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The Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway is Britain's highest adhesion railway
The Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway is Britain's highest adhesion railway, reaching 1498 feet above sea level at Hillend summit, it was originally built in 1900 for the Caledonian Railway Company.
Clyde, Leadhills and Wanlockhead Locomotive No 6 was built by Hunslet Locomotives , Leeds in 1975, as locomotive number HE6347. This Locomotive has a six cylinder water cooled Perkins diesel engine producing sixty horse power to its four wheels via a torque converter and chain drive.
The Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway is Britain's highest adhesion railway
The Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway is Britain's highest adhesion railway, reaching 1498 feet above sea level at Hillend summit, it was originally built in 1900 for the Caledonian Railway Company.
Clyde, Leadhills and Wanlockhead Locomotive No 6 was built by Hunslet Locomotives , Leeds in 1975, as locomotive number HE6347. This Locomotive has a six cylinder water cooled Perkins diesel engine producing sixty horse power to its four wheels via a torque converter and chain drive.