Industries served by rail

"Michael Walker" wrote I am looking for ideas for industries served by rail with the hope of Michael, Just three of the top of my head... The Leek and Manifold Narrow gauge carried milk on it's converter wagons from Ecton Dairy, which was transferred to the standard gauge track (same wagon) and conveyed, presumably via Stoke, to London for consumption...
The Southern terminus of our preservation line (The Churnet valley railway) still has the features from the sand quarry, which went to St Helens for making into glass bottles, I think, Pilkingtons. The other branch was a quarry (Caldon, nr Waterhouses where the L&M See above^^ transferred) and carried stone, presumably for roads etc as it is now run by Tarmac.
One final point of interest, the Black Lion PH at Consall on our line originally had the beer delivered by railway as it was about 20ft from its cellar doors, and was a lot smoother journey that the rough cart track that you still have to come down today!.
Hope this helps. -- Andy Sollis CVMRD - Home of the Churnet Valley Model Railway Department Remove the Standard Tank from E-mail to reply

the illegal immigration industry on the channel tunnel