Kirklees Light Railway

The Kirklees Light Railway is a minature railway that is in West Yorkshire
==History==
The line was constucted in 1990 and opened in October 1991 when it was just a 1 mile trip from Clayton West Station to a newly built halt called Cuckoo's Nest, it was extended twice since then firstly in 1992 to Skelmanthorpe and in 1997 to Shelly where the line passes through the Shelly Woodhouse Tunnel the longest tunnel for any railway of that gauge in Britian.
Name 	Design 	Type 	Date	Notes
Fox 	Hunslet Engine Company 	2-6-2T 	1987	In traffic weekdays and for Driver Experience Courses.Based on a 2-6-4T built by the Hunslet Engine Company for export to India.
Badger 	Kerr Stuart 	0-6-4ST 	1991	A freelance locomotive with leanings to Kerr Stuarts Tattoo Class contractors locomotives. Perhaps best described as what the NWNGR's locomotive Beddgelert might have looked like if Kerr Stuart had built it!
Hawk 	Kitson Meyer 	0-4-0+0-4-0T 	1998	In traffic for weekend services and special events. Based on a 2'5" gauge Kitson Meyer built by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. for export to Chile
Owl 	Avonside Engine Company/Heisler locomotive	0-4-0+0-4-0TG 	2000	
In traffic for weekend services and special events
Jay 	 	0-4-0DH 	1992	Used a lot to shunt stock, it is also used occasionally on passenger trains. At present, June 2009, it is restricted to light duties while awaiting repairs to hydraulic cooling system.
The Tram No.7	 	built on a 2w-2PH platelayers' trolley.	1991	It is predominantly use at special events giving rides to children
==Gallery==
kirkleesshed.jpg|Owl, Hawk and Fox in the shed
hawk.jpg|Hawk pulling a passenger train
kirkleesgala.jpg|Kirklees Light Railway Gala
tram7.jpg|The Tram No.7 is Toby on Thomas and Friends Day
badgeronshed.jpg|Badger outside the shed
BadgerTunnel.jpg|Badger exits the tunnel
owlinshed.jpg|Owl in the shed
Category:Narrow Gauge Railways
Category:Preserved Railways