Harland & Wolff tramway

[jhb171achill]

While bringing Awwsum American tourists to the Titanic Centre in Belfast in recent years I’ve often noticed these rails, which look to be about 2 foot gauge, on a preserved slipway where the world’s first unsinkable ship was built (before it sunk).

Does anyone know anything about it?

Four parallel double lines with a crossover in the middle. 

Photos of it in use anywhere?

[GSR 800]

13 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

While bringing Awwsum American tourists to the Titanic Centre in Belfast in recent years I’ve often noticed these rails, which look to be about 2 foot gauge, on a preserved slipway where the world’s first unsinkable ship was built (before it sunk).

Does anyone know anything about it?

Four parallel double lines with a crossover in the middle. 

Photos of it in use anywhere?

Looks like Olympic's and later Britannic's slipway. Titanic's had the same ofc. AFAIK there were small carts and flatbed wagons used (unsure of motive power) to bring material, steel beams, etc wherever they need to go, to be picked up by the gantry crane and lifted into position.

You can just see them far left under the hull right next to the ramp.

[popeye]

Here is a picture of the little cranes used in the shipyard, they seem to have rail wheels so they would need rails.

 

[jhb171achill]

23 minutes ago, popeye said:

Here is a picture of the little cranes used in the shipyard, they seem to have rail wheels so they would need rails.

 

There were three of those, but they were 5’3” gauge, I think, or possibly British standard gauge.

I think they worked in Kelly’s coal yard, rather than H & W, and would have been used to unload coal ships.