We’re going international! Today we’re not in the UK, but over in Belgium at the Maldegem – Eeklo heritage railway. 2025 marks 200 years of the birth of the modern railways and there are nationwide celebrations and events all throughout the year to celebrate. Some places overseas are also celebrating this event and one of […]
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Hovercraft Museum
In a rare entry for this blog, we’re turning away from trains and instead focusing on something that has a very slight link with the railways. Welcome to the ONLY hovercraft museum in the world! Located in Southsea in the South East, this is the worlds only (and by extension largest) assembled collection of Hovercraft […]
London Transport Museum Depot
Welcome to 2025 and this years first trip. Today we’re over in West London at the London Transport Museum Depot. The Depot is a working collection store with over 500,000 objects in the collection from signalling equipment and signs to trams, trolley buses and locomotives as well as everything in-between. The Depot is separate to […]
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Breamore Station
Breamore is the last surviving station on the now closed Salisbury & Dorset Junction Railway. The line was around 20 miles long and ran from Salisbury (Alderbury Junction) to West Moors near the Dorset Coast. The station was built in 1864 and the line itself opened in 1866. The line itself was single track with […]
Epping Signalling Museum
At the very far end of Epping tube station car park, you will find the Epping Signalling Museum. Unless you were passing by on the tube train or had heard about them previously, it’s highly unlikely you would find them. The museum consists of their L11 locomotive, collection of underground artifacts and the main attraction, […]
Mangapps Railway Museum
Mangapps railway museum was actually brought to my attention by a friend who just so happened to be in the area for a holiday. Prior to this, I had never heard of this place before but boy was it worth a visit. This is a privately owned working railway and museum in Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. […]
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway is quite literally a millionaires playground. The railway served no real purpose at its inception in 1924. It was the leisure pursuit of two very wealthy men who both had a shared passion for miniature railways and wanted their own to play ‘trains’ on. The first train ran along […]
Kent and East Sussex Railway
The Kent and East Sussex Railway was the first light passenger railway in Britain in the early 20th century and is celebrating its 50th anniversary of re-opening this year. The line runs for 10.5 miles in the gorgeous Rother Valley which is designated an area of outstanding natural beauty. Typically, normal national railways run over […]