TheRowrah and Kelton Fell Railway was astandard gaugemineral railway inCumberland,England, which was operated by William Baird and Company ofGlasgow,Scotland. It opened in 1877 and closed in 1926.^[1]

The line ran south fromRowrah to Sheriff Gate where it branched into three. One line ran south-west to Salter Hall Quarry; a second ran south to Stockhow; a third ran east to Kirkland, for Bankstead mine. The Kirkland branch continued east to Kelton Fell and Knockmurton mines. There were junctions with both theWhitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway and theCleator and Workington Junction Railway nearRowrah.^[2][3]

Knockmurton mine closed about 1920; Bankstead mine closed 1921; Salter Hall quarry and the railway closed 1926. The track was lifted in 1934.

• Rowrah railway station
• Arlecdon railway station

• McGowan Gradon, W. (2004) [1952].The Track of the Ironmasters: A History of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway. Grange-over-Sands: Cumbrian Railways Association.ISBN 0-9540232-2-6.

• McEwan, J.F.; Bowtell, Harold D. (August 1983). Peascod, Michael (ed.). "Baird's Lines in Cumberland".Cumbrian Railways Association Journal.2 (15). Pinner: Cumbrian Railways Association.
• McGowan Gradon, W. (March 1952). "The Rowrah & Kelton Fell Mineral Railway".The Railway Magazine.98 (611). London: Tothill Press Limited.

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