Isle of Wight Steam Railway is an active steam railway on the Isle of Wight . The gauge is 1.435 meters .
| Isle of Wight Steam Railway | |
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| Isle of Wight Steam Railway | |
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| Years of work | in new quality since 1971 |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| City management | Havenstreet Village |
| condition | acting |
| Length | 8.9 kilometers |
| Site | iwsteamrailway.co.uk |
History
The section of the road that is now used as a steam railway was opened by Ryde and Newport Railway in 1875. In the period from 1887 to 1923 it was used by the Isle of Wight Central Railway company [1] .
Stations
The railway connects four stations:
- Smallbrook Junction - used to transfer to the electrified Island Line . Opened in new quality in 1991.
- Ashe - opened in new quality in 1991.
- Havenstreet - opened in new quality in 1971.
- Wotton - opened in new quality in 1971.
Rolling stock
A total of fifteen steam and diesel locomotives on the railway.
Steam-powered Locomotives
Eleven steam-powered locomotives [2] :
- Four locomotives in operation
- No. W8 Freshwater (built in 1876)
- No. W24 Calbourne (1891)
- No. W38 Ajax (1918)
- No. WD92 Waggoner (1953)
- Three locomotives for overhaul or restoration
- No. W11 Newport (1878)
- No. 41298 (1951)
- No. WD198 Royal Engineer (1953)
- Are on display
- No. W37 Invincible (1915)
- No. 46447 (1950)
- No. 41313 (1952)
- Juno (1958)
Diesel-powered locomotives
Four diesel-powered locomotives [3] :
- No. 235 Mavis (1945)
- No. D2554 Nuclear Fred (1956)
- No. D2059 Edward (1959)