The Rowtor Target Railway was a military narrow gauge target railway south of Okehampton in Dartmoor, England, with a gauge of .
History The Rowtor Target Railway was built 1959 as a target railway based on an older target railway.Guy Wareham: Military Target Railway. 10 November 2009. The long track consists of a long straight section and one curve, to which balloon loops were added each end as well as a double track siding into the locomotive shed, in which an old Wickham trolley was stored. There are four points, which are still in a working order, because the track and the trolley are maintained by a group of railway enthusiasts.Tom Moran: Explore Dartmoor’s Obscure Rowtor Target Railway. 17. November 2016.The Railway Magazine, Band 151, IPC Business Press, 2005. S. 98.
By the dumbbell shaped design with turning loops at either end, it was possible to run the unmanned trolley, onto which a wooden target in the shape of a military tank was fixed, continuously back and forth along track.Timmy Raa: Derelict Places: Rowtor Target Railway. 29 November 2009.Zoom Earth.
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