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The Ruislip Lido Railway is a 12 in (305 mm) gauge miniature railway around Ruislip Lido in Ruislip, 14 miles (22.5 km) north-west of central London.Running from the main station at Woody Bay by the lido's beach, on a 1.02-mile (1.64 km) track around the reservoir, the railway passes through Ruislip Woods to Willow Lawn station and tea room near the lido's car parks.
A narrow gauge railway, the Ruislip Lido Railway was opened in 1945, and now runs about two thirds of the distance around the reservoir. [ 2 ] Having fallen into a state of disrepair during the 1970s and 1980s, the lido has since undergone renewal works, and was the subject of an enhancement project unveiled by the London Borough of Hillingdon ...
Ruislip Lido is a nineteenth century reservoir with an artificial sand beach, surrounded by woodlands through which runs the Ruislip Lido Railway, a miniature 12" gauge railway with diesel and steam locomotives.
The engine was also used as the template for a smaller 12 in (305 mm) gauge Diesel, Lady of the Lakes for the Ruislip Lido Railway, that was also constructed at Ravenglass. It was named by the wife of Lord Wavell Wakefield and used on permanent way duties throughout the year and passenger work in the summer.
Emerson Zooline Railroad's Chance Rides C.P. Huntington train in Saint Louis Zoo, one of hundreds of exact copies of this ride model in locations worldwide. A ridable miniature railway (US: riding railroad or grand scale railroad) is a large scale, usually ground-level railway that hauls passengers using locomotives that are often models of full-sized railway locomotives (powered by diesel or ...
The Ruislip Lido Railway, based at Ruislip Lido (one of the dams John Rennie built), named one of its locomotives after him. The Bo-Bo type diesel 'John Rennie' was built in 2004 and is one of the main engines of the line.
This is a route-map template for the Ruislip Lido Railway, a London-area miniature railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Mad Bess, a 2-4-0 saddle tank tender locomotive built by the Ruislip Lido Railway Society between 1986 and 1998, is ready to take a train out on the 12 in (305 mm) gauge Ruislip Lido Railway in Ruislip, England, in 2008. Recently selected: Bolivian railway - Nordlandsbanen - Snowdon Mountain Railway