Beckton's Railways and Locomotives

 Dave Marden   Kestrel Books  2015 

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Beckton gasworks was the biggest in Europe with a huge internal railway operated by numerous and distinctive cut-down locomotives, in both the gasworks and the adjacent By-Products factory. Beckton's railways lasted for a century, during which time around a hundred locomotives saw service there. Also included are details of the neighbouring outfall and sewage works that had its own railway, and also saw a host of contractor's engines engaged there over the years.