| The 10 1/4" Buxton Miniature Railway seen during a visit around 1989/90.
The line operates in Pavilion Gardens and first opened in 1972 using a diesel 'Meteor' loco built by Shepperton Metal Products. It formed a simple 350 yard loop laid with aluminium track. In the late 1980s a new loco arrived from Steam Powered Services but, in common with all their other equipment it was a poor runner and never saw much use. In 2000 the line underwent a major rebuild which saw it regauged to 12 1/4" complete with a new Alan Keef train and steel track. The new loco is an 0-6-0 steam outline diesel. The Meteor loco was sold and is now at Vanstones Garden Centre, Herts. |
Aerial view of track layout |
The loco built by Steam Powered Services |
The original Meteor loco named 'Borough of Buxton' first came here in 1972 and spent the next 28 years operating the service virtually single-handed. It's now running at Vanstones Garden Centre in Herts |
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The newly-arrived loco from Steam Powered Services. It was a steam-outline diesel but was poorly designed and never saw much use. It was later sold and extensively rebuilt. |
