Linstead to New Works railway

The Linstead to New Works railway was a railway in Jamaica constructed in 1921 to serve a citrus growing region to the north east of Linstead.

Gradients Linstead is at 400 feetLinstead, Falling Rain Genomics. while New Works is close below the 500 foot contour, so the line must have risen around 79 feet in its three miles for an average gradient of 1 in 200 or thereabouts.

Stations and Halts There must have been at least 2 stations on the line:UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheets G (1973), K (1966) & L (1967). Linstead Station (Branch Terminus) New Works Station (Terminus)

Tunnels There were no tunnels on the line.

Bridges There were probably no significant bridges on the line as its junction with the Spanish Town to Ewarton line would have been north of the Rio Magno Gully BridgeMagno may well be a corruption of Mango but is the spelling used on UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica Sheet K (1966). (~75m)Bridge lengths were obtained using Wikimapia's GeoTools. and there are no other significant water courses between Linstead and New Works.

See also Railways of Jamaica

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