The Camber Railway was a
narrow gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
railway located on the
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouze ...
in the
South Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
. It was one of the most southerly railways in the world.
The Camber Railway was constructed to support the
Admiralty wireless station, supplying coal to generators which powered the station. It ran along the north side of
Stanley Harbour
Stanley Harbour is a large inlet on the east coast of East Falkland island. A strait called "the Narrows" leads into Port William.
It serves the town of the same name – Stanley – as a harbour. Stanley has sprawled along the south shore o ...
for about .
History
There were two
Kerr, Stuart and Company "Wren" class
0-4-0 steam tank locomotives.
The system fell into disuse after the wireless station was modernised. Parts of the infrastructure were used in the
Falklands War; rails were taken for use in some defensive structures.
Fleet
*
KS "Wren" class steam locomotives - 2 (KS 2388/15 and 2392/15)
* wooden wagon cars - 3
* steam crane (on flat car) - 1
* tipper wagon
* flat car wagon
Gallery
References
External links
The Camber Railway, Falkland Islands - Britlink*Railways of the Far South
an
Historias poco conocidas: Un ferrocarril en las Malvinas
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Rail transport in the Falkland Islands
2 ft gauge railways in the Falkland Islands
Stanley, Falkland Islands