Kettering Ironstone Railway

Kettering Ironstone Railway

Locale	England
Dates of operation	1870s–1962
Track gauge	3 ft (914 mm)
Length	3 miles
Headquarters	Kettering

The Kettering Ironstone Railway was an industrial 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway that served the ironstone quarries around Kettering.

Locomotives

Name	Builder	Type	Date	Works number	Notes
Kettering Furnaces No. 2	Black, Hawthorne	0-4-0ST	1879	501
Kettering Furnaces No. 3	Black, Hawthorne	0-4-0ST	1885		Preserved at the Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum
Kettering Furnaces No. 4	Black, Hawthorne	0-4-0ST	1887		Scrapped 1935
Kettering Furnaces No. 6	Manning Wardle	0-6-0ST	1889	1123	Rebuilt by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns in 1949
Kettering Furnaces No. 7	Manning Wardle	0-6-0ST	1897	1370	Rebuilt by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns in 1950
Kettering Furnaces No. 8	Manning Wardle	0-6-0ST	1906	1675	Preserved by the Welland Valley Vintage Traction Club
	Sentinel	4wG+4wG	1926	6412	A unique articulated geared steam locomotive, heavily used in the 1930s, but scrapped in 1960

See also

• British industrial narrow gauge railways