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Midlands Railway at Butterley - Santa Special

We had visited Midlands Railway Centre at Butterley once before. This wasn't our first choice for the Santa special, but that was due to the distance from home rather than having anything against the railway as we had certainly had ...

Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in the Lake District

We started our journey on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway from Dalegarth Station near Boot. The first challenge is in getting to the station which is towards the west of the Lake District. Coming from Keswick the route is quite ...

Avoncroft Museum and miniature railway

Avoncroft museum is an understated museum in Worcestershire. I had seen the tourist signs for the museum whilst driving past and we visited over the summer bank holiday weekend.The Avoncroft Museum is about 19 acres in size with over 27 ...

Midland Railway Centre - Butterley

We went to the Midland Railway Butterley during a special event weekend with a car rally, narrow gauge railway, garden railway and modellers event. We hadn't planned to visit on a special weekend, but looking at the timetable there are ...

National Railway Museum in York

That National Railway Museum is in York, next to the York train station. Admission to the museum is free, but there are additional costs for car parking (£9), for the simulator, rides on the miniature railway and for entrance into ...

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