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Description: | Construction of Porton Camp: Royal Engineers carry out sub-grading during construction of the Porton Light Railway. The Porton Light Railway (also known as the Porton Military Railway) was a 24 inch guage system equipped with five steam locomotives, a petrol locomotive and 150 assorted carriages and wagons. It started at sidings located alongside the London and South Western Railway Company main line at Porton Station and ran for eight miles linking every major building on the site at Porton. It carried civilian workmen, fuel and stores from the main line station at Porton until it was phased out and dismantled during the 1950s. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Royal Engineers British Army 1914-1918 railways Chemical Warfare British Army Research & Development construction | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Porton Down official photographer | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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