We organise visits to narrow gauge and miniature railways throughout the year for the benefit of Members. These are mostly private visits, by special arrangement with the owners or operators of the railway.
We often get to see behind the scenes of the railway, such as the sheds and the workshops – areas normally off-limits to the general public. For this reason, we restrict our visits to Members only. If you are not a member and would like to come along on one of our visits, please join the Society first before you book, see our Membership page.
Wirral Model Engineering Society is based in Royden Park, near West Kirby, Wirral, They have a combined 3½", 5" & 7¼" Raised Track and a Ground Level 7¼". We have arranged a private visit on this date, with trains running for us from 1100-1600. A buffet lunch will be provided, and there will be supervised driving opportunities .
Cost:£13 per person.
Bridge House Light Railway is a 7¼” gauge railway, running around the grounds of a residential care home at Frampton Cotterell, north of Bristol. We have arranged a private visit for the afternoon of 21st May. Refreshments will be provided. We are limited to 25 attendees, so a few places will be kept aside for postal bookings.
Cost:£13 per person
John Edmunds has built a 7¼” gauge railway around the former East Budleigh station, on the LSWR Budleigh Salterton branch. He has invited us to visit on the afternoon of Saturday 24th May. His own locomotive – OTTER – which usually runs at Pecorama, will be running, and John is hoping to arrange a visiting locomotive from the South Devon Miniature Railway at Buckfastleigh.
We are limited by the amount of parking available, so the party size will be limited to around 15-20 people; if you are able to car-share, it will be very helpful. A couple of places will be put aside for postal bookings
Cost: £17.50 per person
This 5” gauge, ¼ mile long railway has been built by a clergyman, in the garden of his home, near Brackley. He holds regular “Club Running Days”, where children from local villages are invited to bring their parents, and to drive the locomotives themselves. We have been invited to attend one such event (although trains used by our members will be driven by adults).
The owner is unable to let the NGRS have an exclusive visit, but Martin Wootten (who attended a previous event) advised that these events are very enjoyable. We are limited to 20 attendees; a couple of places will be put aside for postal bookings.
Cost: £13 per person
Members who have registered their email address in Membermojo and wish to join us on a visit are able to book on line through our Membermojo Store which will take you straight to the Store Visits page, Alongside "Store Purchase", click on "Visit Store". In the Store, you will find a list of all Society Visits which are available for Online Booking.
In order to book a place on a visit, click the “Quantity” box for the specific visit, select the number of places that you would like to book, and then click on checkout. You can pay by debit or credit card. On receipt of your booking and payment, you will receive an automated email acknowledgement.
If you are booking for more people than just yourself, you will be asked to contact the relevant Visits Officer, providing the names, addresses and membership numbers (if known) in your party.
Once you have booked your visit(s), the relevant Visits Officer will contact you shortly before the visit with further details (including times, directions, meeting points).
To clarify the conditions for members and others making visits to railway sites or our library, you are advised to read our Visits Policy thoroughly. This is also available from the Downloads page.
There may be some visits where non-members or the general public may be present, the visits form will clarify if you can be accompanied by non-members
An application to become a Visits & e-NGN Member or to add an Associate to your membership can be made via this website's Membership page
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