There are two annual enthusiast events – the steam gala on May 25-27 and visiting locos weekend, September 28-29.
Read moreSouth Downs Light Railway preparing for another busy season
Tag: Miniature
Diamond celebrations for Norwich ‘engineers’
EATON Park MR is celebrating its 60th anniversary year. The Norwich-based line is run by the Norwich & District Society of Model Engineers. It was opened in 1959 as a raised, 5in-gauge track, with a
Read moreAudley End’s small locos going under the hammer
FOUR smaller Audley End Miniature Railway locos are to be auctioned by Dreweatts at Newbury on March 12. This follows the death of Lord Braybrooke, of Audley End Estate, Essex in 2017. The larger steam
Read moreHastings Miniature Railway celebrate 70th anniversary… again!
The 10¼in-gauge Hastings Miniature Railway held its final 70th anniversary event last autumn.
Read moreSouthwold’s Blyth Valley Light Railway opens for passengers
The 7¼in-gauge BVLR at Southwold Railway Trust’s ‘Steamworks’ has opened for passengers.
Read moreWest Sussex Diddly’s Miniature Railway closes
It was opened in 1965 as a normal, steam-operated 9½in-gauge railway.
Read moreSouthwold’s Blyth Valley Light Railway opens for passengers
THE 7¼in-gauge Blyth Valley Light Railway (BVLR) at the Southwold Railway Trust’s ‘Steamworks’ in Blyth Road, Southwold, Suffolk, opened for passengers, along with the centre, on July 14. It runs around part of the one-acre
Read moreNew boiler for Darent
A NEW boiler barrel is being built for Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway’s (H&KWR) resident steam loco Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Darent. The chassis is undergoing overhaul at London Museum of Water & Steam (RM Oct),
Read moreTinkerbell celebrates its 50th at Moors Valley
THE Moors Valley Railway’s (MVR) Tinkerbell 50 event on September 22-23 featured 19 examples, including the original Tinkerbell. All five of the original 1978 production batch – of what was then termed the Type F
Read moreLocos find new homes after Brookside site in Cheshire closes
Two of the three Roger Greatrex-built, American-style diesel locos have been relocated.
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