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Deltic Preservation Society Ltd
The Deltic Preservation Society Ltd is the largest diesel locomotive preservation society in the United Kingdom, and owns three of the six surviving Deltics. A total of 22 Deltics were built for British Rail in 1961/62, for use on the East Coast Main Line out of Kings Cross. By the late 1970s, they were being replaced by new Inter-City 125 trains, and were gradually phased out, the last examples being taken out of service at the beginning of 1982.
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Devon Railway Centre
Devon - Devon Railway Centre is primarily the work of Matthew Giquel with help from a small, but dedicated, group of volunteers. The site was taken over from Devon County Council in February 1997 after 34 years of dereliction and decay.
Our operating two-foot gauge railway provides a journey of approximately half a mile. The line is set out like an industrial railway complete with steep gradients and sharp curves, some down to forty feet in radius.
Info: URL: http://www.devonrailwaycentre.co.uk/ (Added: 3-Feb-2001)
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East Somerset Railway
East Somerset, England - Take a trip back in time along the delightful Strawberry Line through the Mendip Hills. The 2 1/2 mile line has one of the steepest gradients of a preserved line with a gradient of 1 in 56 which makes the steam engines work hard. We have a locoshed, museum, art gallery, shop, restaurant, and play area. Events include Thomas the Tank engine, Wine & Dine trains, Murder Mystery evenings, Steam & Diesel gala's.
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Eden Valley Railway
The Eden Valley Railway Society was formed in 1995 with the aim of reopening the remaining 6 mile Appleby - Flitholme section, (phase one). 2002 saw the fortieth anniversary of the last passenger train over the Eden Valley and Stainmore routes and the one hundred and fortieth anniversary of the first. In order to achieve our aims the society formed the Eden Valley Railway Trust, a registered charity and the Eden Valley Railway Company, at the Society’s request a group of members and friends formed Stainmore Properties Ltd., in order to acquire and secure the former Kirkby Stephen East station site in readiness for our eastern extension (phase two). The Society was incorporated into the Trust on 1st April 2000. Passenger trains started running from Warcop toward Appleby in 2006.
Info: URL: http://www.ckp-railways.co.uk (Added: 9-Jan-2002)
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Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
Now you can travel on a train pulled by a steam locomotive from the historic station at Embsay, built in 1888, or Bolton Abbey Station. The culmination of a dream stretching back almost thirty years, the newly completed track extension and the opening of the award winning Bolton Abbey station offers a whole new experience for the visitor.
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Fairbourne & Barmouth Steam Railway
Gwynedd, Wales - The Fairbourne & Barmouth Railway extends two and a half miles between Fairbourne Village and Penrhyn Point where it connects with a ferry which takes passengers across the Afon Mawddach to Barmouth. Four Steam Engines operate passenger services along the 12 ¼ inch Gauge track. Along the track at Golf Halt is the station with the longest name in the World as entered in the Guinness Book of Records. GORSAFAWDDACHAIDRAIGODANHEDDOGLEDDOLLONPENRHYNAREURDRAETHCEREDIGION
(The Mawddach Station with its dragon's teeth on the northerly Penrhyn drive on the golden beach of Cardigan Bay).
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Golden Valley Light Railway
Ripley, Derbyshire, England - The Golden Valley Light Railway is a 610 mm (24ins) narrow gauge railway and normally operates on selected mid-week dates; all weekends and Bank Holidays throughout the season from April to October.
The running line is almost a mile in length and operates as one of a number of attractions at the Midland Railway - Butterley, Nr Ripley, Derbyshire.
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Great Central Railway
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England - Britain's Only Main Line Steam Railway. Main Line Steam trains - every weekend throughout the year. Re-creating the experience of famous expresses of the steam age. Passenger trains also on weekdays, June to September. See one of our classic demonstration freight or parcel trains. Relax in the comfort of our classic corridor trains - steam heated in Winter. Just like British Railways in the great years of steam.
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Great Little Trains of Wales
Ed Pick
The Great Little Trains of Wales are a very special way of seeing some of the best scenery in the British Isles. All are narrow gauge steam railways and some have a history spanning well over 100 years. All of them have in common the charm of old-time steam trains with plenty of polished paintwork and brass.
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Gwili Railway
Carmarthen, Dyfed, Wales - The Gwili Railway is a living reminder of a Great Western Railway branch line set in
the breathtaking Carmarthenshire hills. The trip down memory lane starts at Bronwydd Arms
Station, and the steam train follows the route, originally taken by the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth
line. A sharp climb out of Bronwydd village takes you through the wooded hills and open fields,
hugging the river all the while.
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Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society
Founded some forty years ago with the aim of establishing a public narrow gauge railway in Hampshire, the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society has evolved into an equipment operating group. With bases for its operations at the Bursledon Brickworks Museum in Hampshire and the Kew Bridge Steam Museum in West London it conserves and operates narrow gauge equipment dating back to the end of the nineteenth century.
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Isle of Mull Railway. Scotland
This is Scotland's original and only island passenger railway. The railway is 1¼ miles (2 km) long and operates steam and diesel hauled trains to Torosay, where you can visit Scottish Baronial Torosay Castle and 12 acres (4.8 hectares) of prize-winning gardens and woodland walks. The train journey is one of great beauty and the 260 mm gauge trains potter slowly alongside the Sound of Mull with extensive views of Ben Nevis, the Glencoe hills, the island of Lismore and the mass of Ben Cruachan, and the journey is completed at Torosay station.
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Kerr's Miniature Railway
Arbroath, Scotland - Scotland's oldest miniature railway ran it's first train at Arbroath in 1935. Since then, nearly two million people have enjoyed a ride along the 10.25" gauge, quarter mile long track on the seafront. Indeed many of the parents and grandparents bringing their children along for their first ride on the wee railway, reminisce of the day their parents had brought them along as toddlers.
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Kew Bridge Steam Museum
"A steam engine you can walk through while it's working, in a building like a cathedral. That's just ONE of our engines!" he Museum is housed in a magnificent 19th Century Pumping Station and centres around the station's five world famous Cornish Beam Engines, two of which can be seen, in steam, every weekend. Many Victorian waterworks had their own railway. At Kew Bridge this is demonstrated by a short line featuring the Steam locomotives "Cloister" and "Wendy", which are operated by the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society.
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