OPERATIONAL HERITAGE LINES AND MUSEUMS

SOUTH EAST

Amberley Museum

2ft gauge, ¼ mile. Arundel, West Sussex.

Tel: 01798 831370. Open: Weds-Suns.

Bluebell Railway

Standard gauge, 11 miles. Sheffield Park,

East Sussex TN22 2QL. Tel: 01825 720800.

Running: Tues – Suns + Oct 24. Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway

2ft gauge, ½ mile. Bredgar, Sittingbourne,

Kent. Tel: 01622 884254.

Running: Weds + Oct 2, 30.

Chatham Historic Dockyard

Standard gauge, one mile. Chatham, Kent.

Tel: 01634 820800.

Open: Daily.

East Kent Railway

Standard gauge, two miles.

Shepherdswell, Kent. Tel: 01304 832042.

Open: Suns.

Eastleigh Lakeside Railway

10¼in & 7¼in gauge, 1¼ miles.

Running: W/Es, Sch Hols. Exbury Gardens & Steam Railway

12¼in gauge, 1½ miles. Exbury,

Southampton. Tel: 023 8089 1203.

Open: Daily until Oct 30.

Hayling Light Railway

2ft gauge, one mile. Hayling Island, Hants.

Tel: 07902 446340.

Running: Weds & W/Es. Hollycombe Steam in the Country

2ft gauge, 1½ miles. Liphook, Hants.

Tel: 01428 724900.

Open: Suns until Oct 16.

Isle of Wight Steam Railway

Standard gauge, five miles. Havenstreet,

Isle of Wight. Tel: 01983 882204.

Running: Tues – Thurs, W/Es + Oct 24, 28.

Kent & East Sussex Railway

Standard gauge, 10½ miles. Tenterden,

Kent. Tel: 01580 765155.

Running: Weds, W/Es + Oct 25, 27.

Lavender Line

Standard gauge, one mile. Isfield, East

Sussex. Tel: 01825 750515.

Open: Oct 16.

Mid-Hants Railway

Standard gauge, 10 miles.

Alresford, Hants SO24 9JG.

Tel: 01962 733810.

Running: W/Es, Sch Hols + Oct 5, 6, 7,

12, 13.

Mizens Railway

7¼in gauge, one mile. Woking, Surrey.

Tel: 07962 400922. Reopens Dec 4.

Old Kiln Light Railway

2ft gauge, ¾ mile. Farnham, Surrey.

Running: W/Es.

Romney, Hythe &

Dymchurch Railway

15in gauge, 13½ miles. New Romney, Kent.

Tel: 01797 362353.

Running: Tues-Thurs, W/Es + Oct 7, 24, 28.

Royal Victoria Railway

10¼in gauge, one mile. Netley,

Southampton. Tel: 02380 456246.

Running: W/Es + Sch hols. Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway

2ft 6in gauge, 1¾ miles. Sittingbourne,

Kent. Tel: 01795 424899.

Running: Reopens Dec 3.

Spa Valley Railway

Standard gauge, five miles. Tunbridge

Wells, Kent. Tel: 01892 300141.

Running: W/Es + Oct 7, 25-27.

Volk’s Electric Railway

2ft 8½in gauge, one mile. Brighton.

Running: Reopens 2023.

SOUTH WEST

Avon Valley Railway

Standard gauge, three miles. Bitton,

Bristol. Tel: 0117 932 5538.

Running: Suns + Oct 1, 22, 26, 29.

Bodmin & Wenford Railway

Standard gauge, 6½ miles,

Bodmin, Cornwall.

Tel: 01208 73555.

Running: Tues - Thurs, Suns + Oct 1.

Bristol Harbour Railway

Standard gauge, 1½ miles. Princes Wharf,

Bristol. Tel: 0117 352 6600.

M Shed Museum open Tues-Sun.

Dartmouth Steam Railway

Standard gauge, seven miles.

Paignton, Devon.

Tel: 01803 555872.

Running: Daily until Oct 30.

Devon Railway Centre

2ft gauge, ½ mile. Bickleigh, Devon.

Tel: 01884 855671.

Open: W/Es until Oct 30 + Oct 25-28.

East Somerset Railway

Standard gauge, two miles. Cranmore,

Somerset. Tel: 01749 880417.

Running: Weds, W/Es until Oct 30.

Gartell Light Railway

2ft gauge, one mile. Yenston,

Templecombe, Somerset.

Tel: 01963 370752.

Running: Oct 30.

Helston Railway

Standard gauge, 1¼ miles. Helston,

Cornwall. Tel: 07901 977 597.

Running: Thurs, Suns until Oct 30 + Oct

26.

Lappa Valley Railway

7¼in, 10¼ and 15in gauge, one mile.

Newquay, Cornwall.

Tel: 01872 510317.

Open: Daily until Oct 29.

Launceston Steam Railway

1ft 11½in gauge, 2 ½ miles.

Launceston, Cornwall.

Tel: 01566 775665

Running: Oct 23-27.

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway

2ft North gauge, Devon. one Tel: mile. 01598 Woody 763487. Bay,

Running: Tues – Thurs, W/Es.

Moors Valley Railway

7¼in gauge, one mile. Ringwood, Hants.

Tel: 01425 471415.

Running: W/Es + Scho hols.

North Dorset Railway

Standard gauge, 1200ft. Shillingstone,

Blandford Forum, Dorset.

Tel: 01258 860696.

Open: Weds, W/Es.

Plym Valley Railway

Standard gauge, 1½ miles. Marsh Mills,

Plymouth. Tel: 01752 345078.

Running: Oct 2, 9, 29, 30.

Seaton Tramway

2ft 9in gauge, three miles. Harbour Road,

Seaton, Devon. Tel: 01297 20375.

Running: Daily until Oct 30.

Somerset & Dorset Railway

Standard gauge, ½ mile. Midsomer Norton

station, Silver Street, BA3 2EY.

Tel: 01761 411221

Running: Suns + Oct 24, 26, 28, 29

South Devon Railway

Standard gauge, seven miles.

Buckfastleigh, Devon. Tel: 01364 644370.

Running: Daily until Oct 30.

Swanage Railway

Standard gauge, six miles. Swanage,

Dorset. Tel: 01929 425800.

Running: W/Es, Thurs, Sch Hols + Oct 4, 5,

11, 12, 21, 31.

Swindon & Cricklade Railway

Standard gauge, three miles. Blunsdon,

Wiltshire. Tel: 01793 771615.

Running: Oct 28-30.

West Somerset Railway

Standard gauge, 20 miles. Minehead,

Somerset. Tel: 01643 704996.

Running: Tues, Weds, W/Es until Oct 30

+ Oct 27.

Yeovil Railway Centre

Standard gauge, ¾ mile. Yeovil Junction

station, Somerset.

Tel: 01935 410420.

Open: Suns. Trains: Oct 29, 31.

EAST ANGLIA

Bressingham Steam Museum

Narrow and standard gauge, one mile.

Diss, Norfolk. Tel: 01379 686900.

Open: Daily until Oct 30. Trains WedSuns

Bure Valley Railway

15in gauge, nine miles. Aylsham, Norfolk.

Tel: 01263 733858.

Running: Daily until Oct 30.

Colne Valley Railway

Standard gauge, ¾ mile. Castle

Hedingham, Essex. Tel: 01787 461174.

Running: Suns + Oct 1, 15, 26, 29

East Anglian Railway Museum

Standard gauge, ¼ mile. Wakes Colne,

Essex. Tel: 01206 242524.

Open: Weds, W/Es.

Running: Oct 9, 22, 23, 26, 29, 30.

Ferry Meadows Railway

10¼in gauge, ½ mile. Peterborough,

Cambs. Tel: 01733 398 889.

Running: Reopens 2023.

Mangapps Railway Museum

Standard gauge, ¾ mile.

Near Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.

Tel: 01621 784898.

Open: W/Es.

Mid-Norfolk Railway

Standard gauge, 11½ miles. Dereham,

Norfolk. Tel: 01362 851723.

Running: W/Es, Sch hols.

Mid-Suffolk Light Railway

Standard gauge, ½ mile. Brockford,

Suffolk. Tel: 01449 766899.

Running: Reopens Dec 3.

Nene Valley Railway

Standard gauge, 7½ miles. Wansford,

Peterborough, Cambs.

Tel: 01780 784444.

Running: W/E until Oct 30.

North Norfolk Railway

Standard gauge, 5½ miles. Sheringham,

Norfolk, NR26 8RA. Tel: 01263 820800.

Running: Daily until Oct 30.

Wells & Walsingham Railway

10¼in gauge, four miles. Wells-next-theSea, Norfolk. Tel: 01328 711630.

Running: Daily.

Whitwell & Reepham Railway

Standard gauge, ¼ mile. Reepham,

Norfolk. Tel: 01603 871694.

Open: Daily. Running: Diesel W/Es, steam

first Sun of month.

HOME COUNTIES

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Standard gauge, ¼ mile.

Quainton Road, Bucks. Tel: 01296 655720

Cafe open Mon-Fri. Running: Suns until

Oct 30 + Oct 22, 24, 26. Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway

Standard gauge, 3½ miles.

Chinnor, Oxon. Tel: 07979 055366

Running: Suns until Oct 30 + Oct 8, 27. Cholsey & Wallingford Railway

Standard gauge, 2½ miles.

Wallingford, Oxon. Tel: 01491 835067

Running: Oct 1, 2.

Didcot Railway Centre

Standard gauge. Didcot, Oxon.

Tel: 01235 817200.

Open: W/Es.

Running: Oct 22, 23, 29, 30

Epping Ongar Railway

Standard gauge, six miles.

Ongar, Essex. Tel: 01277 365200.

Running: W/Es until Oct 30 + Oct 26-28.

Great Whipsnade Railway

2ft 6in gauge. Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable.

Tel: 0344 225 1826.

Running: TBA. Hampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway

2ft gauge. Hanworth, Middlesex.

Tel: 01932 212235.

Running: Suns + Oct 15, 29.

Leighton Railway Buzzard

2ft gauge, three miles. Leighton Buzzard,

Beds. Tel: 01525 373888

Running: Suns until Oct 30 + Oct 26, 27. London Museum of Water & Steam

2ft gauge, 400 yards. Brentford, London.

Tel: 0208 568 4757.

Open: Thurs-Suns.

MIDLANDS

Abbey Pumping Station

2ft gauge, ¼ mile. Corporation Road,

Leicester, LE4 5PX. Tel: 0116 299 5111.

Open: Daily until Oct 31.

Running: Oct 1, 18, 29.

Amerton Railway

2ft gauge, one mile.

Stowe-by-Chartley, Staffs.

Tel: 01889 271337.

Running: W/Es until Oct 30 + Oct 26.

Apedale Valley Railway

2ft gauge, ½ mile.

Apedale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.

Tel: 0845 094 1953.

Running: Oct 1, 2, 8, 9, 29, 30.

Barrow Hill Roundhouse

Standard gauge. Barrow Hill, near

Chesterfield. Tel: 01246 475554.

Open: W/Es.

Battlefield Line

Standard gauge, five miles.

Shackerstone, Leics. Tel: 01827 880754.

Running: W/Es + Oct 19, 26.

Cambrian Heritage Railways

Standard gauge, 1¾ miles (Oswestry),

¾ mile (Llynclys).

Oswestry and Llynclys, Shropshire.

Tel: 01691 728131.

Running: TBA.

Chasewater Railway

Standard gauge, two miles. Walsall, West

Midlands. Tel: 01543 452623.

Running: Suns + Oct 28, 29.

Churnet Valley Railway

Standard gauge, 5¼ miles. Cheddleton,

Staffs. Tel: 01538 360522.

Running: Weds, W/Es until Oct 23.

Crich Tramway Village

Standard gauge, one mile. Crich,

Derbyshire. Tel: 01773 854 321

Running: Sat – Thurs until Oct 30.

Dean Forest Railway

Standard gauge, 4½ miles. Norchard,

Lydney, Glos. Tel: 01594 845840.

Running: Weds, W/Es.

Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

Standard gauge, nine miles. Wirksworth,

Derbyshire. Tel: 01629 823076.

Running: W/Es + Oct 25, 27, 28.

Echills Wood Railway

7¼in gauge, 1¼ miles. Kingsbury Water

Park, Sutton Coldfield.

Running: Suns + Oct 29.

Evesham Vale Railway

15in gauge, 1¼ miles. A46 north of

Evesham, Worcs. Tel: 01386 422282.

Running: W/Es + Sch Hols.

Foxfield Railway

Standard gauge, 5½ miles.

Blythe Bridge, Staffs.

Tel: 01782 396210.

Open: Suns. Running: Suns + Oct 26.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

Standard gauge, 15 miles. Toddington,

Glos. Tel: 01242 621405.

Running: Tues-Thurs, W/Es until Oct 30.

Great Central Railway

Standard gauge, eight miles.

Loughborough, Leics LE11 1RW.

Tel: 01509 632323.

www.gcrailway.co.uk

Running: Weds, W/Es.

Midland Railway – Butterley

Standard gauge, 3½ miles. Ripley,

Derbyshire. Tel: 01773 570140.

Running: W/Es until Oct 30 + Oct 25-27. Northampton & Lamport Railway

Standard gauge, two miles. Pitsford,

Northants. Tel: 01604 820327.

Running: Oct 2, 29, 30. Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway

Standard gauge, 1½ miles. Hunsbury Hill,

Northampton. Tel: 01604 702031.

Running: Oct 9.

Nottingham Heritage Railway

Standard gauge, 10 miles. Ruddington,

Notts. Tel: 0115 940 5705.

Running: Closed UFN.

Peak Rail

Standard gauge, four miles.

Matlock, Derbyshire.

Tel: 01629 580381.

Running: W/Es until Oct 30.

Perrygrove Railway

15in gauge. B4228, Coleford,

Gloucestershire. Tel: 01594 834991.

Running: Tues, Thurs, W/Es + Sch Hols.

Rocks by Rail

Standard gauge, ¼ mile. Cottesmore,

Rutland. Tel: 07974 171068.

Open: Tues & Thurs until Oct 11. Running:

Oct 2, 16.

Leek & Rudyard Railway

10¼in gauge, 1½ miles. Leek, Staffs.

Tel: 01538 269948.

Running: W/Es + Sch Hols. Rushden Transport Museum & Railway

Standard gauge, ½ mile. Rushden,

Northants. Running: Oct Tel 15, 0300 16, 3023 29. 150.

Severn Valley Railway

Standard gauge, 16 miles. Kidderminster,

Worcs DY10 1QR. Tel: 01562 757900.

Running: W/Es + Scho Hols.

Statfold Barn Railway

2ft gauge, one mile.

Tamworth, Staffs B79 0BU.

Tel: 01827 830389.

Running: Oct 24-30.

Tanat Valley Light Railway

Standard gauge, 1½ miles. Nantmawr,

Shropshire SY10 9HW.

Tel: 01691 780042.

www.tanatvalleyrailway.co.uk

Open: TBA.

Telford Steam Railway

Standard gauge, one mile. Telford,

Shropshire.

Running: TBA. Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway

2ft gauge, ½ mile. Gloucestershire

Warwickshire Railway, Toddington.

Running: Oct 2, 9, 29, 30.

NORTH WEST

East Lancashire Railway

Standard gauge, 12 miles. Bury, Lancs.

Tel: 0333 320 2830.

Running: W/Es + Oct 14, 26-28.

Eden Valley Railway

Standard gauge, 2½ miles. Warcop,

Cumbria. Tel: 01768 342309.

Running: Suns until Oct 30.

Great Laxey Mine Railway

19in gauge, ¼ mile.

Laxey, Isle of Man.

Tel: 01624 862007/670386.

Running: Oct 22, 23, 29, 30.

Groudle Glen Railway

2ft gauge, ¾ mile.

Isle of Man. Tel: 01624 670453.

Running: Reopens Dec 10.

Heaton Park Tramway

Standard gauge, ½ mile.

Manchester. Tel: 0161 740 1919.

Running: W/Es.

Isle of Man Steam Railway

3ft gauge, 15½ miles.

Douglas, Isle of Man. Tel: 01624 662525.

Running: Thurs-Mons until Oct 30. Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway

Standard gauge, 3½ miles.

Near Ulverston, Cumbria.

Tel: 01539 531594.

Running: Daily until Oct 30. Manx Electric Railway and Snaefell Mountain Railway

3ft gauge, 17 miles (MER), 5½ miles (SMR).

Douglas, Isle of Man. Tel: 01624 697473.

Running: Tues-Suns. Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway

15in gauge, seven miles. Ravenglass,

Cumbria. Tel: 01229 717171.

Running: Daily until Oct 30.

Ribble Steam Railway

Standard gauge, 1½ miles.

Preston, Lancs. Tel: 01772 728800.

Running: Oct 1, 2, 29, 30.

South Tynedale Railway

2ft gauge, 4¾ miles. Alston, Cumbria.

Tel: 01434 338212.

Running: TBA.

Stainmore Railway

Standard gauge, ½ mile.

Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria.

Tel: 01768 371700.

Open: Suns. Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum

2ft gauge, ½ mile. Threlkeld, Cumbria.

Tel: 01768 779747.

Open: Tues-Sun.

West Lancashire Light Railway

2ft gauge. Hesketh Bank, Lancs.

Tel: 01772 815881.

Running: Suns until Oct 30.

NORTH EAST

Aln Valley Railway

Standard gauge, 1½ miles.

Alnwick, Northumberland.

Tel: 0300 030 3311.

Running: Oct 29, 30.

Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society

Standard gauge, 15 miles. British Steel

Steelworks, Scunthorpe.

Tel: 07889 297271.

Running: Oct 1, 15, 29.

Bowes Railway

Standard gauge, 1¾ miles. Springwell,

Tyne & Wear. Tel: 07850 916484.

Open: Thurs-Sats. Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway

15in gauge, two miles. Cleethorpes, North

East Lincolnshire. Tel: 01472 604657.

Running: Daily until Oct 30.

Derwent Valley Light Railway

Standard gauge, ½ mile. Murton, near

York. Tel: 01904 489966.

Open: Reopens Dec 3. Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

Standard gauge, five miles.

Embsay, North Yorks. Tel: 01756 795189.

Running: Tues, W/Es + Oct 24-27.

Heatherslaw Light Railway

15in gauge, two miles.

Ford Forge, Northumberland.

Tel: 01890 820244.

Running: Daily until Oct 31. Keighley & Worth Valley Railway

Standard gauge, five miles. Haworth, West

Yorks, BD22 8NJ. Tel: 01535 645214.

Running: Weds, W/Es, Sch Hols + Oct

13, 14. Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway

2ft gauge. Skegness, Lincs.

Tel: 07407 500884.

Running: Reopens 2023. Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

Standard gauge, 1½ miles. Ludborough,

Lincolnshire. Tel: 01507 363881.

Running: Oct 9, 30.

Middleton Railway

Standard gauge, 1½ miles.

Hunslet, Leeds.

Tel: 0845 680 1758.

Running: W/Es until Oct 30.

North Tyneside Railway

Standard gauge, two miles. North Shields.

Tel: 0191 277 7135.

Running: Suns until Oct 30. North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Standard gauge, 18 miles. Grosmont,

North Yorks. Tel: 01751 472508.

Running: Daily until Oct 30. Scarborough North Bay Railway

20in gauge, ⁷⁄₈ mile. Scarborough, North

Yorks. Tel: 01723 368791.

Running: Daily until Oct 30.

Tanfield Railway

Standard gauge, three miles. Near

Gateshead, Tyne & Wear.

Tel: 07508 092365.

Running: Oct 15, 16, 29-31.

Weardale Railway

Standard gauge, 18 miles.

Stanhope, Co. Durham.

Running: Sats until Oct 29 + Oct 26.

Wensleydale Railway

Standard gauge, 22 miles. Leeming Bar,

North Yorkshire.

Tel: 01677 425805.

Running: Weds, W/Es + Oct 18, 27. Whistlestop Valley Railway (Kirklees)

15in gauge, four miles. Huddersfield, West

Yorks.Tel: 01484 865727.

Running: W/Es & Sch Hols.

Yorkshire Wolds Railway

Standard gauge, 1,000ft. Fimber, East

Yorkshire. Tel: 01377 338053.

Open: Suns until Oct 30.

WALES

Bala Lake Railway

2ft gauge, 4½ miles. Llanuwchllyn,

Gwynedd. Tel: 01678 540666.

Running: Thurs, W/Es until Oct 30 + Sch

Hols.

Barry Tourist Railway

Standard gauge, two miles. Barry, Vale of

Glamorgan. Tel 01446 748816.

Running: Closed UFN.

Brecon Mountain Railway

1ft 11¾in gauge, five miles.

Pant, Mid-Glamorgan.

Tel: 01685 722988.

Running: Tues-Thurs, W/Es until Oct 30. Conwy Valley Railway Museum

7¼in and 15in gauge, ¾ mile. Betws-yCoed station, Conwy. Tel: 01690 710568.

Open: Daily.

Corris Railway

2ft 3in gauge, ¾ mile. Corris, near

Machynlleth. Tel: 01654 761701.

Running: Oct 22.

Fairbourne Railway

12¼in gauge, two miles. Fairbourne,

Gwynedd. Tel: 01341 250362.

Running: Tues – Thurs, W/Es, Sch Hols.

Ffestiniog Railway

2ft gauge, 13½ miles. Porthmadog,

Gwynedd. Tel: 01766 516000.

Running: Daily until Nov 3.

Gwili Railway

Standard gauge, four miles. Bronwydd

Arms, Carmarthenshire.

Tel: 01267 238213.

Running: Oct 29-30.

Llanberis Lake Railway

2ft gauge, three miles. Llanberis,

Gwynedd. Tel: 01286 870549.

Running: Suns-Thurs, Sch Hols. Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway

Standard gauge, ¼ mile. Cynheidre,

Carmarthenshire.

Tel: 07956 082305.

Running: Oct 29.

Llangollen Railway

Standard gauge, 10 miles. Llangollen,

Denbighshire. Tel: 01978 860979.

Running: Weds – Suns.

Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway

Standard gauge, 3½ miles. Blaenavon,

Torfaen. Tel: 01495 792263.

Running: Oct 1, 2.

Rhyl Miniature Railway

15in gauge. Rhyl, North Wales.

Tel: 01352 759109.

Running: Reopens Dec.

Snowdon Mountain Railway

800mm gauge, 4½ miles. Llanberis,

Gwynedd. Tel: 01286 870223.

Running: Daily until Oct 30.

Talyllyn Railway

2ft 3in gauge, 7½ miles. Tywyn, Gwynedd.

Tel: 01654 710472.

Running: Daily until Nov 6.

Teifi Valley Railway

2ft gauge, ½ mile. Henllan, Ceredigion,

SA44 5TD. Tel: 01559 371077.

Running: Reopens 2023.

Vale of Rheidol Railway

1ft 11¾in gauge, 12 miles. Aberystwyth,

Ceredigion. Tel: 01970 625819.

Running: Daily until Nov 3. Welsh Highland Heritage Railway

2ft gauge, one mile. Porthmadog,

Gwynedd. Tel: 01766 513402.

Running: Sats, Weds + Oct 2, 23-28.

Welsh Highland Railway

2ft gauge, 26 miles. Caernarfon, Gwynedd.

Tel: 01766 516000.

Running: Daily until Nov 3. Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway

2ft 6in gauge, eight miles.

Llanfair Caereinion, Powys.

Tel: 01938 810441.

Running: W/Es + Oct 14, 25-27.

SCOTLAND

Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway

Standard gauge, five miles. Bo’ness, West

Lothian. Tel: 01506 825855.

Running: Tues, W/Es + Oct 28.

Caledonian Railway

Standard gauge, four miles. Brechin,

Angus. Tel: 01356 622992.

Running: Reopens Nov 19.

Doon Valley Railway

Standard gauge.

Dunaskin, Ayrshire.

Running: Reopens 2023.

Keith & Dufftown Railway

Standard gauge, 11 miles.

Dufftown, Banffshire.

Tel: 01340 821181.

Running: Oct 1, 2, 28, 29.

Lathalmond Railway Museum

Standard gauge, ½ mile. Scottish Vintage

Bus Museum, Lathalmond, nr Dunfermline.

Tel: 07379 914801.

Open: TBA. Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway

2ft gauge, ¾ mile. Leadhills, South

Lanarkshire. Running: Suns.

Royal Deeside Railway

Standard gauge, 1¼ miles. Banchory,

Kincardineshire. Running: Suns. Tel: 01330 844416.

Strathspey Railway

Standard gauge, 10 miles. Aviemore,

Inverness-shire. Tel: 01479 810725.

Running: Thurs – Suns until Oct 30.

IRELAND

Downpatrick & County Down Railway

5ft 3in gauge. Downpatrick, Co. Down.

Tel: 028 4461 5779.

Reopens Nov 26. Railway Preservation Society of Ireland

5ft 3in gauge. Whitehead, Co. Antrim.

Tel: +44 28 9358 6200.

Open: Museum open Thurs to Sat.

FRANK DUMBLETON During the August 27/28 bank holiday weekend, GWR 4-6-0s Nos. 2999 Lady of Legend and No 4079 Pendennis Castle were in steam at Didcot Railway Centre and spent part of the afternoons double-heading.

ROBIN JONES Class 45 D123 Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry moves off shed at Loughborough in readiness for its first trip to Leicester North on September 4 during the Great Central Railway’s diesel running weekend. To the right is Class 37/3 D6700, on loan from the National Railway Museum.

MIKE HOPPS/YWR Passengers wait to board GEC 0-4-09DH No. 5576 of 1979 Sir Tatton Sykes for a cab ride at Fimber Halt on the Yorkshire Wolds Railway. Supplied new to Shotton Steelworks and previously known as Eddie, and believed to have worked on the Channel Tunnel at one stage, the shunter was renamed in 2015 in recognition of the baronet of the Sledmere Estate who has supported the railway, which will be open every Sunday until the end of October.

ROBIN JONES Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway 7F 2-8-0 No. 53809 arrives at the North Norfolk Railway’s Holt station with a service from Sheringham on August 26. The station at High Kelling, which opened in 1988, includes the reclaimed Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway station building from Stalham on the line from Melton Constable to Great Yarmouth. At the Sheringham end of the platform is a Midland Railway-style signalbox, similar to some of those used on the M&GN, which was moved from Upper Portland Sidings near Mansfield.

MHR Visitors to the Mid-Hants Railway’s October 7-9 autumn steam gala event will have the last chance to take a ride behind 1934-built SR V class Schools 4-4-0 No. 30925 Cheltenham, as its boiler certificate is soon to expire. The gala will also feature several other home-fleet steam locomotives and offer an enhanced timetable of unlimited hop-on hop-off rides between Alresford, Ropley, Medstead & Four Marks and Alton stations every day. At Ropley station, workshop and yard, behind-the-scenes tours will be held, giving insights into restoration projects, and locomotive shunter demonstrations and steam crane lifting demonstrations.