Other Goods Traffic on the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway

[Greg Wetzel]

While I understand that the R&ER had ballast traffic, what other goods did the railway deal with?

 

[Scouse77]

Slate

 

[robvulpes]

Iron Ore originally, granite later. Also a general carrier for the valley so a variety of stuff in small quantities. There was a short-lived attempt to set up a business making breeze blocks from the large supplies of granite dust. However, no slate quarries, Scouse77.