1. Introduction
 
During the restoration
of the canal in the mid-1970s and early 1980s, a narrow gauge railway was used,
and this section chronicles this important and unique phase in the restoration story.
3. Lodge Copse
With work at Colt Hill finished, the steam dredger moved up to Lodge Copse and the railway track panels loaded onto a pontoon and moved there also.
5. Ash Lock
With the aquisition of mud barges and tugs, the railway became redundant and was removed to the yard at Ash Lock for storage and refurbishment.
7. Ash Embankment [NB: Not yet ready]
Upon completion of the Deepcut flight of locks, the railway was moved to the Ash
Embankment for transportation of materials to restore this 1,000 yard stretch of the canal.
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2. Colt Hill - The beginning
The railway began as an aid to removing silt when the floating steam dredger 'Perseverance'
was first used at Colt Hill, Odiham, in Hampshire.
4. Swan cutting
A land-based machine was able to work from Lodge Copse up the canal until it got to a part where it couldn't reach so the railway was used again.
6. Deepcut [NB: Not yet ready]
The restoration of the 14 locks of the Deepcut flight provided a new use for the
railway in transporting personnel and materials along the flight.
8. The end of the project
When the restoration of the Embankment at Ash was completed, the railway was taken up
and stored for a possible future use on the canal.
9. The locomotives
In all, four locomotives were used at various times during the life span of the railway.
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