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The Amberley Museum Railway is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway based at Amberley Museum, Amberley, West Sussex. It has a varied collection of engines and rolling stock ranging from 18 in (457 mm) gauge to 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) gauge. It operates passenger trains at the museum using a mixture of steam, internal combustion and battery ...
The Bluebell Railway is an 11 mi (17.7 km) heritage line in West Sussex in England.It is managed by the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society. [1] It uses steam trains which operate between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead, with intermediate stations at Horsted Keynes and Kingscote.
Abbey Light Railway, Kirkstall, West Yorkshire – closed in 2012. Brockham Railway Museum, Dorking, Surrey – closed 1982 (Stock moved to Amberley Museum Railway, West Sussex) Bolebroke Castle Miniature Railway, East Sussex – closed 2012; Buxton Steam Centre, Derbyshire – closed in 1987, as Peak Rail moved to Darley Dale.
After a public enquiry into the line's extension plans north from Horsted Keynes, and having gained planning permission for the whole redevelopment to East Grinstead, the railway was first extended to a loop just north of the now demolished West Hoathly to allow rebuilding of New Coombe bridge. This gave access to the station site at Kingscote ...
A society was formed by volunteers to operate the collection. This was successful and the collection continued to expand. The collection's bioscope was damaged in the Great storm of 1987 along with the roof of the then tea room. [1] In the aftermath a Foden timber tractor was used to remove a number of the fallen trees. [1]
The 2 ft (610 mm) gauge line connected Euston railway station and the North West District Post Office in Eversholt Street. The 3 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,130 mm) gauge line connected Euston to Holborn London Post Office Railway ('Mail Rail') [55] 1927 2003 2 ft (610 mm) London, England
In 1992, the society's extension reached New Coombe Bridge, where a simple run-around loop was provided on the alignment of the former up line through West Hoathly, located just north of the former No.2 platform. Since then, the society – much like the 1960s railway removal contractors – have used the site to store materials for the ...
Amberley Museum is an open-air industrial heritage museum at Amberley, near Arundel in West Sussex, England.The museum is owned and operated by Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre, a not-for-profit company and registered charity, [2] and has the support of an active Friends organisation.