Part 1

An article by Seymour Glendenning in the July 1906 issue of The Railway Magazine focussed on the newly opened Burton & Ashby Light Railway.

The light railway was a 3ft 6in gauge electric tram line supplied with electricity from a diesel generator plant near Swadlincote. The power plant sat alongside the tram depot there.

This is the first of two articles about the line: ......

https://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/19/t ... way-part-1

Part 2

This second article about the line completes the journey, covering the length from Sawdlincote to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2024/10/31/th ... ay-part-2/