GUILDFORD Model Engineering Society (GMES) held its annual gala over the weekend of July 6-7. The club was formed in 1954 and moved to Stoke Park, Guildford in 1958, where it leases land in
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Category: Miniature
Pilgrim returns to service at Watford Miniature Railway
MUCH-travelled 0-6-0T Pilgrim (D King 1980) is visiting the 10¼in-gauge Watford Miniature Railway (WMR) for the railway’s 60th anniversary season (RM July, p84). It arrived on August 6 following boiler work at Denver Light Railway,
Read moreOld and new attractions at Newby Hall Railway
A VISIT by Narrow Gauge Railway Society members to the 10¼in-gauge Newby Hall Railway on May 12 found No. 4433 Ivatt Atlantic (David Curwen & Edgar Newbery 1965) recently arrived from the Audley End Miniature Railway,
Read moreVIDEO: Hornby Margate open weekend
There were smiles all-round in a corner of Margate over the weekend of August 17-18 as the doors were opened to Hornby’s spiritual home.
Read moreBeale Railway commemorates park trustee Richard Howard
THE Alan Keef 0-6-0DH steam-outline loco delivered new to the 10¼in-gauge Beale Railway in February 2018 and named Howard is seen on March 10. Its identity is confirmed as Keef 103 of 2017, not as
Read moreWatford miniature line celebrates diamond jubilee
THE 10¼in-gauge Watford Miniature Railway marked its 60th anniversary on April 27-28 with a gala event at Cassiobury Park. The resident locos were joined by 2-4w-2P (Shepperton Metal Products 1970), which ran on the line
Read moreEast Kent’s growing attractions…
THE standard-gauge East Kent Railway (EKR), near Dover, continues to develop the attractions on offer to visitors. These include the 7¼in-gauge Knees Woodland Miniature Railway, opened in 2015, sited next to Shepherdswell station. Locos used
Read moreCleethorpes gala to host visiting locos
Two Exmoor-built locomotives to visit the line for the first time
Read moreContrasting locos debut at Norwich club track
The builder is unknown, but it is possibly of pre-Second World War origin.
Read moreSouth Downs Light Railway preparing for another busy season
There are two annual enthusiast events – the steam gala on May 25-27 and visiting locos weekend, September 28-29.
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