Information gleaned from my friend in Aberdeen…

Hi Baz,
The closest prototype that I'm aware of would be the 20" line that ran in the lead mines at Leadhills, just off the M74. These lines are not to be confused with the 'Leadhills and Wanlockhead' 2-foot gauge line, which has been layed on an old standard gauge trackbed. There is a museum on the lead mining site which is well-worth a visit and has some of the original tramway intact, plus some waggons. The museum has a history of running out of funding and then closing for a while, so I'm not sure of its current status.

Another option would be to visit the Almond Valley museum near Livingston, which features shale mining. There was very little use of 2-foot gauge in Scotland for mining, but there was a lot of 2'6" used for coal mining. There was also a 3'6" overhead electric line at one of the bigger shale mines. The museum has a 2'6" gauge line on the site, which uses ex-coal mining locos, including a very nice little Barclay diesel.

Hope this helps?

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As he says… hope this helps… J

Barry

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