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Cornwall Minerals Railway
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Sharp, Stewart and Company· from 1873· transport company
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Par Viaduct 1: Chris Wood ( User:chris_j_wood ).· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Cornwall Minerals Railway 060T Treffrey: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. GWR Cornwall Minerals Railway 1396: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 4. Company seal of the Cornwall Minerals Railway: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Cornwall Minerals Railway (CMR) owned and operated a network of 45 miles (72 km) of standard gauge railway lines in central Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It started by taking over an obsolescent horse-operated tramway in 1862, and it improved and extended it, connecting Newquay and Par Harbours, and Fowey. Having expended considerable capital, it was hurt by a collapse in mineral extraction due to a slump in prices.
fun facts
- First built 153 years ago, in 1873.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1873
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Sharp, Stewart and Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1134337, Wikipedia: Cornwall Minerals Railway (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.