Rowtor Target Railway

The Rowtor Target Railway was a military narrow gauge target railway south of Okehampton in Dartmoor, England with a gauge of 610 mm.

History
The Rowtor Target Railway was built 1959 as a target railway based on an older target railway. The 450 m long track consists of a long straight section and one curve, to which balloon loops were added each end as well as a double track siding into the locomotive shed, in which an old Wickham trolley is stored these days. There are four points, which are still in a working order, because the track and the trolley are maintained by a group of railway enthusiasts.

By the dumbbell shaped design with turning loops at either end, it was possible to run the unmanned trolley, onto which a wooden target in the shape of a military tank was fixed, continuously back and forth along track.