decauville1126 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Amberley Museum’s Spring Industrial Trains Day Sunday April 26th Amberley Museum’s Spring Industrial Trains Day Official press release: Amberley Museum’s Spring Industrial Trains event, primarily aimed at the enthusiast, this year falls on Sunday 26th April. Whilst much of the industrial loco collection will be out and about, we hope to also feature the first visiting Lister Railtruck which has arrived in advance of our summer Listermania Gala on 11th and 12th July. Which one? Well that would be telling! Down at the De Witt Kilns we should have the standard gauge Simplex 4wDM loco ‘Burt’ in action at half past each hour (except over lunchtime). A conducted behind the scenes tour will take place at 2pm (meet in the triangle area, takes about an hour) and again due to popular demand we will be able to offer adult visitors hands on experience of a true industrial railway. Our very popular ‘Driver-for-a-Fiver’ scheme allows two trips at the controls of an internal combustion loco along a stretch of line, under the accompaniment and guidance of an experienced driver, with the opportunity for photographs to be taken. We hope that this will raise much needed funds to continue our work in restoring and maintaining the collection. As always, this is subject to availability of locos and volunteers (and weather!) but we hope to have two locos available for this. Start point is the concrete apron at Brockham Station. Slots will be bookable on the day. We’re looking forward to meeting old and making new friends. Amberley Museum is a 36 acre site set in the South Downs National Park dedicated to industrial heritage, with communications and electricity exhibition halls, working printshop, stationary engines, lime kilns and more. Visitors can take free rides on the narrow gauge railway or historic bus. The Museum is home to a variety of traditional craftspeople, such as the wheelwrights and potters, with a café, gift shop and nature trails. We open from March to October and hold many events ranging from children’s activity days to classic vehicle shows and the ever popular Santa Specials. Full details at www.amberleymuseum.co.uk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
decauville1126 Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Flash update! Sadly we won’t now be able to offer Driver for a Fiver at this event but hope it will be available again at our Autumn event. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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