achtung spitfeuer!

FACEBOOK - NEW S&D

Come along to our Heritage weekend event and see a full-

size replica Spitfire at the station! (Cockpit visits are 

available.) Also on display will be vintage commercial 

vehicles, wartime action re-enactments, a vintage bus 

operating local tours (Sunday), a wartime singer (Sunday), 

guided railway track walks, museum, pillbox, shop, 

signalbox, stalls, refreshments and more! 

shillingstone light railway

(Both copyright Alan Kingston 1960s/70s)

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After the original S&D closed the sound of trains could still be heard around Shillingstone. The 10¼ inch gauge Shillingstone Light Railway continued to operate for a good few more years. The line closed in around 1975 and was sold that year. It was a classic Heywood style agricultural line and apparently paid for itself within the first year of operation (1954). It only closed because Lord Salt, the owner, died. Amazingly it once used a Beyer-Garrett style loco!

Classic article on the line

Wikipedia (very brief mention only)

More details and pics of the line will be most appreciated! Please email to leysiner@aol.com