£40 - £50
Barbados: Barbados Railway Company and the Barbados Railway Company Ltd., £5 preference shares, 18[80], #A56, black. Originally formed under Barbados Legislature in 1873, amended in 1878 and the company then registered in London in 1879 with Limited liability. A 24 mile narrow gauge line from Bridgetown to Belleplaine, complete in 1883. After initial success the line suffered from flooding and corrosion leading to a rebuild at 2'6" gauge in 1898. In financial difficulties again in 1904 and taken over by Barbados Light Railway Company Limited in 1905. Tiny split at bottom edge, VF.
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