Some photos of the 15" line which ran at the now-closed American Adventure Theme Park in Derbyshire. Photos taken October 2005

The 10 1/4" Ayr Miniature Railway seen in 1983

The 10 1/4" Severn Lamb loco 'Western Courier' seen on the miniature railway at Wat Tyler Park, Basildon, Essex in the early 1990s.

The 71/4" line which runs around the Pecorama complex in Devon. Photos taken 1990.

The 18" gauge railway which used to operate at Bicton Gardens in Devon. Photos taken August 1990.

The 15" line at Blenheim Palace photographed around 1989/90.

A visit to this private 2ft gauge line in 1985

The 9 1/2" gauge line which used to operate at Bressingham Steam Museum in Norfolk.

The Bure Valley Railway seen in 1992

The 2ft gauge railway at Butlins Ayr seen during 1983

The 10 1/4" Buxton Miniature Railway seen c1990

The 15" line at Cleethorpes seen during 1989.

The 10 1/4" miniature railway which used to run along the seafront at Colwyn Bay.

The railway and museum seen on a couple of different occasions in the mid/late 1980s.

Assorted photos taken at Dinorwic between 1986 and 1992.

The spectacular Dobwalls 7 1/4" railways seen during a visit in August 1990.

The 7 1/4" gauge Echills Wood Railway photographed in the early 1990s.

The Exmoor Steam Railway seen in August 1990. The railway had only been open for a few weeks.

The Fairbourne seen during its final year of 15" gauge operation in 1985.

Views at Fairbourne during the first two years of 12 1/4" operation in 1986 and 1987.

In 1988 the Fairbourne Railway operated a portable track at the Great Amwell Steam Rally in Hertfordshire. Locomotive 'Yeo' and 3 carriages were sent down from Wales. The line only ran for one weekend.

Fred Dibnah demolishing a chimney at the old tile factory adjacent to the Stonehenge Works of the Leighton Buzzard Railway. This happened on 21st June 1985.

The 10 1/4" line which used to operate at Fritton Lake (Norfolk) seen during the late 1990s.

Photos of the former Narrow Gauge Railway Museum at Gloddfa Ganol Slate Mine in North Wales. The museum has now closed and the equipment sold off. Pictures taken at various times in the mid/late 1980s.

The now-closed Gorse Blossom Miniature Railway in Devon seen during a visit in 1990.

The 10 1/4" railway at Knebworth House seen on various occasions during the early/mid 1990s.

The 2ft gauge Knebworth House Railway seen during its final year of operation in 1990. Hunslet 'Lilla' worked here during the early years and returned again in 1990 for several special running days. The railway at Knebworth was replaced the following season by a new 10 1/4'" line located in a different area of the park. The 2ft line was dismantled and sold off.

The 15" Lakeside Miniature Railway at Southport seen c1989.

The 15" Lappa Valley Railway seen in August 1990.

The 2ft gauge Launceston Steam Railway seen in 1990.

The 15" line which used to operate at Littlecote House using mainly ex Fairbourne equipment seen here around 1989/90.

The 12" line at Littlehampton photographed during 1989. As can be seen it was in a very rundown state and was actually for sale at the time of my visit - I think the asking price was 16,000. The railway is still open today but, under new ownership, has since been restored to a much improved condition.

The 15" line which operated at the International Garden Festival held in Liverpool 1984. Also includes a large map of the festival site.

The Llanberis Lake Railway in 1986 during a visit by De Winton 1877 vertical-boiler loco 'Chaloner' from the Leighton Buzzard Railway.

The 15" line at Marwell Zoo seen during the early 1990s.

This 10 1/4" gauge line seen during a visit in 1995

An assortment of miniature railway postcards

The 7 1/4" gauge miniature railway at Mizens Farm in Woking seen during the early 1990s. Also seen are a couple of narrow gauge steam locos, including Hunslet 'Lilla' which were stored here for a short while.

The 10 1/4" Oakhill Manor railway seen in 1987. The railway had closed the previous year. Photos taken with full permission of site owner.

The 15" line at Paultons Park seen during the early 1990s.

The narrow gauge museum at Penrhyn Castle in North Wales seen in 1992.

Some views of the disused Penrhyn Railway as seen during a visit in 1992. The line ran for about 6 miles between Penrhyn Quarry (Bethesda) and Port Penrhyn (Bangor) in North Wales. It closed in 1962 but there are currently plans to reopen a short section.

The 7 1/4" and 2ft gauge railways at Pleasurewood Hills seen in 1988

Some views taken at Ravenglass in 1989.

Photos from Summer 1984

Photos from August 1988

Some views of the first 10 1/4" line to operate at the Royal Victoria Park (Southampton). This line later closed but was replaced shortly after by an all new railway which can be seen today. These photos were taken sometime in the early 1990s.

The now-closed 7 1/4" Saltwood Miniature Railway in Kent seen in 1984.

Here we see coach No.21 which was part of the old 3ft 6in gauge railway which ran on Southend Pier between 1949 and 1978. It later appeared, along with 3 other ex-Southend coaches, at Tal-y-Cafn (North Wales) and here we see it photographed around 1990. This particular coach has now been returned to Southend and can be seen in the pier museum.

The 2ft gauge line was used to operate on Southport Pier seen here in 1989.

The 10 1/4" Stapleford Miniature Railway seen in the summer of 1995. This was the first occasion the railway had opened to the public since 1982. Former resident 'Blanche of Lancaster' returned specially for the weekend.

The 7 1/4" line at Stockwood Park (Luton) seen operating in the early '90s. The latter photos were taken a couple of years later after the line had closed down.

The 2ft gauge line which ran at the International Garden Festival in Stoke-on-Trent 1986.

The 10 1/4" line which used to run at the Suffolk Wildlife Park (Kessingland) seen on a couple of different occasions in 1988.

This was a unique portable railway owned and operated by Rich Morris of North Wales. It began life in 1985 as a 7 1/4" gauge system but the whole lot was regauged to 10 1/4" five years later. It operated at many different locations throughout Britain but eventually found a permanent home in the early 1990s at Eirias Park (Colwyn Bay). After several years the line was closed and the collection sold off.

This was a 10 1/4" gauge portable steam railway which only operated for a couple of years (1991 & 1992) but it attended over 20 different events during that period. It's seen here at assorted different locations

The 10 1/4" line at Trago Mills (Devon) seen during a visit in August 1990.

Assorted views at Watford taken at various times between the early 1980s and early '90s. Photos were originally in order but Fotopic jumbled them all up......

The 10 1/4" Wells Harbour line seen in 1998. The loco had only been delivered a few weeks earlier from Alan Keef.

The Welsh Highland Railway seen during the late 1980s and again during the early 1990s.

The 20" gauge line seen during a visit in 2001. The locos and rolling stock seen here have since moved to Scarborough and a new train now operates at Woburn. Also shown is the old Woburn chairlift which was once the longest in Britain. It offered a round trip of 1 3/4 miles. It was last used in the 1990s but remained intact for several more years. It has since been dismantled.