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We hope to run trains throughout the Summer Holidays on Wednesdays, from Wednesday 24 July until the end of August. Running hours are, as ever, 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm. We hope to see you there.

On Sunday 14 July, a presentation of £525, the proceeds of the Society’s 50th Anniversary Gala, was made to Kim Smith at Sandiway Miniature Railway. The money will be given to Kim’s charity, Simply The Breast, raising funds for Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity. (Read further Read More …

A Charity Gala will mark the fiftieth birthday of the Mid Cheshire Society of Model Engineers (MCSME) over the weekend of 6/7 July. All proceeds from the event will be given to the local charity Simply The Breast, which raises money for Mid Cheshire Hospitals Read More …

We will be open on extra days during the Easter school holidays: Easter Sunday 31 MarchBank Holiday Monday 1 AprilWednesday 3 AprilSunday 7 AprilWednesday 10 April We hope to be operating using a steam locomotive on Monday 1 April (using Lady Joan) and, a couple Read More …

Very best wishes to all for 2024 from everybody at MCSME. This coming Sunday is the last chance to visit Pete Waterman’s Making Tracks exhibition and combine it with a ride on our miniature railway at Sandiway. At the time of writing, there is still Read More …

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 …

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 …