The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum

The line was laid with these beautiful and ingenious fish- bellied rails, designed by the great engineer William Jessop (1745-1814) and cast at his Butterley Ironworks in Derbyshire. Each rail locks into the integral "foot" of the next to give a very rigid join.

Stone slab sleepers in place near Muston Gorse Wharf in 2007

The course of the tramway from the Wharf to-wards the Castle on the skyline in 2007

Tramway wagons and track preserved in the cellar of Belvoir Castle

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