Britain's Great Little Railways is a company, created in 1994, to provide an umbrella organisation for the owners and operators of the miniature and narrow gauge railways in Great Britain and the Isle of Man. It represents railways with gauges between 5 in (127 mm) and 20 in (508 mm). Its members include purely commercial operators and heritage railways with long histories, such as the Rhyl Miniature Railway which celebrated its centenary in 2011.
Administration
editThe company is run on a not for profit basis with four directors who are volunteers chosen from and elected by the members. The stated aim of the company is to share knowledge and information and to improve the safety of the members railways. It is a corporate member of the Heritage Railway Association.
Meetings
editTwo members meetings are held each year in March and October at a member railway. The company publishes posters, leaflets an e magazine and a website about its member railways. In 2011 there are over 30 member railways spread across the UK.
Members
editAs of September 2016[update], the organisation comprises the following railways:
- Barnards Miniature Railway
- Beer Heights Light Railway
- Bekonscot Railway
- Bentley Miniature Railway
- Bickington Steam Railway
- Brookside Miniature Railway
- Bure Valley Railway
- Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
- East Herts Miniature Railway
- Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway
- Evesham Vale Light Railway
- Exbury Gardens Steam Railway
- Fairbourne Railway
- Fancott Miniature Railway
- Fenn Bell Miniature Railway
- Ferry Meadows Railway
- Foxfield Miniature Railway
- Great Cockcrow Railway
- Great Laxey Mine Railway
- Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway
- Hambleton Valley Miniature Railway
- Hollycombe-Steam in the Country
- Hotham Park Railway
- Kirklees Light Railway
- Littlehampton Miniature Railway
- Moors Valley Railway
- Mortocombe Railway
- North Bay Railway
- Perrygrove Railway
- Rhiw Valley Railway
- Rhyl Miniature Railway
- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
- Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
- Sherwood Forest Railway
- Shibden Miniature Railway
- South Downs Light Railway
- Stansted Park Light Railway
- Strawberry Line Miniature Railway
- Summerfields Miniature Railway
- Swanley New Barn Railway
- Thompson Park Railway
- Wells & Walsingham Light Railway
- Weston Park Railway
- Woking Miniature Railway
See also
editReferences
edit- Britains Great Little Railways Ltd registered in England 3143331