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  2. Stapleford Miniature Railway - Wikipedia

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    Stapleford Miniature Railway is an historic steam locomotive-hauled 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (260 mm) gauge railway at Stapleford Park, Stapleford near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England. [ 1 ] Considered one of the finest examples of its type, [ citation needed ] the railway is now private but still attracts thousands of visitors from the UK and ...

  3. Battlefield Line Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Battlefield Line Railway is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England. It runs from Shackerstone to Shenton, via Market Bosworth, which is a total of 5 miles (8.0 km). Shenton is near Bosworth Field; this is the location of the final battle of the Wars of the Roses, immortalised in Shakespeare's Richard III, giving the railway its name.

  4. Cadeby Light Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Cadeby Light Railway was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railway in the garden of the rectory in Cadeby, Leicestershire. In the early 1960s the Reverend Teddy Boston became rector of All Saints' Church, Cadeby. Boston was a lifelong railway enthusiast and wanted to build a miniature railway in his new garden, but the cost proved prohibitive ...

  5. Great Central Railway (heritage railway) - Wikipedia

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    The Great Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England, named after the company that originally built this stretch of railway. It runs for 8.25 miles (13.28 km) [ citation needed ] between the town of Loughborough and a new terminus in the north of Leicester .

  6. Mainline steam trains in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Duchy train, hauled by Tangmere, along the Dawlish sea wall in 2015. Although steam locomotives were withdrawn from normal railway service in Great Britain in 1968, due to sustained public interest including a locomotive preservation movement, steam hauled passenger trains can still be seen on the mainline railway (i.e. Network Rail owned tracks as opposed to heritage railways) in ...

  7. Best family friendly hotels in the Lake District for water ...

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    Gentler, but equally diverting activities, include lake cruises, steam train rides and quirky attractions such as Keswick’s Pencil Museum and the World of Beatrix Potter. Then all you need is a ...

  8. Great Central Railway (Nottingham) - Wikipedia

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    The railway is currently not connected to Great Central Railway (at Loughborough Central in Leicestershire), although there are plans well underway and work has started to reunite the two preserved lines by bridging the Loughborough Gap. This is a major engineering project that is expected to be completed between 2024 and 2028.

  9. List of British heritage and private railways - Wikipedia

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    Snibston Railway, Coalville, Leicestershire – closed on 31 July 2015 (as with the Discovery Museum, itself) Southport Pier Tramway , Southport, Merseyside - closed 2015 Southport Railway Museum , Southport, Lancashire – closed in 1999 (Society moved to Preston Docks as the Ribble Steam Railway ).

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