   the alderney railway on alderney is the only railway in the bailiwick of guernsey (a british crown dependency), and the only working railway in the channel islands. (there is a standard gauge railway at the pallot heritage steam museum in jersey, but this provides no actual transport link, but only pleasure rides.) the alderney railway opened in 1847 and runs for about two miles (3 km), mostly following a coastal route, from braye road to mannez quarry and lighthouse. the railway is run by volunteers and usually operates during summer weekends and bank holidays. ==stations== * mannez quarry * braye road ==rolling stock== ===current=== thumb|right|200px|tube stock stabled at braye road station the current stock is former london underground 1959 tube stock cars nos. 1044 and 1045, a vulcan drewry 0-4-0 diesel locomotive no. d100 'elizabeth', a ruston & hornsby 0-4-0 diesel 'molly ii' and six wickham rail cars. 'molly ii' is currently awaiting modification to her coupler system, so she can haul the london underground stock. however, this cannot happen at the moment due to the fact she is not yet owned by the alderney railway company. ===past=== * british admiralty, 1854-1923. (the railway was, presumably, owned by some other department of the british government from 1847-1854). {| class="wikitable" |- ! name ! date built ! builder ! works no. ! wheels ! cylinders ! notes ! withdrawn |- | veteran | 1847 | ? | ? | 0-6-0 | inside | arr. 1847 | ? |- | fairfield | 1847 | ? | ? | 0-6-0 | inside | arr. 1847 | ? |- | waverley | ? | henry hughes of loughboroughhttp://www.irsociety.co.uk/archives/52/alderney.htm m swift in industrial railway record february 1974 | ? | 0-4-0st | outside | - | 1889 |- | bee | ? | ? | ? | 0-6-0t | ? | - | ? |- | spider | ? | ? | ? | 0-6-0t | ? | - | ? |- | gillingham | ? | aveling and porter | ? | 0-6-0tg | ? | arr. 1893 | 1893 |- | no.1 | 1880 | hunslet | 231 | 0-6-0st | inside | arr. 1893 | 1923 |- | no.2 | 1898 | peckett | 696 | 0-4-0st | outside | arr. 1904 | 1923 |} ---- * channel islands granite co ltd, 1923-1940. this company took over the railway in 1923, together with locomotives no.1 and no.2. no.1 was returned to england and replaced by manning wardle 0-6-0st "nitro". ---- * german occupation, 1940-1945 no.2 and "nitro" were commandeered by the germans an
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