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Dates for your 2012 diaries
Railway Gala Weekend - Sat/Sun 14/15 July 2012
Autumn Industrial Trains Day - Sunday 21 October 2012
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Of course you do! Then why not book in for The Amberley Footplate Experience and fulfil your fantasies (well, within reason!).
Our popular steam locomotive footplate course is being run again this year and places are rapidly filling up. Dates are as follows:-
Sunday 6 May 2012 (Fully booked)
2 "students" can be accommodated on each date. Cost is again £150 per person.
To book your place, or if you have any questions about the course, please use the email contact link further down this page - head your enquiry "Amberley Footplate Experience". Make sure you include your contact details so we can reply to you (obvious I know, but you'd be surprised what people leave out!).
Or you can
download the form, print it and post it to us - don't forget your cheque.
Alternatively, you can phone us on 01798 831370.
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not such an icy future.
What can we say? Thanks to the generosity of quite a number of people, we have raised the money to fund Polar Bear's boiler repairs and also to complete the other work required on the chassis, frames, axle boxes and fire box. The rebuilt boiler was hydraulically tested on the Wednesday before Christmas and and was delivered back to the Museum on Tuesday 24 January.
Polar Bear, from the Groudle Glen Railway on the Isle of Man, is a firm favourite with all the Museum's visitors, especially the younger generation, and is probably the locomotive most associated with Amberley. We have set a tentative target date for completion so that Polar Bear will be relaunched onto an unsuspectng public at Railway Gala Weekend although we must stress that factors outside our direct control may frustrate this ambition. In which case, a separate event will be held for Polar Bear's return to service.
All I can suggest is that you keep your eyes on this website and look out for announcements in the railway press.
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The Way We Were
 Brockham 1982 |
 1982-85 |
 1988 |
 1989 |
 1991-92 |
 1993 |
These links will take you to a series of slideshows of the Museum's railway as it was when we were all a lot younger!
The chronology should be about right but if you spot any glaring errors or inconsistencies, then please let us know.
Thanks to Richard Cossey for the loan of the photographs from the Brockham Museum, the 1982-85 and 1988 sections.
And there's this .....
Become a volunteer ...
... on the Amberley Museum Narrow Gauge Railway
We are always happy to welcome new volunteers to Amberley, not just on the railway but generally.
Ideally new volunteers should already be 2 foot gauge, like the one illustrated, but our workshop
facilities have the means to regauge suitable candidates if necessary - even from standard gauge!
Contact information is given at the foot of this page.
Our very own FAQ - what do you do in the winter?
Click here to find out!
A Grand Day Out - RailGroup fashion .....
Got a question or a comment?
to contact us.
The Museum's Official Website is here.
The Amberley Museum Railway Stock Book.
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Full colour cover and 48 pages packed with information about our collection with every locomotive illustrated as well as a full listing of our rolling stock collection. Unfortunately, all copies of the Stock Book have now been sold. |
LINKS: The following may be of interest.
Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Trust (HNGRT) (owners of Wendy)
Twyford Waterworks Trust
Moseley Railway Trust
Narrow Gauge Railway Society (NGRS)
Industrial Railway Society (IRS)
East Anglia Transport Museum (EATMS) Carlton Colville
Triang Minic Narrowgauge Railway Society
Railway & Canal Historical Society
© Gerry Cork & Amberley Museum
