37-614: The 15 in ( 381 mm ) gauge , single track Lakeside Miniature Railway runs along the seaward side of the Marine Lake in Southport , England. The railway originally consisted of a straight running line on the seaward shore of the Southport Marine Lake with a run-round loop at each end. In 1948 the line was extended northwards under Southport Pier , followed by a sharp 90-degree curve seawards into
74-420: A local dentist. Mr Griffiths Vaughan Llewelyn took the railway over after some years, renaming it Llewelyn's Miniature Railway. It passed from Llewelyn's hands before 1930, becoming Lakeside Miniature Railway, which it remains today. In 1945 the railway was sold to Harry Barlow who owned a local engineering company famous for building miniature locomotives. In 1968 John Spencer, a Pleasureland stallholder, purchased
111-534: A new terminus next to and named after Marine Parade. This layout remains today with the round trip covering 1,500 yards (1.4 km). Early photographs variously name the southern terminus White City , Marine Drive and Lakeside , but it has been referred to as the Pleasureland terminus for many years. In 2020 there were two workshops and an engine shed here, with a single island platform serving two running lines with run-round loops which converge to form
148-417: A run-round loop. The original station building at Marine Parade was completely rebuilt around 2010 but was demolished in 2019, leaving the floor tiles in place to show it's outline. In summer 2020 a temporary refreshment facility was installed to test the market. The line is fully fenced and has no level crossings, it is unsignalled and operates on a one engine in steam basis. The original northern terminus
185-573: A step towards the future with the building of a petrol-electric loco of 4-6-2 wheel arrangement with a tender, built to look like Gresley's famous LNER Class A4 locomotives. The loco was built in Southport by Mr. Harry Barlow who had taken over the railway in 1945. These were the first of eight 15-inch gauge diesel-electric locomotives built by Barlow for a variety of railways. They used war-surplus Fordson engines with Tilling-Stevens generators and motors. The original locomotive of this type
222-552: A timetable, but shuttle back and forth, generally from 11am to 5pm/6pm, though bad weather can lead to cancellation or early closure. Services recommenced after the winter season on 26 March 2022. 53°39′08″N 3°00′44″W / 53.6522°N 3.0123°W / 53.6522; -3.0123 Fifteen-inch gauge railway Railway track gauge (381 mm) [REDACTED] Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway [REDACTED] Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway [REDACTED] One of
259-439: Is different from Wikidata Pages with broken anchors All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from January 2021 Articles with unsourced statements from October 2021 Sir Arthur Heywood Sir Arthur Percival Heywood, 3rd Baronet (25 December 1849 – 19 April 1916) is best known today as the innovator of the fifteen inch minimum gauge railway , for estate use. He
296-568: Is of tank engine appearance. In 2011 the Railway celebrated is 100-year centenary as the longest continually running railway. (Just behind the oldest, which is Rhyl, This was closed though during the wars) In 2015 The railway changed ownership and became part of Pleasureland Southport. In 2018 The railway was renamed "Pleasureland Miniature Railway". This was the third name change in its history. The railway operates during weekends and school holidays from Easter to October. Trains do not run to
333-467: Is one of the earliest of its type still running on its original route. Rhyl Miniature Railway opened on 1 May 1911 and still runs, but it closed during the Second World War , whilst Lakeside Miniature Railway remained open. The line therefore claims to be the oldest continuously running 15 in ( 381 mm ) gauge railway in the world. The line originally had two steam locomotives of
370-541: The Bassett-Lowke Class 10 'Atlantic' 4-4-2 design, named King George and Princess Elizabeth , they were later supplemented by Katie , an 0-4-0 side tank built by that pioneer of the minimum gauge Sir Arthur Heywood . Where the two Bassett-Lowke locos had been supplied new Katie was third hand, having already worked on the Eaton Hall Railway (where she hauled a Royal train in 1897) and
407-2934: The Chemin de fer Touristique d'Anse 's X131 when passing through the hills Track gauge By transport mode Rapid transit Tram Miniature Scale model By size ( list ) [REDACTED] Minimum Fifteen inch 381 mm (15 in) Narrow 600 mm 600 mm (1 ft 11 + 5 ⁄ 8 in) Two foot 610 mm (2 ft) Two foot three inch 686 mm (2 ft 3 in) 750 mm 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Bosnian gauge 760 mm (2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in) Two foot six inch 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) Swedish three foot 891 mm (2 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 32 in) 900 mm 900 mm (2 ft 11 + 7 ⁄ 16 in) Three foot 914 mm (3 ft) Italian metre 950 mm (3 ft 1 + 13 ⁄ 32 in) Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) Three foot six inch 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Four foot 1,219 mm (4 ft) Four foot six inch 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) 1432 mm 1,432 mm (4 ft 8 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) Standard 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Broad Italian broad gauge 1,445 mm (4 ft 8 + 7 ⁄ 8 in) Dresden gauge 1,450 mm (4 ft 9 + 3 ⁄ 32 in) Leipzig gauge 1,458 mm (4 ft 9 + 13 ⁄ 32 in) Toronto gauge 1,495 mm (4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in) 1520 mm 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in) Five foot 1,524 mm (5 ft) Pennsylvania gauge 1,581 mm (5 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Pennsylvania gauge 1,588 mm (5 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Five foot three inch 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) Baltimore gauge 1,638 mm (5 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Iberian gauge 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 + 21 ⁄ 32 in) Five foot six inch 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Six foot 1,829 mm (6 ft) Brunel 2,140 mm (7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in) Breitspurbahn 3,000 mm (9 ft 10 1 ⁄ 8 in) Change of gauge Bogie exchange Break of gauge Dual gauge Conversion list Variable gauge By location North America South America Europe Australia [REDACTED] Fifteen-inch gauge railways were pioneered by Sir Arthur Percival Heywood who
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#1732802279416444-623: The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in Cumbria. She did not spend long at Southport, arriving in 1919 and being sold on again in 1923 to the Fairbourne Miniature Railway . The Bassett-Lowke locos were sufficient for the original trains but as Southport increased in popularity as a holiday destination trains became busier and the locos were rebuilt to the larger class 30 standard. In 1948 the railway's motive power took
481-574: The Eaton Hall Railway. One of his last acts was to present the Volunteer Training Corps with 50 rifles. He was unwell in the early part of 1916 and took a turn for the worse on 19 April during a visit to Duffield Bank where he died that afternoon, aged 66. Sir Arthur Heywood was buried at Denstone on 22 April 1916. The Heywood radiating axle locomotives could pass very tight curves by a special axle arrangement. This
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Retrieved 1 June 2016 . v t e Track gauge ( list ) Minimum-gauge Minimum-gauge railways 15 in ( 381 mm ) 400 mm ( 15 + 3 ⁄ 4 in ) 16 in ( 406 mm ) 18 in ( 457 mm ) 19 in ( 483 mm ) 500 mm ( 19 + 3 ⁄ 4 in ) 20 in ( 508 mm ) 21 in ( 533 mm ) 1 ft 10 in ( 559 mm ) Narrow gauge 2 foot and 600 mm 2 ft 3 in ( 686 mm ) 750 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) 760 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in ) 2 ft 6 in ( 762 mm ) 800 mm ( 2 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) 891 mm ( 2 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 32 in ) Swedish three foot 900 mm ( 2 ft 11 + 7 ⁄ 16 in ) 3 ft ( 914 mm ) 950 mm ( 3 ft 1 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) Italian metre gauge 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) metre gauge 1,050 mm ( 3 ft 5 + 11 ⁄ 32 in ), 1,055 mm ( 3 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ), 3 ft 6 in ( 1,067 mm ) 1,093 mm ( 3 ft 7 in ), 1,100 mm ( 3 ft 7 + 5 ⁄ 16 in ), 1,200 mm ( 3 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 4 in ) 4 ft ( 1,219 mm ) 4 ft 1 in ( 1,245 mm ), Middleton Railway 4 ft 6 in ( 1,372 mm ), Scotch gauge 4 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,384 mm ), Scotch gauge 4 ft 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 in ( 1,416 mm ) 4 ft 8 in ( 1,422 mm ), almost standard gauge 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 in ( 1,429 mm ) 1,432 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) Standard gauge 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in / 1,435 mm , Stephenson gauge Broad gauge 1,440 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 11 ⁄ 16 in ) 1,445 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 7 ⁄ 8 in ) 1,450 mm ( 4 ft 9 + 3 ⁄ 32 in ) 4 ft 9 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ( 1,457 mm ) 1,458 mm ( 4 ft 9 + 13 ⁄ 32 in ) 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in ( 1,495 mm ), Toronto gauge 5 ft / 1,524 mm and 1,520 mm ( 4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in ), Russian gauge. 5 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in / 1,581 mm and 5 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in / 1,588 mm , Pennsylvania gauge 5 ft 3 in ( 1,600 mm ), Irish gauge 5 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,638 mm ), Baltimore gauge 1,668 mm ( 5 ft 5 + 21 ⁄ 32 in ), Iberian gauge 5 ft 6 in ( 1,676 mm ), Indian gauge 1,945 mm ( 6 ft 4 + 9 ⁄ 16 in ), De Arend 7 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in ( 2,140 mm ), Brunel gauge 3,000 mm ( 9 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 8 in ), Breitspurbahn 8,200 mm ( 26 ft 10 + 27 ⁄ 32 in ), Lärchwandschrägaufzug 9,000 mm ( 29 ft 6 + 5 ⁄ 16 in ), Krasnoyarsk ship lift List of track gauge articles List of track gauges List of tram track gauges Miniature railways Minimum-gauge railways Large amusement railways Gauge differences Bogie exchange Break of gauge Dual gauge Gauge conversion list Variable gauge Transport mode Tram and light rail Rapid transit Miniature Scale model Categories by country by imperial units by metric units by name lists of track gauges v t e Railways and tramways of 15-inch (381 mm) gauge Asia Bal Bahran Park (Delhi, India) Sakuradani (Japan) Shuzenji Romney (Japan) Europe Anse (France) Donaupark (Austria) Dresdner Park (Germany) Killesberg Park (Germany) Park Auensee (Germany) Prater Park (Austria) United King- dom Alton Towers (defunct) Bellevue Park Blackpool Zoo Blenheim Park Bure Valley Cleethorpes Coast Conwy Valley Combe Martin Wildlife Park Craigtoun Duffield Bank Eaton Hall Evesham Vale Gulliver's Land Gulliver's World Haigh Country Park Heatherslaw Knowsley Safari Park Lakeside (Southport) Lappa Valley Lightwater Valley Liverpool Garden Festival Longleat Markeaton Park (defunct) Marwell Zoo (defunct) Oakwood Park Paradise Park Paultons Park Perrygrove Ravenglass & Eskdale Rhiw Valley Rhyl Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Saltburn Sand and Hutton Sherwood Forest Waveney Valley Whistlestop Valley Windmill Farm Wotton North America Bear Creek Park (Canada) Pindal Electric (Canada) Springbank Express (Canada) United States American Heritage B.A.D. Great Northern Gage Park Glenwood South Park Hillcrest & Wahtoke Joshua Tree & Southern GSD Laurel Run Little Toot Look Park Milwaukee County Zoo Safari Nickel Plate Northwest Ohio Orland, Newville and Pacific Paradise and Pacific Phoenix & Holly Redwood Valley Riverside and Great Northern Riverview & Twin Lakes Sonoma TrainTown Tiny Town Waterman & Western Oceania Bush Mill (Australia) Driving Creek (New Zealand) Whangaparaoa (New Zealand) Arlesdale (fictional) · Fairbourne (now re-gauged) · Far Tottering and Oyster Creek (temporary exhibition line) v t e Rail infrastructure Tracks (history) Axe ties Ballast Baulk road Breather switch Cant Clip and scotch Date nail Fastening system Fishplate Ladder track Minimum radius Profile Tie/Sleeper Transition curve Trackwork Balloon loop Classification yard Headshunt Pocket track Junction Gauntlet track Guide bar Passing loop Track gauge dual gauge Rail track tramway track Rail yard Railway electrification overhead lines third rail ground-level power supply Railway turntable Transfer table (traverser) Roll way Siding refuge siding Switch Track geometry Water crane Water trough Wye Signalling and safety Anti-trespass panels Block post Buffer stop Catch points Defect detector Derailer Guard rail Interlocking Level crossing Loading gauge Platform screen doors Railway signal Signalling control Structure gauge Signal bridge Tell-tale Train stop Wayside horn Structures Coaling tower Motive power depot / Railway workshop Platform Roundhouse Shed for trains for goods Station building clock ghost list Water stop Types Industrial Military Private station list Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fifteen-inch_gauge_railway&oldid=1227200193 " Categories : 15 in gauge railways Minimum gauge railways Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
555-923: The Reverend George Sumner, Rector of Alresford in Hampshire , and set up home at Duffield Bank, near Duffield, Derbyshire near Derby , the headquarters of the Midland Railway . Since many of the directors lived in Duffield, he soon developed an interest in Derby Works . He became aware of experiments by the Royal Engineers in building railways in warfare. These first experiments had been distinctly unsuccessful, as had previous attempts dating back several decades to build "portable railways" for agricultural use. Thus, at what
592-447: The fleet, a Severn Lamb product built to look like a Western Diesel, its wheel configuration is Co-Co with diesel-hydraulic drive. A little known loco which ran on the line was No. 14, a small 0-4-0 PM shunter with Mechanical transmission . It was built for the line by Gordon Walker in 1985 using a 1000cc Austin engine and a Hudson coach bogie . No 14 was designed for permanent way work though it could in fact haul 6 of
629-524: The line ^ "The Blakesley Miniature Railway" . The SMJ Society . Retrieved 30 March 2022 . ^ "Home" . Evlr.co.uk . Retrieved 1 June 2016 . ^ "Home" . Kirklesslightrailway.com . Retrieved 1 June 2016 . ^ "Sadness as last remnants of Markeaton Park Railway to be demolished" . Derbytelegraph . Derbyshire Live. 2018-11-02 . Retrieved 3 November 2018 . ^ "American Heritage Railroad" . Americanfarmheritagemuseum.org . Archived from
666-613: The line remained in use for many years and was visited by many potential buyers, the only interest came from the Duke of Westminster for whom he built the Eaton Hall Railway . Sir Arthur also had a keen interest in campanology (bell ringing) and in 1891 he founded the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers . He often joined the ringers at Duffield St. Alkmunds church where he was a churchwarden and sidesman. In 1887 he augmented St. Alkmunds' ring of bells from eight to ten. He
703-535: The line's articulated coaches. It was not successful, mainly because of the crude belt drive. It was moved in 1990, being acquired by Austin Moss of the Windmill Farm Railway . In 2005 a new locomotive was commissioned for the railway. it was delivered in 2006. Jenny is a 2-6-2 DH steam-outline locomotive built at Windmill Farm . It is a sit-in locomotive with an overall cab for the driver and
740-525: The local railway people, cadging lifts on the footplates of locos. He graduated in 1872 with a master's degree in Applied Science. The Heywood family originally made its fortune in the trans-Atlantic slavery trade, which operated in Liverpool, and as a landed gentleman, however, convention frowned on him developing an engineering career. In 1872 he married his cousin, Margaret Effie, daughter of
777-410: The middle frame is so arranged that it can slide transversely. The three frames are connected together by articulated radiating gear, so that they act sympathetically, and, no matter how sharp the curve, each axle instantly assumes a position coincident with the radial lines of that curve, instead of remaining parallel to each other as in the ordinary construction, in which the wheels grind their way along
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Railways [ edit ] 15 inch gauge railway installations Name Country Location Notes Bush Mill Railway [REDACTED] Australia Port Arthur Closed Donauparkbahn [ de ] [REDACTED] Austria Vienna Prater Liliputbahn [REDACTED] Austria Vienna Bear Creek Park Train [REDACTED] Canada Surrey, British Columbia Pindal Electric Tramway [REDACTED] Canada London, Ontario Formerly in Montreal Springbank Express [REDACTED] Canada London, Ontario Chemin de fer Touristique d'Anse [REDACTED] France Anse, Rhône Dresden Park Railway [REDACTED] Germany Dresden Killesberg Park Railway [REDACTED] Germany Stuttgart Leipziger Parkeisenbahn [REDACTED] Germany Leipzig Difflin Lake Railway [REDACTED] Ireland Cygnus wood-land Railway [REDACTED] Japan Osaka Sakuradani Light Railway [REDACTED] Japan Toyono District of Osaka Prefecture Shuzenji Romney Railway [REDACTED] Japan Niji-no-Sato (Rainbow Park) in Izu, Shizuoka Driving Creek Railway [REDACTED] New Zealand Whangaparaoa Narrow Gauge Railway [REDACTED] New Zealand Closed Adventure Railway [REDACTED] UK Alton Towers (defunct, 1982–1992 - park still operating) Bellevue Park Railway [REDACTED] UK Belfast, Northern Ireland Closed 1950 Blackpool Zoo miniature railway [REDACTED] UK Lancashire Blakesley Miniature Railway [REDACTED] UK Blakesley Hall , Northamptonshire Opened 1903, closed c.1944. Blenheim Park Railway [REDACTED] UK Oxfordshire Brocklands Adventure Park [REDACTED] UK Cornwall Closed 2007 Bure Valley Railway [REDACTED] UK Norfolk Standard gauge line closed 1982. 15-inch gauge line opened 1990. Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway [REDACTED] UK Lincolnshire Conwy Valley Railway Museum [REDACTED] UK Betws-y-Coed , North Wales (short tramway) Craigtoun Miniature Railway [REDACTED] UK Craigtoun Park , St. Andrews Duffield Bank Railway [REDACTED] UK Closed 1916 Eaton Hall Railway [REDACTED] UK Closed 1946 Evesham Vale Light Railway [REDACTED] UK Evesham Country Park , Twyford, Worcestershire Fairbourne Railway [REDACTED] UK Wales (now converted to 12 + 1 ⁄ 4 in or 311 mm gauge) Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway [REDACTED] UK Battersea Park , London Closed 1975 Gulliver's Land [REDACTED] UK Milton Keynes Gulliver's World [REDACTED] UK Warrington, Cheshire Haigh Hall Miniature Railway [REDACTED] UK Greater Manchester Heatherslaw Light Railway [REDACTED] UK Northumberland International Garden Festival Railway [REDACTED] UK 1984 Whistlestop Valley (Formerly Kirklees Light Railway) [REDACTED] UK Clayton West, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Knowsley Safari Park ( The Lakeside Railway ) [REDACTED] UK Prescot, Merseyside Lakeside Miniature Railway [REDACTED] UK Southport, Merseyside Lappa Valley Steam Railway [REDACTED] UK Cornwall Lightwater Express Rio Grande [REDACTED] UK Ripon, North Yorkshire Theme Park Longleat Railway [REDACTED] UK Markeaton Park Light Railway [REDACTED] UK Derby Closed September 2016 Marwell Zoo [REDACTED] UK Colden Common, Hampshire Oakwood Theme Park [REDACTED] UK Narberth, Pembrokeshire Paradise Park [REDACTED] UK Hayle, Cornwall Paultons Park [REDACTED] UK Ower, Romsey, Hampshire Perrygrove Railway [REDACTED] UK Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway [REDACTED] UK Cumbria Rhiw Valley Light Railway [REDACTED] UK Manafon, Powys, Wales Closed 2022 Rhyl Miniature Railway [REDACTED] UK Clwyd, Wales Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway [REDACTED] UK Kent Saltburn Miniature Railway [REDACTED] UK Cat Nab, Cleveland Sand Hutton Miniature Railway [REDACTED] UK Yorkshire Closed 1922 Sherwood Forest Railway [REDACTED] UK Nottinghamshire Waveney Valley Railway [REDACTED] UK Bressingham Steam and Gardens Norfolk West Midlands Safari Park [REDACTED] UK Worcestershire Closed 2014 Windmill Farm Railway [REDACTED] UK Burscough, Lancashire Wildlife Park Cricket St Thomas [REDACTED] UK Chard, Somerset Wotton Light Railway [REDACTED] UK Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire American Heritage Railroad [REDACTED] USA Illinois Amusement Rides [REDACTED] USA City Park , Iowa City B.A.D. Great Northern Railroad [REDACTED] USA California Eden Springs Park Railroad ) [REDACTED] USA Benton Harbor, Michigan Gage Park Railroad [REDACTED] USA Gage Park, Topeka , Kansas Glenwood, South Park & Pacific Railroad [REDACTED] USA California Hillcrest & Wahtoke Steam Railroad [REDACTED] USA Reedley, California Joshua Tree & Southern GSD [REDACTED] USA California Kansas City Northern Miniature Railroad [REDACTED] USA Kansas City, Missouri Laurel Run Railroad [REDACTED] USA Pennsylvania Little Toot Railroad [REDACTED] USA Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Association , Pennsylvania Look Park [REDACTED] USA Northampton, Massachusetts Miniature Railway at Silver Lake, Ohio [REDACTED] USA Silver Lake, Ohio Defunct Miniature Train at Monarch Park [REDACTED] USA Oil City, Pennsylvania Defunct Nickel Plate Railroad [REDACTED] USA California Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation [REDACTED] USA Ohio Orland, Newville and Pacific Railroad [REDACTED] USA California (operating) Paradise & Pacific Railroad [REDACTED] USA McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park , Scottsdale, Arizona (separate 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in or 190.5 mm railway named Scottsdale Live Steamers also present) (operating) Phoenix & Holly Railroad [REDACTED] USA Oregon Pint-Sized Pufferbelly [REDACTED] USA Strasburg Rail Road , Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania (operating) Redwood Valley Railway [REDACTED] USA Tilden Regional Park , California (operating) Riverside and Great Northern Railway [REDACTED] USA Wisconsin Riverview & Twin Lakes Railroad [REDACTED] USA Wyoming Safari Train [REDACTED] USA Milwaukee County Zoo , Milwaukee , Wisconsin (operating) Sonoma TrainTown Railroad [REDACTED] USA California (operating) Sullivan Railroad [REDACTED] USA Horseheads, New York Tiny Town Railroad [REDACTED] USA Colorado Waterman & Western Railroad [REDACTED] USA Illinois See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Trains portal Bassett-Lowke British narrow-gauge railways Heritage railway List of British heritage and private railways List of track gauges Minimum-gauge railway References [ edit ] ^ Heywood, A.P. 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925-433: The railway and did much to improve it and tidy it up. In 2001 the line was sold again, this time to Don Clark, most recently being bought by Pleasureland Southport in 2016. It was forced to close during the 2016 season because the heavily worn track led to derailments on the sharp curve. Extensive work on the track and route led to the line reopening in 2017, with an operational fleet of one locomotive - "Jenny". By 2020 Jenny
962-503: The railway from an early age. He assisted his father in his hobby of ornamental metalwork , with a Holtzapffel lathe , and in his late teenage, built a 4 in gauge model railway with a steam locomotive . Wanting something on which his younger siblings could ride, he went on to build a 9 in gauge locomotive and train, which gave him the experience for his later ventures. Initially schooled at Eton , in 1868, he went on to Trinity College, Cambridge , where he made friends with
999-576: The road, where there was a coal store, and the house. His intention was to extend to Norbury railway goods yard, but Colonel Clowes who owned the land in between refused to give him wayleave. Sir Arthur then extended the line southwards to nearby Dove Cliff farm, which was part of his estate, and thence to Rocester station. However he was again unable to obtain wayleave from his other neighbour, Colonel Dawson. When World War I began in 1914, all three of his sons went on active service, as did many of his staff. Sir Arthur carried on, particularly with work on
1036-494: The running line alongside the lake. There is also a third siding for stock storage. In 2020 Pleasureland made significant investment in this terminus, adding a short platform on the eastern runround loop, a refreshment kiosk, a traditional roundabout and a helter-skelter , all aimed at the families with young children market. At the northern, Marine Parade, end of the line there are two platforms, though one has been taken out of use and its track lifted. Locomotives change ends using
1073-476: The track it aligned all axles exactly perpendicular to the track, so that the axes would meet in the centre point of the track's curve. The principle is similar to that of the radiating axles invented by James Cleminson of London for railway carriages, which "consists in mounting the axles with their axle boxes, guards, and springs in frames separate from the main under-frame of the carriage. The end frames have central pivots, around which they swivel freely, while
1110-691: Was a board member of the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and the president of the Infirmary in 1895. He was the chair of the Derbyshire police Standing Joint Committee for a number of years, High Sheriff of Derbyshire for 1899, a Justice of the Peace for Derbyshire and later for Staffordshire by virtue of his seat at Dove Leys. Sir Arthur's father died in 1897 and he inherited Dove Leys, where he began to build another railway between
1147-488: Was first drawn by Arthur Heywood in 1877 and described in a book published in 1881, much earlier than the patent filings of the Klien-Lindner axle and Luttermöller axle . On steam locomotives with three axles the frame of the middle axis could move transversely to the left and right underneath the main frame of the locomotive. The frame was hinged to the two pivoted frames of the front and rear axle. In sharp curves of
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1184-406: Was interested in what he termed a minimum gauge railway for use as estate railways or to be easy to lay on, for instance, a battlefield. In 1874, he described the principle behind it as used for his Duffield Bank Railway , distinguishing it from a "narrow-gauge" railway. Having previously built a small railway of 9 in ( 229 mm ) gauge, he settled on 15 in ( 381 mm ) gauge as
1221-594: Was known as the Duffield Bank Railway , Heywood developed what he called the " minimum gauge railway ". He settled on 15 in ( 381 mm ) as the optimum, his previous 9 in ( 229 mm ) line having proved to be too small to carry people in a stable manner. Built on a steep hillside, the line was an ideal testing ground and, to gain the adhesion for steep gradients and the ability to negotiate small radius curves, he built six-coupled locomotives with what he called his "radiating axle." Though
1258-565: Was named Duke of Edinburgh with Prince Charles following in 1954 and Golden Jubilee in 1963. Golden Jubilee , although of the same basic design of the other two lost the A4 styling, being replaced by a box-shaped body and a loss of the steam outline wheels, the wheel arrangement being modified to 4-6-0 configuration. All three of these Barlow locos still exist on the railway, their Fordson tractor petrol engines having been replaced by more modern economical diesels . In 1971 another loco joined
1295-523: Was named Princes Park , it closed when the line was extended. In 2020 the station building was still in good external condition. The railway was built in 1911, with the first train on 25 May. It was constructed by Miniature Railways of Great Britain Ltd using materials provided by the model engineering business Bassett-Lowke . Henry Greenly provided expert engineering advice. The line was originally named Southport Miniature Railway, being operated by Dr Ladmore,
1332-492: Was showing signs of heavy use; the railway exchanged its three unserviceable, stored locomotives for a fully operational Severn Lamb "Wild West" outline Diesel-hydraulic 2-8-0 . This locomotive was supplied new to West Midland Safari Park in 1979. Its engine was replaced by a Perkins 404D22 model in 2011. It was moved to Windmill Farm in 2015. The railway featured in scenes in the 1985 Goldcrest Films production Mr Love starring Barry Jackson and Maurice Denham. The railway
1369-660: Was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Percival Heywood and grew up in the family home of Dove Leys at Denstone in Staffordshire . Dove Leys looked over the valley where the North Staffordshire Railway from Rocester to Ashbourne ran. The family travelled by train to their relatives in Manchester and on holiday to Inveran in the Highland region of Scotland . Heywood developed a passion for
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