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Torbay and Brixham Railway
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by E. B. Wilson and Company· from 1864· 19th century broad gauge railway in England
what is it?
The Torbay and Brixham Railway was a 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge railway in England which linked the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway at Churston railway station, Devon with the important fishing port of Brixham. It was a little over two miles long. Never more than a local branch line, it closed in 1963.
fun facts
- First built 162 years ago, in 1864.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1864
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- E. B. Wilson and Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,134 mm broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0WT
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7825450, Wikipedia: Torbay and Brixham Railway (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.