The Camber Railway
by Gareth D Jones ar from the UK in the South from where I learned much about this Atlantic Ocean lies a group of little known railway, along with some islands that were thrust into the interesting photographs featuring, limelight in 1982. I am of course what was, the most southerly railway talking about the beautiful Falkland in the world. Islands where between 1915 and It was known as ‘The Camber 1927 there existed a 3.5 mile, 2ft (Admiralty) Railway, which narrow gauge railway. operated along the northern shore This railway first came to my of Stanley harbour in support of the attention when during a deployment Admiralty wireless station, aiding to the Falklands Islands in 2008 I the construction and then keeping came across some 2ft rails during their generators supplied with coal. an adventure training day where we The wireless station was equipped had been hiking in the hills, upon our with a Marconi radio transmitter built walk back to the town of Port Stanley to improve the communications after I spotted some rails and decided to the difficulties experienced during investigate and research as to why the naval battles in the South Atlantic they were there as I hadn’t realised and Pacific throughout the later part that a railway system had existed of 1914 during the First World War. there. The line’s name came from its Upon consulting thy almighty operation between the Camber Depot Google it brought up a great website and wireless station along the long
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