The East Fife Central Railway was a mineral railway line in Fife, Scotland, that ran from near Leven to Lochty. It was built to develop extensive coal measures in the area. The line was completed by the North British Railway and it opened in 1898.
The line proved to be not economically viable from the outset. Revenue was raised from a agricultural traffic and some sporadic minor coal working provided traffic for it, although for a brief period between 1911 and 1913, a workmen's passenger service ran to the colliery at Largoward Colliery. The line, which climbed from 65 ft (20 m) to 545 ft (166 m) above sea level, had long sections of steep gradients; from East Fife Central Junction it had a gradient of 1 in 70 almost as far as the 7 mile post, then alternating between moderate gradients and new sections of 1 in 70 as far as the Largobeath Colliery. The line dropped down the same gradients as far as the terminus at Lochty.[1][2] The line was worked on one-train block system; the speed limit on the entire the line was limited to 15 mph.[1][3] The line closed in 1964.
After line closure, Scottish farmer John Cameron purchased a main line steam engine and operated it on a short length of track at Lochty; this developed into the Lochty Private Railway. Between 1967 and 1992 it operated a small heritage railway and steam museum at Lochty.
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