The haulage wagon was a piece of rolling stock used for narrow gauge engines that was built to 0-4-2 wheel arrangement for the Skarloey Railway to run on the standard gauge tracks of the Sodor and Mainland Railway.
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After the Sodor and Mainland Railway sold two of its locomotives to raise funds, the line was left with the problem of a lack of motive power in case of emergency. The solution devised was to build a haulage wagon, into which a narrow gauge engine could be hoisted and engage with the standard gauge tracks, albeit at very low speed. Rheneas' long wheelbase was deemed unsuitable for the wagon, so Skarloey would be used whenever an emergency arose while Rheneas continued to run the Skarloey Railway.
It is unknown what happened to the wagon after the Sodor and Mainland Railway closed in 1901, however it is likely that it was scrapped.[1]
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