mineral railway

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mineral railway (plural mineral railways)

  1. A railway used primarily for the transport of ore.
    • 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 64:
      Just before Bloworth Crossing, you'll walk a short distance along the trackbed of the old mineral railway that connected the old ironstone mines at Rosedale with the blast furnaces of Middlesbrough.
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