page_title: War Department Light Railways
section_title: Internal combustion
hierarchical_section_title: War Department Light Railways / WDLR locomotives / Internal combustion
caption_attribution_description: English: Western Front: Western Front (Belgium), Ypres Area, Poperinghe. A 40 horsepower petrol tractor that was damaged by shellfire and returned to the railway yard for repairs.
context_page_description: The War Department Light Railways were a system of narrow gauge trench railways run by the British War Department in World War I. Light railways made an important contribution to the Allied war effort in the First World War, and were used for the supply of ammunition and stores, the transport of troops and the evacuation of the wounded.
context_section_description: Motor Rail (Simplex) 20 hp (15 kW), petrol
  Motor Rail (Simplex) 40 hp (30 kW), petrol
  British Westinghouse 45 hp (34 kW), petrol-electric
  Dick, Kerr & Co. 45 hp (34 kW), petrol-electric
  Baguley (McEwan Pratt) 10 hp (7.5 kW), petrol-paraffin engine
  Dimensions
caption: Western Front (Belgium), Ypres Area, Poperinghe. A 40 hp Simplex petrol locomotive that was damaged by shellfire and returned to the railway yard for repairs
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