Category:Rolling stock associated with the Longmoor Military Railway

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OSOrdnance Survey Map of the Longmoor Military Railway

The Longmoor Military Railway (LMR) in Hampshire was built by the Royal Engineers from 1903 in order to train soldiers in railway construction and operations. It was initially known as the Woolmer Instructional Military Railway, before being renamed the Longmoor Military Railway in 1935. The northern terminus at Bordon was adjacent to, and had rail access to, Bordon station on the LSWRLondon & South Western Railway-owned Bentley and Bordon Light Railway.

In 1933 an extension was opened to a new southern terminus at Liss, with a platform adjacent to those serving the Portsmouth Direct Line. In 1942 an additional loop running eastwards from Longmoor camp was completed which enabled circular running and allowed for improved training without the need to turn trains at the terminals.

Being a training railway, the layout would regularly change as track was constructed and deconstructed. At its peak the railway ran to over 70 miles of operational track and sidings. In its latter years it staged a number of open days, before operations ceased on 31 October 1969[1].

The SVRSevern Valley Railway has been home to a number of items of rolling stock which were formerly associated with the LMR. This category page provides links to relevant pages.

Gallery

Locomotives

Carriages

Note: the three saloons are in fictitious GWRGreat Western Railway livery for filming purposes

Wagons


See also

References

  1. Wikipedia

Links

Pages in category ‘Rolling stock associated with the Longmoor Military Railway’

The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.