page_title: British narrow-gauge railways
section_title: Industrial railways
hierarchical_section_title: British narrow-gauge railways / The narrow-gauge railways of Britain and the Isle of Man / Industrial railways
caption_attribution_description: English: Aberllefenni Quarry, around 1979 Author: Dan Crow
context_page_description: There were more than a thousand British narrow-gauge railways ranging from large, historically significant common carriers to small, short-lived industrial railways. Many notable events in British railway history happened on narrow-gauge railways including the first use of steam locomotives, the first public railway and the first preserved railway.
context_section_description: Great Britain was home to many industrial narrow-gauge railways, ranging from temporary hand-powered lines a few yards long to significant locomotive-worked complexes of lines that served substantial industrial concerns.
caption: Aberllefenni slate quarry
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