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The English iron railway

Monterrubio de la Demanda, Sierra de la Demanda, Burgos

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The English iron railway

Historical milestone · Monterrubio de la Demanda, Sierra de la Demanda, Burgos

Image of Monterrubio de la Demanda, not of the place itself.

The Sierra Company Limited obtained in 1896 the concession to lay a narrow-gauge line to bring the iron of these mines down to Burgos. It opened in 1901, proved ruinous, closed around 1910 and was dismantled in 1947.

1901

Photo: Estevoaei (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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