The Inny Valley Railway was a private

narrow gauge railway A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum railw ...

located at Trebullett, near Launceston in

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

, England. The railway was established by James Evans and ran around a field adjoining a workshop for the railway and a mill. Steam locomotives based at the railway were ''Velinheli'' built by

Hunslet Hunslet () is an inner-city area in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is southeast of the Leeds city centre, city centre and has an industrial past. It is situated in the Hunslet and Riverside (ward), Hunslet and Riverside ward of Lee ...

in 1886 and ''Sybil'' built by

W.G. Bagnall W. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England which was founded in 1875 and operated until it was taken over in 1962 by English Electric. History The company was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall. The majority of ...

in 1906, both previously in use at the Dinorwic Quarry. There was also a diesel locomotive built by

Motor Rail Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, originally based in Lewes, Sussex, they moved in 1916 to Bedford. Loco manufacture ceased in 1987, and the business line sold to Alan Keef Ltd of Ross-on-Wye, who continue to provide spa ...

and a passenger carriage built using redundant church pews. After closure the steam locomotives and carriage went to the

Launceston Steam Railway The Launceston Steam Railway is a gauge narrow gauge railway, in Cornwall, England. The long railway runs from Launceston, Cornwall, Launceston to Newmills, where there is a farm park. It is built on the trackbed of the former standard gauge ...

whilst the diesel locomotive went to

Alan Keef Alan Keef Ltd is a British narrow gauge railway engineering company which manufactures, overhauls, and deals in narrow gauge locomotives, rolling stock and associated equipment. History The limited company was formed in 1975 at Cote, Oxfords ...

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