Llandudno on the North Wales coast.

History

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Locomotives

Name	Builder	Wheel arrangement	Date	Works number	Notes
Mona	Hughes Foundry	0-4-0VB
Little Orme	Manning Wardle	0-4-0ST	1873	478	Built for the Leeds Corporation Water Works at Swinsty Reservoir
Ellesmere	Kerr Stuart	0-4-2ST	1912	1255
Garth	Kerr Stuart	0-4-2ST	1914	1257
Penrhyn	Kerr Stuart	0-4-2ST	1918	3092	Scrapped 1940
No. 1	Sentinel	4wVB	1926	6256
No. 2	Sentinel	4wVB	1926	6255
No. 3	Sentinel	4wVB	1926	6257

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References

Boyd, James I.C. (1990). Narrow Gauge Railways in North Caernarvonshire, Volume 3. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-328-1.

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Great Western Railway	Aberdare Railway Aberdare Valley Railway Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway Alexandra Docks and Railway Bala and Dolgelly Railway Bala and Festiniog Railway Barry Dock and Railway Barry Railway Blaenavon Tramroad Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Brecon and Merthyr Railway Bridgend Bristol and South Wales Union Railway Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway Cambrian Railways Cardiff Railway Cardiff and Ogmore Carmarthen and Cardigan Carmarthenshire Railway Clarbeston Road and Letterston Railway Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway Corris Railway Corwen and Bala Railway Denbigh, Ruthin and Corwen Railway Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway Ely Valley Railway Ely Valley Extension Railway Gwendraeth Valleys Railway Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway Kington Tramway Lampeter, Aberayron and New Quay Light Railway Llancaiach Branch Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Llangollen and Corwen Railway Llangurig branch Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway Llynvi and Ogmore Railway Maerdy Branch Manchester and Milford Railway Maenclochog Railway Mawddwy Railway Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway Mid-Wales Railway Monmouth and Hereford Railway Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company Neath and Brecon Railway Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Newtown and Machynlleth Railway North Pembrokeshire and Fishguard Railway North Wales Mineral Railway Oswestry, Ellesmere and Whitchurch Railway Oswestry and Newtown Railway Pembroke and Tenby Railway Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway Port Talbot Railway Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Rhymney Railway Rumney Railway Ross and Monmouth Railway Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway South Wales Railway Taff Vale Railway Tanat Valley Light Railway Vale of Glamorgan Railway Vale of Llangollen Railway Vale of Neath Railway Vale of Rheidol Railway Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway West Midland Railway Whitland and Cardigan Railway Wye Valley Railway Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway

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Little Ormes Head Quarry tramway

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