Carriage Roof Replaced with traditional hessian

Restoration of an Old Railway Carriage Work on the centre balcony coach continues.  Many thanks for donations of oil based paint – we still need more – anyone would think we’d covered the roof with a sponge!!!  The roof should be finished in the next week or so and we are now working on refurbishing the […]

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New Year Steam up and workshop museum guided tour – 25th January

Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway save, restore and operate a wide variety of industrial steam locomotives, tractors, farm equipment and industrial heritage. In 2025 we celebrate 50 years of operation and 200 years of rail travel. To explain the position of industrial steam locomotion in the history of the railways and the industrial revolution, we […]

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Obituary – David Best 1945 – 2024

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of David Best after a long illness on Saturday 30th November aged 79.  David co-founded Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway with his best friend and brother Bill, in 1975. He will be remembered and greatly missed by his partner and soul mate Sharon, his son […]

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Brouhot Portable has all tubes removed.

We have now removed all the tubes in this portable engine.   The new tubes are on order (thanks to a donation to cover the cost – you know who you are – much appreciated).  We don’t expect them to be delivered until January so work will progress after the Christmas events to have the boiler […]

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Locomotive Katie gets boiler refitted.

Work on our Arn Jung Locomotive (works No. 3872) Katie is progressing well.  The running gear is now nearly complete, the couplings are back on and the brakes are reconnected.  The boiler has had an initial warmup steam – first for over 2 years in October.  The subsequent full steam test went well now the […]

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October ’24 Newsletter

After a very busy Summer we are moving into the final months of 2024.  We have a couple of autumn activities still to take place – Halloween diesels next week and then we are hosting Father Christmas for the first two weekends in December.  After that it will be into the hard work of maintenance […]

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Workshop News August 2024

July and August 2024 have been unusually busy in the workshop. Bredgar sprung a water leak.  A radiator hose was found to be rubbing on part of the frame.  This sounded really bad until we realised it had last been repaired by the MOD around 20 years ago so it lasted pretty well all things […]

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