Crowle Peatland Railway, Industrial railway museum in Crowle, United Kingdom.
The Crowle Peatland Railway is a museum with narrow-gauge tracks running through moorland, displaying locomotives and wagons from the peat industry's working days. The site includes a workshop, café, and collection of historical vehicles that once transported extracted peat across the landscape.
The British Moss Litter Company laid narrow-gauge tracks across the moors from the 1890s onward to transport peat more efficiently. Motorized locomotives gradually replaced earlier transport methods and shaped the region's industry for many decades.
The railway shows how local people extracted peat using industrial methods that transformed the landscape. Visitors can see the machines and vehicles that were part of daily work here, still operating along their original routes.
Access to the site requires some advance planning, as opening hours are limited to specific days. The moorland setting means the area can be windy and weather can change quickly, so bring appropriate clothing and footwear for uneven ground.
Two original Schoma locomotives that arrived in 2015 still operate on the very tracks where they once worked extracting peat commercially. This direct connection to the past makes the experience feel like stepping into a working industrial landscape as it once was.
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