Liskeard and Caradon Railway

The Liskeard and Caradon Railway was a British railway company in Cornwall in England.

History

The Liskeard and Caradon Railway ( LCR) was established by the mine owners of the area and the owners of the Liskeard and Looe - Union Canal on 27 June 1843. It improved the removal of copper from the mines at Caradon Hill to the channel. The on November 28, 1844, completed between Moor Water and South Caradon standard gauge track had a continuous gradient. The freight cars drove by gravity downhill. The empty or filled with coal freight wagons were pulled by horses up the mountain again. In March 1846 was an extension of the route to the granite quarry in Cheesewring.

From 1858 the operation of the plant railway Kilmar Railway Cheesewring the granite quarries was carried out which led to the quarries at Bearah gate and Kilmar goal. 1879, the route was purchased. With the decline of the quarries, the route was set in 1882. A subsequent planned extension of the route to Launceston was not realized. 1877, the route to Cheesewring with the Kilmar Junction Railway was routed around the Caradon Hill. This enabled the ropeway operated section placed with Gonamena.

As of 1862, the company operated the the Liskeard and Looe Union Canal - relieving Liskeard and Looe Railway ( LLR). In the late 1880s the copper mining was too expensive. In 1900 he was finally all set. 1901, the LCR was leased by the LLR. 1909 took over the Great Western Railway society. After the adjustment of the mining industry, the line was dismantled in 1917 as a war requirement.

Passenger traffic was never carried out. However, it was able to ride on the wagon for a small fee for the transportation of luggage or the umbrella.

Locomotives

The use of locomotives was approved in 1860. The company raised then a used dreifachgekuppelte tank locomotive. This was given the name LISKEARD. 1862, 1865 and 1869, also six-coupled tank locomotives CARADON, cheesewring and Kilmar of Gilkes Wilson and Company and Hopkins Gilkes and Company were delivered. Andrew Barclay and Company in 1904 gave the 1'B tank locomotive LADY MARGARET.