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The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is a heritage railway on the Isle of Wight. The railway passes through 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (9 km) of countryside from Smallbrook Junction [1] to Wootton station, [2] passing through the small village of Havenstreet, where the line has a station, headquarters and a depot. At Smallbrook Junction, the steam railway ...
In 1980, it was brought for a price of £2 by a private owner and was given to the Isle of Wight Council who cosmetically restored it. It went to the Cothy Bottom Heritage Centre, Newport Quay and the Isle of Wight Bus Museum before being put away out of the public view. In 2018, ownership was transferred to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway (IOWSR).
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is located in Havenstreet, running trains throughout the summer and Christmas seasons between Wootton and Smallbrook. The Train Story museum provides tourists with a history of the Island's railways. [2]
It was based at Fratton before moving on to Exeter. It passed into Southern Railway ownership in 1923. The locomotive was transferred to the Isle of Wight on 26 April 1925 as the island's locomotive stock needed major modernisation, it was re-numbered W24 and given the name Calbourne, after a village on the island. The locomotive was fitted ...
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway have a long-term aspiration to return trains to Newport, but responded to the proposal by stating that " this has significant financial and technical challenges" and that while they have no current plans to extend Westward, they are open to discussing how to overcome the challenges.
"Smallbrook Junction" is the historic name, long predating the station. Between 1875 and 1926 there were two separate lines here, independently run by the Isle of Wight Central Railway and the Isle of Wight Railway. In 1926, following the island's rail network passing to the Southern Railway, a signal box and points were
The Island Line is a railway line on the Isle of Wight which runs along the island's east coast and links Ryde Pier Head with Shanklin.Trains connect at Ryde Pier Head with passenger ferries to Portsmouth Harbour, and these ferries in turn connect with the rest of the National Rail network via the Portsmouth Direct Line.
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway announced in November 2007 that they had placed an order with Israel Newton for a new boiler for W11, the cost of which is believed to be in the region of £70,000. The new boiler arrived in 2010 and after steady progress W11 returned to steam in 2014.