Arlesburgh West Ballast Chute

Arlesburgh West Ballast Chute is a large channel for disposing ballast from the Arlesdale Railway to the North Western Railway and elsewhere.

The Railway Series
The 15” gauge Arlesdale Railway, opened in 1967, carries the ballast by rail from the mines. The chute was erected for easy means of dumping the ballast from the railway's hoppers into the trucks of the NWR.

Thomas & Friends
Sir Topham Hatt had decided to extend to the North Western Railway to Harwick with a branch line starting at Arlesburgh West. The chute played a big role in transferring the ballast for the branch line's rails.

Appearances
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The Railway Series

 * Small Railway Engines - Ballast and Useful Railway
 * Oliver the Western Engine - Donald's Duck, Resource and Sagacity and Bulgy
 * Jock the New Engine - We Need Another Engine and Jock
 * Wilbert the Forest Engine - Wired-Up
 * -|Television Series=

Thomas & Friends

 * Series 20 - Ryan and Daisy, The Way She Does It, Tit for Tat, Mike's Whistle and Useful Railway
 * Series 21 - A Most Singular Engine and Daisy's Perfect Christmas
 * Series 24 - The Great Little Railway Show

Specials

 * 2015 - Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
 * 2016 - The Great Race

Trivia

 * The Chute is based on the Stone tipping chute that was used on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway during the early and mid 20th century.