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Closed Railways

Within the society we have a list of approximately 200 closed miniature railways, we intend to list four railways every thirty one days, this will give you our members time to read through and if necessary add to or correct the information, if you find a mistake in the details or you can give us information to add to a railway, please email the chairman quoting the line identity number and the information you wish to give us.

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Once we are satisfied that the information is as correct as we can, it will go into a data base for all of the membership to see and take reference from.

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Lines added on 01 March 2014. are numbers 324, 325, 326 and 327
The above will changed for different lines on 01 April 2014

TRACK DATA

LINE TYPE	GAUGE	IDENTITY NUMBER
CLOSED PUBLIC LINE	10 ¼”	NO 324

NAME: ABINGTON PARK RAILWAY

ADDRESS: ABINGTON PARK NORTHAMPTON

PUBLICATION REF:[V] BP RECORDS

[P]THE LITTLE GIANT STORY @PGE 16

DESCRIPTION:ATTRACTION BESIDE PARKSEE NOTES

[V] THIS RAILWAY WAS PURCHASED LOCO, ROLLING STOCK ANDTRACK FROM THE CLOSED BRICKETS WOOD RAILWAY AT ST ALBANS [494]

LAYOUT DESIGN:[V] IT WAS A SIMPLE STRAIGHT LINE RUN PULL PUSH

[P PGE 15] LINE INCORPERATED A 5 BAY VIADUCT OF APROX 4-5 FT HIEGHT AND A SERIES OF SMALL BRIDGES

LOCOMOTIVES:[P] 044 TANK LOCO “NIPPER” DESIGNED BY H GREENLY BUILT BY GEORGE FLOOK AND FRED SMITHIES FROM BRICKET WOOD LINE

ROLLING STOCK:[P] 1X SOLID SIDED OPEN 4W 2 SEAT COACH WITH A THIRD SEAT FOR THE DRIVER, PLUS 5X 4W OPEN 2 SEAT TOASTRACK COACHES WITH GARDEN TYPE IRON SEATS.

OPEN: [V] VERY EARLY LINE OPENED ON EASTER SATURDAY APRIL 1905

CLOSED: [V] 1907 ON CLOSURE THE LINE MOVED AGAIN THIS TIME TO SUTTON PARK SUTTON COLDFIELD WHERE IT RAN FOR A YEAR TILL REGAUGED TO 15”

NOTES: NORTHAMPTON BOUROGH COUNCIL WAS APPROACHED FOR PERMISSION TO LAY A LINE WITHIN THE PUBLIC PARK HOWEVER THE COUNCIL DISSMISSED THE THING AS” A FRIVOLOUS ENTERPRISE”!THE LINE WAS THEREFORE BUILT OUTSIDE THE PARK, THE FIRST LINE BUILT BY MINIATURE RAILWAYS [GREAT BRITAIN] LTD A COMPANY SET UP BY GREENLY AND BY W J BASSET LOWKE WHO DROVE THE FIRST TRAIN.

THE MODEL ENGINEER MAGAZINE CLAIMED THAT ON THAT FIRST EASTER MONDAY TRAINS RAN AT 3 MIN INTERVALS FOR TEN HOURS ALL FULL!

TRACK DATA

LINE TYPE	GAUGE	IDENTITY NUMBER
CLOSED PRIVATE LINE	9 ½”	NO 325

NAME: A PRIVATE LINE OWNED BY A MR AGNEW

ADDRESS: BANGOR COUNTY DOWN NORTHERN IRELAND

PUBLICATION REF:[A] SOCIETY SOURCE

DESCRIPTION: : NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME

LAYOUT DESIGN: – A SHORT CIRCUIT IN A REAR GARDEN

LOCOMOTIVES: : NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME

ROLLING STOCK: : NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME

OPEN: : NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME

CLOSED: : NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME

TRACK DATA

LINE TYPE	GAUGE	IDENTITY NUMBER
CLOSED PUBLIC LINE	10 ¼”	NO 326

NAME: ALEXANDER PARK MINIATURE RAILWAY

ADDRESS ALEXANDER PARK HASTINGS EAST SUSSEX

PUBLICATION REF:

[F] A SURVEY OF SEASIDE MINIATURE RAILWAYS 1992 PAGE 54

[G] IAN ALLAN ABC OF MINIATURE RLS 1998

[V] BP RECORDS

UPDATED 1 04 2013DESCRIPTION:[F]ATTRACTION IN A PARK ORIGINALY BUILT BY THE IAN ALAN GROUPLAYOUT DESIGN: BELIVED TO BE A CIRCUIT OF THE BOATING LAKELOCOMOTIVES:

[F] METIOR IV 242 BUILT BY SHEPPERTON IN THE 1960`S ROLLING STOCK: PROB BOGIE OPENS AND RUMOURED TO BE 3OPEN:

[V] OPEN 1970

CLOSED:

[G] GIVES GONE BY 1980

[V] GIVES 1998

[V] MUCH OF THE STOCK TO RUDYARD [42] ON CLOSURENOTES :NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE LATER LINE IN 7 ¼” OWNED AND RUN BY THE EAST SUSSEX MODEL ENGINEER GROUP

TRACK DATA

LINE TYPE	GAUGE	IDENTITY NUMBER
CLOSED PUBLIC LINE	10 ¼”	NO 327

NAME: AYR MINIATURE RAILWAY

ADDRESS: THE PROMANADE, AYRE, SOUTH AYRESHIRE

PUBLICATION REF:

[A] SOCIETY INFORMATION

[F] SURVEY OF SEASIDE MINIATURE RAILWAYS 1992 PAGE 129

[G] IAN ALLEN ABC OF MINIATURE RAILWAYS 1998 PAGE 77

[P]HISTORY OF SEVERN LAMB LOCOMOTIVES BY NGRS

SEE LINE [48]DESCRIPTION:

SEASIDE ATTRACTION

[F]RAN FOR 40 YEARSLAYOUT DESIGN: [F] SIMPLE CIRCUIT ROUND A CHILDRENS PLAY AREA

NO DETAILS OF STOCK STORAGELOCOMOTIVES:

A 462 CORONATION CLASS RAN HERE IN 1946 BUILT BY DOVE BEFORE ITS MOVE TO SKEGNESS SEE NOTES AND[415/6]

[G] [F][P] “AYR PRINCESS” WESTERN CLASS 6W-6WPH SEVERN LAMB WORKS NO SL1968 REBUILT 1976AND AGAIN 1991 BY SEVERN LAMB

AFTER CLOSURE STORED TILL SOLD TO CRAIGLEMAINS FARM [48]IN 2007THEN STORED TILL OPENING IN 2012 ROLLING STOCK:OPEN:[G] GIVES OPENING DATE AS 1968?

IN VIEW OF [F] COMMENT ABOUT RUNNING 40 YEARS AND GIVING DETAILS OF A LOCO RUNNING THERE IN 1946 THIS COULD BE INACURATE!

SUSPECT SOMETIME ABOUT 1945/46/AT LATEST 47 BUT SO FAR NO HARD EVIDENCE

CLOSED:19 98

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