Industrial Railways

Many businesses and utilities in Berkshire used to have internal railway systems with their own locomotives. Here are some of them:

Standard gauge, 4ft 8½in (1435mm)

• Huntley & Palmer's biscuit factory, Kings Road, Reading
• Reading gas works, Gas Works Road, Reading
• Earley power station, Shepherds House Lane, Earley
• Co-op jam factory, Berkeley Avenue, Reading
• Royal Ordnance Factory, Burghfield
• Royal Air Force, Welford Park, near Newbury
• Colthrop Paper Mills, Thatcham
• Slough Estates, Slough

Two foot gauge (610mm)

• Reading sewage works, Whitley
• Collier's brick works, Tilehurst
• Ham River gravel pits, Woodley
• Lawrence's brick works, Wokingham
• Binfield Brick & Tile Company, near Bracknell
• Wigmore gravel pits, Woolhampton

Several Berkshire locomotives have been preserved.  Here is a list:

Builder	Works No.	Rly. No./Name	Former Owner	New Location
WB	2473	1	Huntley & Palmers	Wallingford
RSH	7058	1	Earley Power Station	Gwili Railway
AB	422	4	Earley Power Station	Battlefield Line
WB	2648	ROF 18 No. 2	ROF Burghfield	Battlefield Line
HC	1544	3	Slough Estates	Swindon & Cricklade
HC	1709	5	Slough Estates	Embsay & Bolton Abbey
GE	?	5 (Jane)	Wantage Tramway	Didcot Railway Centre
RH	390772	9011	RAF Welford Park	GWRPG Southall
JF	4100005	Churchill	Colthrop Paper Mill	Derwent Valley Railway
RH	312990	PWM 650	British Railways	Lincolnshire Wolds Rly
RH	431760	PWM 653	British Railways	Long Marston
AB	435	06003	British Railways	Rutland Railway Museum

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Historical lists of locomotives and builder abbreviations.

Current list of Heritage Railways.

Note: Some preserved locomotives are in private ownership and may not appear in the stock lists of the railways at which they are located.