Leadhills and Walnockhead Railway

The Leadhills railway in Scotland is a short pleasurable 2ft gauged railway. The Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch of the Caledonian Railway
==Location==
The railway is in the Lowther Hills on the B797, between Clydesdale (M74) and Nithsdale (A76). Access from the M74 is via Junction 13 (Abington) and the B797 , or Junction 14 (Elvanfoot) and the A702 / B7040. Access from Nithsdale is via the A76 (Dumfries to Sanquhar) and the B797 to Leadhills.﻿
==Stock==
Number	Name 	Builder 	Type 	Date	Works number	Livery	Notes
2 	Elvan 	Motor Rail 	4wDM 	1955	9792 	Blue 	Built for the London Brick Company , King’s Dyke Works, Whittlesea
4 	Luce 	Ruston and Hornsby	4wDM 	1966	7002/0467/6 	Green 	Built for contractors Edmund Nuttall Ltd, Leith. Acquired 1987
5 	Little Clyde	Ruston and Hornsby	4wDM 	1966	7002/0467/2 	Green 	Built for contractors Edmund Nuttall Ltd, Leith. Acquired 1987
6 	Clyde 	Hunslet 	4wDM 	1975	6347 	Blue 	Built for National Coal Board, Eppleton Collery. Acquired 1990
8 	Nith 	Hudswell Clarke 	4wDMF 	1956	DM1002 	Red 	Built for the National Coal Board, Waterloo Main Colliery. Acquired 1993
9 	Charlotte 	Orenstein & Koppel	0-4-0WT	1913	6335 	Black 	Acquired 1994. Being restored to full working order.
(10) 	Mennock 	Hunslet-Barclay 	0-4-0DM	1994	LD 9348 	 	
(11) 	 	Decauville 	0-4-0T 	1917	917 	 	Stored. Privately Owned
12 	 	Clayton 	4wDM 	1994	18190B 	 	
21 	 	Moeyse 	4wDM 	1941	 	 	
The Railway has for cariges that are equipt with air brakes three coaches are built on frames of wagons once used for moving peat and the other is built on chassis of a Simplex engine. There are a selection of wagons around the railway including the ubiquitous Hudson skip wagons and examples from RNAD.
Category:Preserved Railways
Category:Narrow Gauge Railways
Category:2ft Gauge