Paddock Garden Railway
The Paddock Garden Railway is a 32mm gauge outdoor model railway at Hampton Loade running narrow gauge trains built to 16mm to the foot (1:19) scale. The railway normally operates on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays when SVRSevern Valley Railway trains are running.
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History
The decision to build a permanent garden railway in the paddock picnic area dates from 1985. Before then, John Campbell's 16mm live steam railway was a popular attraction at early Hampton Loade gala days, but it was a problem locating the railway without disrupting the normal operation of the station. The first train on the new railway was hauled by a model RustonRuston and Hornsby Ltd. of Lincoln, engineer and locomotive manufacturer acquired by English Electric in 1966. Also, Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby and Bucyrus-Erie (US) diesel locomotive on 28 March 1985. Initially there was just a straight up and down line along the fence; the oval line was constructed later in a single weekend[1].
References
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 81
