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    The Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working railway, situated in the English city of Leeds. It was founded in 1758 and is now a heritage...
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    was based lasted until 1968 and the railway is preserved and run by a trust after operating for 200 years. Middleton Park, a remnant of the manorial estate...
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    gradient in an urban environment. The first cog railway was the Middleton Railway between Middleton and Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom...
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  • Middleton railway station may refer to: Middleton railway station, Greater Manchester Middleton Junction railway station, Greater Manchester Middleton...
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  • George Middleton-in-Teesdale Cumbria Middleton, Cumbria Derbyshire Middleton-by-Wirksworth Middleton Incline, a former railway incline Middleton railway station...
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    been cited as the earliest British railway. It ran from Strelley to Wollaton near Nottingham. The Middleton Railway in Leeds, which was built in 1758,...
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    Coalbrookdale in 1802. Salamanca, built in 1812 by Matthew Murray for the Middleton Railway, was the first commercially successful steam locomotive. Locomotion...
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    Matthew Murray's Salamanca built in 1812 for the 4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm) Middleton Railway in Leeds. Salamanca was also the first rack-and-pinion locomotive...
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    in 1812 by Matthew Murray of Holbeck, for the edge-railed Middleton Railway between Middleton and Leeds, England and it predated Stephenson's Rocket by...
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    Middleton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irk 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Rochdale and...
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    D1076 of 1958) at East Lancs Railway 0-4-0DM D631/1946 Carroll at Middleton Railway 0-6-0D D707 No. 21 at the Rutland Railway 0-4-0DM Elland No.1 (works...
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    built before 1763, was 5 ft (1,524 mm), as was John Blenkinsop's Middleton Railway; the old 4 ft (1,219 mm) plateway was relaid to 5 ft (1,524 mm) so...
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    use by the Tanfield Railway, making this the oldest operational railway in the world. 1758 – The Middleton Railway, the first railway granted powers by...
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  • Middleton railway station was a minor railway station on the Cromford and High Peak Railway on the Middleton Incline. Outside of Middleton, Derbyshire...
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    been cited as the earliest British railway. It ran from Strelley to Wollaton near Nottingham. The Middleton Railway in Leeds, which was built in 1758,...
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    John Blenkinsop (category English railway mechanical engineers)
    now known as the Middleton Railway. Not all the land traversed by the wagonway belonged to Brandling, and it was the first railway to be authorised by...
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  • line between Troon and Gargieston, near Kilmarnock. August 12 – The Middleton Railway, serving coal pits at Leeds in England, becomes the first to use steam...
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    operated by the Middleton Railway Museum Society. Centennial Park Cottage Cove Provincial Park Riverside Park Rotary Park Middleton is home to two public...
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    of railway track gauges by size. A gauge is measured between the inner faces of the rails. For ridable miniature railways and minimum gauge railways, the...
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    Linton Hall Lister Park, Bradford Lotherton Hall Middleton Railway, the world's oldest steam railway Nostell Priory Oakwell Hall Oulton Hall, Oulton Piece...
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  • Middleton Railway station served the town of Middleton. The station opened on 5 January 1857 when the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) opened a...
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    The Middleton Steam Railway is the oldest continuously working railway system in the world. Originally built to transport coal from Middleton Colliery...
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    distinction has to be qualified because other railways which were used solely for goods traffic (e.g. the Middleton Railway in Leeds, Yorkshire, dating from 1758)...
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  • most railway companies in Britain at one time or another. 67 is now at the Middleton Railway in Leeds and 4744 is now with the North Norfolk Railway at...
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    home of rugby league club Hunslet. The Middleton Railway runs between Moor Road, Hunslet and Park Halt railway station. It is also the site of Leeds Urban...
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    of railcar designed specifically for passenger transport on little-used railway lines. As the name suggests, they share many aspects of their construction...
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    and short-lived experiment, in 1812, the 4 ft 1 in (1,245 mm) gauge Middleton Railway in Leeds became the first in the world to make commercial use of steam...
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    Middlesbrough is a railway station on the Durham Coast Line, Esk Valley Line and Tees Valley Line. The station serves the town of Middlesbrough in North...
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  • and Haverthwaite Railway, Haverthwaite, nr Staveley, Cumbria Middleton Railway, Hunslet, West Yorkshire North Tyneside Steam Railway, North Shields, Tyne...
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    Wagonway (redirect from Edge railway)
    at Wollaton. The Middleton Railway in Leeds, which was built in 1758 as a wagonway, later became the world's first operational railway (other than funiculars)...
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