Talk:Middleton Railway

Earliest Railway Date
Tanfield in county Durham claims 1725 ? BulldozerD11 (talk) 19:29, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

History
This article appears to jump from early history to section about being 1st preservation railway, was this change due to Beeching ?, was the company nationalised in the mid part of the history ? More info would help to then add an info box, or may be 2 as really 2 companies - BulldozerD11 (talk) 11:25, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Have just expanded the article a bit. I've done a bit of work on the Middleton Railway's website so had plenty of material to hand. Hope the gap from the beginning of steam to the beginning of preservation seems filled now. I also updated the website links that were on the Motive Power section, we redesigned the website about a year or two back so most of the links to various sections were broken. Krisward42 (talk) 15:44, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Leeds City Museum Display
The museum (in Cookridge Street, Leeds) has a three feet length of rack rail from the Middleton Railway. Also a scale model of the loco "The Salamanca" (about a foot long). Well worth a visit! 23 September 2009
 * The National Railway Museum in York has some rack and pinion material from the railway. 09 April 2010. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.111.0 (talk) 20:07, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Middleton Light Railway
The Middleton Light Railway is NOT the Middleton Railway, I don't know why it redirects here. The Middleton Light Railway was a tramway built by Leeds Corporation in 1925.--J3Mrs (talk) 20:02, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Can you check out the Clarence Dock (Leeds) article which is the only one that uses the redirect to see if what it says is valid. Keith D (talk) 22:28, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry to take so long in getting back to you, the link now says Middleton Steam Railway, I think Middleton Railway is it's title. Another related point, the first Middleton locomotive was Salamanca, not "the Salamanca", well according to the Middleton Railway's own history. I don't know how to correct this without it turning to a town in Spain, perhaps someone does. --J3Mrs (talk) 12:28, 27 September 2009 (UTC)


 * The article can be moved from its current name of The Salamanca to something like Salamanca (locomotive) if you think that is better. You can then pipe the link to hide the dab or you could leave where it is and just pipe the link. Keith D (talk) 16:42, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

I think it probably would be better but as I have little idea what the explanation you give means, sorry I will leave the technicalities entirely up to you. Thank you for taking an interest. I don't suppose you are any good at loading pictures from geograph to the commons:) It seems beyond me completely. There are some excellent pictures of the Middleton Light Railway by Dr Neil Clifton especially this one It would make an excellent addition to the Middleton articles.--J3Mrs (talk) 18:37, 27 September 2009 (UTC)


 * It looks like an IP user has been round putting in the pipe links to hide "The" on the uses in articles, I thought that it may be you who had not logged in but obviously someone who is just watching what is going on. I will leave it as it is rather than moving the page and fixing the links again. I have uploaded the image for you, see File:Middleton Tram.jpg, so you can put it in the page wherever you wish. Keith D (talk) 19:32, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks, appreciate it--J3Mrs (talk) 19:52, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Have moved The Salamanca to Salamanca (locomotive) as suggested above. -- Red rose64 (talk) 20:32, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

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