Red Wheel Sites

Built in just 17 months in 1895, this 5-mile 3ft 6in (1067mm) gauge tramway uses the centre rail for emergency braking on the 1 in 12 gradient.

Home of Timothy Hackworth, locomotive pioneer and engineer to the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the first public steam railway

1839-1966 Designed by Sir William Tite for the London & Southampton Railway; a major catalyst in the development of the modern port

Opened 1912 and unique in the UK for having a single car counter-balanced

by a weight running directly beneath the main track

Opened 1830 as a wooden pier with horse-drawn tramway.  At 2.16 kms, the current iron structure is the longest pleasure pier in the world.

London's first railway terminus, opened 1836 by the London & Greenwich Railway, later superseded by London Bridge

Built 1794-1811 for the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, 5.2 km in length, it is the longest, highest and deepest canal tunnel in the UK

Built 1846 by I.K. Brunel to provide 'atmospheric' (vacuum) traction for the South Devon Railway. Abandoned 1848 due to high running costs.

A rare example of a 'District Car Shed' built to stable and service trams on a newly extended and electrified municipal tram route

A complete inland port, developed on the banks of the River Severn following the arrival in 1771 of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal