Category: Heritage Railways

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

It’s my final day up North and this last trip is something quite different. It’s a photography special on the Weardale Railway. The train travels the length of the line but stops off at 6 different points on the day that you normally wouldn’t be able to get access to. At these stops you can […]

It’s another day in sometimes sunny, sometimes overcast North Yorkshire and today we’re on the Wensleydale Railway. My visit took place on a Saturday however the morning services I caught were absolutely dead as you will see. Things did however pick up around lunch time as the incredibly popular Wensleydale Fryer was running (a service […]

My visit back up to the North coincided with a couple of special railway events, one of those being a shed tour at Grosmont station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. These tours don’t come around that often and tend to allow you access to areas of the railway which are out of bounds to […]

It’s day 2 of my trip up North and we’re at the Stephenson Steam Railway. This 2 mile industrial railway used to serve factories and businesses in the area when coal was king but now offers visitors a chance to step back to the past and learn about the pioneers of the railways; George and […]

The Yorkshire Wolds Railway is East Yorkshire’s newest and only ‘heritage railway’. Located along a section of the now scrapped Malton and Driffield Junction Railway, the YWR was only born in 2012 and started with what was effectively an empty field. 12 years later, there is about a 1/4 mile of double track laid, stock […]

Whatever the time of year, there is never a bad time to visit the Yorkshire Moors. Rolling countryside spans for miles and there is no better way to fully enjoy and appreciate this than a train ride. We’re on the North Yorkshire Railway today, riding the full length of the line. The railway opened in […]

Scarborough North Bay Railway is a miniature railway which has been in operation since 1931 and it’s sole purpose has only ever been as a tourist attraction to those visiting the North Bay area. Having survived through WW2 and the worst miniature railway accident in the country only a year after it’s opening in 1932, […]