A member of the Northern Association of Model Engineers. Club No. N33
Our running dates for December (which are modified because Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve both fall on Sundays, and taking account of school holidays and the opening of the nearby Making Tracks exhibition) have now been finalised. Come and see us on… Sunday 3 Read More …
We will have live steam at Sandiway three times in November… Sunday 5 November: Lady JoanSunday 19 November: GloinSunday 26 November: Lilla Gloin will be back on Sunday 10 December. You can read more about Gloin, Lilla and Lady Joan on our ‘Members’ Locomotives’ page. Read More …
Remember a magical childhood Christmas when you woke to find Santa had left you a toy train set? This festive season, revisit those happy memories of yesteryear at the Pete Waterman’s ‘Making Tracks’ installation. Following its recent success at Chester Cathedral, Pete Waterman and the Read More …
Amy Wilkinson, the Events and Community Fundraiser at the Joshua Tree, popped over to Sandiway Miniature Railway to collect the proceeds of MCSME’s July’s Charity Gala. A total of £515 was raised during the weekend, which will all go to the work of the Joshua Read More …
Thank you! Just a quick ‘thank you’ to everyone who contributed to the success of the weekend’s gala. I won’t attempt to name everyone who staffed, guarded, drove, brought engines, etc, etc, as I would inevitably miss somebody out, but special thanks are due to Read More …
2023 marks the tenth anniversary of the opening of our Sandiway site. The railway has expanded greatly during the intervening years, now consisting of two concentric loops, the larger of which is 460m in length. We have ground level tracks at 5” and 7.25” gauges, Read More …
There are three bank holidays in May and the railway will be open on each of them (in addition to our regular Sunday opening). Standard opening times (12:00 noon to 4:00 pm) apply. We will also be open on the Wednesday of half term week. Read More …
We will be open on extra days during the Easter school holidays: Wednesday 5 AprilEaster Sunday 9 AprilBank Holiday Monday 10 AprilWednesday 12 April We hope to be operating using steam locomotives on Sunday 9 April and Monday 10 April. Our normal opening hours continue Read More …
Local schools are out for the week, and we have live steam coming up too! Details of our February half term running are as follows… Sunday 19 February: normal running, with club locomotive Wednesday 22 February: half term running (12 noon to 4:00 pm) with Read More …
The Northern Extension of our track at Sandiway was officially opened on Saturday 16 April 2022. The extension, which sees the track almost double in length (it is now around 450 metres long) has been built to a very high standard by our dedicated team Read More …