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Harrogate Gas Works Railway – from the archive
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Archive article from a 1969 issue of The Railway Magazine. This detailed account describes the Harrogate gas works railway, its construction, locomotives, operation and eventual closure. It includes technical specifications, gradients, rolling stock and historical context drawn from contemporary sources. Harrogate gas works railway, built because of road maintenance charges, eventually succumbed to cheaper road…
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