5-5-5 received from Brading Signal Box
30 April, 2014
Brading Station was opened by the Isle of Wight Railway in 1864 as part of the Ryde – Ventnor line.
Brading Station was opened by the Isle of Wight Railway in 1864 as part of the Ryde – Ventnor line.
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This is not quite the end of the story: The steam railway continues to develop, adding new facilities and restoring further locomotives and carriages. Our Strategic Vision explains our future
Thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, our Train Story Discovery Centre opened in 2014, adding greatly to the facilities at Havenstreet station. As well as telling the story
With considerable help from Network SouthEast (then operators of the Ryde-Shanklin railway) and numerous other organisations and local authorities, the Steam Railway was able to rebuild over 3 miles of
The original station at Wootton, which closed in 1953, was situated in a cutting on the opposite side of the road. Volunteers attempted to re-build this but were thwarted by
After four years of storage at the closed Newport Station, the I.W.Steam Railway was founded on 24th January 1971. Preserved stock was hauled by rail with our own locomotive driven
December 31st 1966 saw the end of 104 years continuous operation of the Island’s railways by steam locomotive. Only the railway from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin was left operational.
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