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The Avon Valley Railway is a two mile long heritage railway between Oldland Common and Bitton in South Gloucestershire, England. The railway is run by a local group, the Avon Valley Railway Company Ltd, based in Bitton station. The railway shares its route with the Sustrans cycleway and footpath, the Bristol & Bath Railway Path. For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...
The dominant rail gauge in each country shown Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. ...
As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ...
Bitton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. ...
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Oldland Common is a small village situated in South Gloucestershire, England, on the outskirts of Bristol (grid reference ST67414,71732). ...
Bitton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. ...
South Gloucestershire is a local government area in South West England. ...
For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...
Sustrans is a British engineering charity which promotes sustainable transport. ...
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The Bristol & Bath Railway Path, looking towards Bristol from the former Mangotsfield railway station The Bristol & Bath Railway Path is a 13-mile off road cycleway that forms part of National Cycle Network National Cycle Route 4. ...
History The railway is part of the otherwise dismantled Midland Railway Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line, which was closed during the Beeching Axe of the 1960s due to the Great Western Railway being just a few miles to the south, and also connecting Bristol and Bath. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Warmley was a small railway station just south of Mangotsfield on the Midland Railway Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line. ...
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Oldland Common is a railway station on the Avon Valley Railway. ...
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Bitton railway station is the main station of the Avon Valley Railway. ...
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The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge The River Avon is a river in the south west of England. ...
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Avon Riverside is the newest station of the Avon Valley Railway. ...
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Kelston was a small railway station about four miles west of Bath on the Midland Railway Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line. ...
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Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe is an informal name for the British Governments attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running the British railway system. ...
The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969. ...
The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ...
This article is about the English city. ...
, Bath is a small city in Somerset, England most famous for its historic baths fed by three hot springs. ...
Bitton station was acquired by the Avon Valley Railway Company in 1972. Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Until 2004 the railway's eastern terminus was the station at Bitton, but an extension of 1.25 miles to a new station at Avon Riverside was opened during that year. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Building of a new buffet and toilets facility at Bitton station begun in 2007 to replace the current buffet and toilets and to increase space for the railway's gift shop.[1]
Stations
Bitton railway station and yards from a level crossing with the Bristol & Bath Railway Path
Viaduct between Bitton station and Avon River bridge Bitton railway station on the Avon Valley Railway. ...
Bitton railway station on the Avon Valley Railway. ...
Oldland Common is a railway station on the Avon Valley Railway. ...
Bitton railway station is the main station of the Avon Valley Railway. ...
Avon Riverside is the newest station of the Avon Valley Railway. ...
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Locomotive Fleet Steam - Steam Locomotives undergoing overhaul/restoration
- SR Battle of Britain class 4-6-2 No 34058 "Sir Frederick Pile". Currently undergoing major restoration from Barry Scrapyard condition.
- Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST No 2018 "Littleton No.5". Under restoration.
- RSH 0-6-0T No 1 "Meteor". Undergoing restoration.
- Avonside 0-6-0ST No 1798 "Edwin Hulse". Currently undergoing restoration, being worked on in the engine shed.
- Stored Steam Locomotives
- LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 44123. Awaiting restoration.
Chrzanów is a town in south Poland with 42,100 inhabitants (1995). ...
A typical Hudswell Clarke Diesel Locomotive from the 1950s Hudswell Clarke was an engineering and locomotive building company in Leeds, founded in 1860. ...
Preserved RSH Works No. ...
A London and South Western Railway weight restriction sign on a bridge across the Tarka Trail (formerly the Barnstaple to Great Torrington railway) at Instow, North Devon. ...
The SR West Country and Battle of Britain Classes, also known as Bulleid Light Pacifics or Spam Cans, are classes of air-smoothed 4-6-2 steam locomotive designed for the Southern Railway by Oliver Bulleid. ...
General Sir Frederick Alfred Pile, 2nd Baronet (14 September 1884 - 14 November 1976) was born in Dublin, the second of four children and the eldest of three sons of Sir Thomas Devereux Pile, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1900, and his wife, Caroline Maude, daughter of John Martin...
Manning Wardle was a steam locomotive manufacturer based in Leeds, England. ...
Preserved RSH Works No. ...
The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Bristol, England. ...
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ...
44252 at Coalville MPD, June 1955. ...
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Special Events
Toby the Tram at Bitton Station.
Thomas the Tank Engine at Avon Riverside. The railway regularly hosts special events. These include [2] Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
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A Santa Special is a special Christmas rail service, common on heritage steam railways, where children are given the opportunity to meet Santa Claus Common features of Santa Special services are [1] Meeting Santa (This commonly, but not always, takes place on the train) Each child receiving a gift from...
Thomas the Tank Engine on the Avon Valley Railway Thomas on the Watercress Line Alresford Day Out With Thomas is a trade name, licenced by HIT Entertainment, for tourist events that take place on heritage steam railways and feature one or more trains decorated to look like characters from the...
Avon Riverside is the newest station of the Avon Valley Railway. ...
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is an independent, voluntary, consumer organisation in the United Kingdom whose main aim is promoting real ale and the traditional British pub. ...
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List of railway museums in the United Kingdom is a list of railway museums in the United Kingdom. ...
This list of British heritage and private railways is intended as a list of railways (railroads) in Britain. ...
Kerr Stuart Tatoo locomotive with passenger train. ...
The Appleby Frodingham Railway preservation society based at Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. ...
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The Bideford & Instow Railway Group in Devon are âcommitted to the reopening of the Barnstaple to Bideford branch of the old London and South Western Railway. ...
1638 U class at Sheffield Park station The Bluebell Railway is a heritage line running for nine miles along the border between East Sussex and West Sussex, England. ...
GWR 0-6-0PT 5700 Class, no. ...
The Bowes Railway built by Robert Stephenson is the worlds only preserved rope-hauled railway system in the world, according the note below. ...
The Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway is located near Sittingbourne in Kent. ...
, The Bristol Industrial Museum (grid reference ST585722) is a museum in Bristol, England. ...
The *Bure Valley Railway is a Heritage railway in Norfolk, within The Broads National Park. ...
The Cambrian Railway Society (not to be confused with the nearby Cambrian Railway Trust) is located in Oswestry, Shropshire, England, and plans to restore the branch line from Blodwel to Nantmawr as a heritage railway. ...
The Cambrian Railways Trust (not to be confused with the nearby Cambrian Railway Society) is a heritage railway based at Llynclys near Oswestry, Shropshire. ...
Chasewater Railway is a former colliery railway running round the shores of Chasewater in Staffordshire, England. ...
The Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway is located to the east of Oxford, England. ...
The current Wallingford end of the line, with locomotive 701 The Cholsey end of the line, with main line platforms to left and the Wallingford platform to right The Cholsey & Wallingford Railway is a standard gauge preserved railway in the English county of Oxfordshire. ...
Winston Churchill at the popular 1940s weekend Steam in the Churnet valley The Churnet Valley Railway is a 5 and 1/4 mile long standard gauge heritage railway based at Cheddleton station to the East of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. ...
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a 15 (0. ...
Description The Colne Valley Railway is a heritage railway based at Castle Hedingham station, near Halstead in Essex, United Kingdom. ...
The Dartmoor Railway is a heritage railway based at Okehampton in Devon. ...
The Dean Forest Railway is a 4. ...
The Derwent Valley Light Railway is a heritage railway link based at Murton to the east of the city of York. ...
// Description The East Kent Railway (EKR) is a microscopic heritage railway in Kent, England. ...
LMS Class 3F Jinty 0-6-0T No. ...
Locomotive 30075 pulls into Cranmore station The East Somerset Railway operates a 2. ...
Stations Wirksworth Idridgehay (proposed) Shottle (proposed) Duffield (proposed) - Transfer to main line services. ...
The Eden Valley Railway is located near Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria. ...
The Elsecar Steam Railway is located on the old Great Central Railway freight-only branch from a junction near Mexborough in Barnsley, Yorkshire, built to serve collieries and ironworks. ...
The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (E&BASR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England. ...
The Epping Ongar Railway operates on a preserved railway along the final section of the old Great Eastern Railway and London Underground Central Line branch line between Epping and Ongar, with an intermediate station at North Weald. ...
This is unrelated to the Foxfield railway station in Cumbria. ...
GWR 2-8-0T 4200 Class no. ...
The GCR has the longest section of double track of all heritage railways in the country The Great Central Railway (GCR) is a heritage railway in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire split in two sections. ...
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First Track Panel Laid at Trevarno 07/05/2007 Helston Railway. ...
Hythe Pier from the Hythe shore The pier with the pier train The landward station, with depot and spare locomotive More detail on the spare locomotive The pier head station Contrasting forms of the two ferries Hythe Pier, the Hythe Pier Railway and the Hythe Ferry together provide a transport...
Vintage carriage and O2 Class 0-4-4T no. ...
Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T 41241 at Haworth station The Platform, Oxenhope Railway Station, terminus of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (photo by Nigel Homer, 2006) Damems Junction signal box The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a five-mile (eight-km) long heritage railway line in West Yorkshire...
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Kirklees light railway is a Narrow gauge railway in Kirklees, consisting of 8 miles (13 km) of 15 inch (381 mm) gauge line running along an old branch line which used to connect Clayton West and Skelmanthorpe with the main Sheffield-Huddersfield line. ...
Fairburn tank 42085 at Lakeside station. ...
The Lappa Valley Steam Railway is of 15 (375mm) gauge. ...
The Launceston Steam Railway in Cornwall operates for 2 miles, on a 2ft (600mm) gauge. ...
The Lavender Line is a heritage railway based at Isfield station, near Uckfield in East Sussex. ...
Closed|| 1969 The Leighton Buzzard Light Railway (LBLR) is a narrow-gauge light railway in the town of Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, England. ...
The Lincolnshire Wolds Railway is a heritage railway based at Ludborough station, near Grimsby in Lincolnshire. ...
The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (L&B) opened as an independent railway in May 1898. ...
Rebuilt SR West Country Class 34016 Bodmin at Alton station. ...
Class 101 DMU at Dereham. ...
The Middy in summer. ...
The Middleton Steam Railway is the worlds oldest working railway. ...
Midland Railway 156 Class 158A in the museum amongst other exhibits. ...
Wansford station viewed from the road A view of the station at Peterborough Swedish B Class No. ...
The North Gloucestershire Railway (NGR) is a narrow gauge railway running alongside the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway at Toddington. ...
The North Norfolk Railway -- also known as the Poppy Line -- is a heritage railway in Norfolk, England, running between the coastal town of Sheringham and Holt which is further inland. ...
The North Tyneside Steam Railway Association operates this 2-mile standard gauge preserved railway between the Stephenson Railway Museum and near to Percy Main metro station in North Shields. ...
A diesel train on the NYMR The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England. ...
The Northampton & Lamport Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Northamptonshire, England. ...
The Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust operates a 1½ mile long heritage railway line at Hunsbury Hill, SW of Northampton. ...
The Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre is a museum of local transport history based at Ruddington in Nottinghamshire. ...
A steam train leaving Kingswear railway station The Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway operates from Paignton to Kingswear along the former Dartmouth and Torbay Railway line, in Devon, England. ...
Peak Rail emblem Peak Rail is a preserved railway operating timetabled steam services for tourists and visitors to the Peak District and the Derbyshire Dales. ...
The Perrygrove Railway is a Minimum Gauge Railway running on 15 inch gauge track. ...
The Plym Valley Railway is part of the closed Yelverton - Launceston branch line of the Great Western Railway in Cornwall. ...
The terminus of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway at Dalegarth Station near Boot. ...
The Ribble Steam Railway, located on Preston Docks, is a recently formed project, which opened to the public in September 2005. ...
Two 15in trains Preparing train in Hythe The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 15 inch (380 mm) gauge heritage railway in Kent, England. ...
Excalibur at Rudyard Lake Steam Railway The Rudyard Lake Steam Railway is a superb minimum gauge railway and the third railway of any gauge to run along the side of Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire. ...
The Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway is a heritage railway operated by the Rushden Historical Transport Society in the United Kingdom. ...
Seaton Tramway The Seaton Tramway is a 838 mm (2 ft 9 in) narrow gauge tram line which operates over a former axed British Rail (BR) branch line in Seaton, Devon. ...
LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 no. ...
The Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway operates a 2ft (610mm) gauge railway line from Sittingbourne to the banks of the The Swale. ...
Not to be confused with South Devon Railway Company. ...
Polish locomotive. ...
Jinty 47493. ...
Stainmore Railway Company is a volunteer run non-profit company aiming to restore Kirkby Stephen East railway station in Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England. ...
The Steeple Grange Light Railway is a narrow gauge railway near Wirksworth in Derbyshire. ...
Swanage station is decorated with railway memorabilia. ...
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...
Austerity type saddle tank with train Industrial tank engines on shed. ...
Map sources for Telford Steam Railway at grid reference SJ676075 The Telford Steam Railway is a small heritage railway located at Horsehay, Telford in Shropshire. ...
Half-way station VER Carriages Detail of the tracks in front of the carriage shed showing the electrified third rail. ...
Eastgate and Lafarge cement works (closed) Stanhope Frosterley Wolsingham Bishop Auckland The Weardale Railway is a single track branch line which originally extended from Bishop Auckland to Wearhead in County Durham, a distance of about 40km. ...
The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a 10. ...
A ticket issued by the Wensleydale Railway in 2003. ...
The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a heritage railway that runs along the edge of the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England, between Bishops Lydeard and Watchet. ...
The Wisbech and March Bramleyline is an embryonic heritage railway that aims to reinstate services over the disused March to Wisbech line. ...
Yaxham Light Railway is a narrow gauge light railway situated adjacent to Yaxham railway station on the Mid-Norfolk Railway. ...
Centres and Museums: Barrow Hill Engine Shed • Birmingham Museum • Bressingham Steam Museum • Buckinghamshire Centre • Coventry Centre • Darlington Centre and Museum • Didcot Centre • East Anglian Railway Museum • Kew Bridge Steam Museum • Mangapps Museum • Moseley Trust • National Museum, York • Rutland Museum • Shildon Museum • Stephenson Museum • Swindon Steam Museum • The Railway Age, Crewe • Walthamstow Pump House The Barrow Hill Engine Shed is a former Midland Railway roundhouse in Derbyshire. ...
The Birmingham Railway Museum Trust in Birmingham, England operates two subsidiaries: Tyseley Locomotive Works and Vintage Trains. ...
70013, Oliver Cromwell, at Bressingham, May 2004 Bressingham Steam & Gardens is a steam museum and garden centre located at Bressingham, west of Diss in Norfolk, England. ...
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a railway museum operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd. ...
Coventry Railway Centre is located south of the city, near the airport. ...
Darlington Railway Centre and Museum is located on the 1825 route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway which was the worlds first steam powered passenger railway. ...
General view, including engine sheds, of part of the site on a cold January day The Didcot Railway Centre, located in the Oxfordshire town of Didcot, is a comprehensive exhibition of Great Western Railway rolling stock. ...
The museum and station The East Anglian Railway Museum is located at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex, which is situated on the former Great Eastern Railway branch line from Marks Tey to Sudbury. ...
Kew Bridge Steam Museum houses a museum of water delivery and a collection of steam engines including the worlds largest running steam engine. ...
The Mangapps Railway Museum (previously Mangapps Farm Railway Museum) is a heritage railway located near Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. ...
The Moseley Railway Trust is a major British collection of industrial narrow gauge locomotives and other equipment. ...
Locomotives arranged around the turntable in the Great Hall. ...
Steam Hauled passenger train Demonstration of a Goods Train The Rutland Railway Museum occupies an area of nearly 7 acres (28,000 m²) on part of the former Midland Railway mineral branch line in Rutland. ...
Outside the main building at Locomotion, Shildon, County Durham The Locomotion Museum is part of the National Museum of Science and History (NMSI). ...
The Stephenson Railway Museum [SRM] was opened in 1986 to house the railway collections of Tyne & Wear Museums. ...
Steam railway trains are hard to make and and put together some times you can get burnt and hurt that why some works make arms and legs for the people ...
The Railway Age is a Railway Museum in Crewe, England. ...
The Pump House Steam and Transport Museum is a museum in Walthamstow focusing on the pioneering achievements in road, rail, air and sea transport in the River Lea valley from the early 1800s. ...
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