Rutland Railway Museum, Railway museum in Cottesmore, United Kingdom.
The Rutland Railway Museum spans 19 acres of a former ironstone quarry, featuring industrial locomotives, mineral wagons, and preserved railway equipment.
The museum site represents a 1950s quarry system where steam and diesel locomotives operated together, connecting to the Melton Mowbray-Oakham main line.
The Simon Layfield Exhibition Centre presents three tracks of locomotive exhibits, including the Hawthorn Leslie locomotive SINGAPORE from World War II.
Visitors can experience passenger rides along 0.75 miles of track in restored brake vans that were used in regional freight trains.
The museum preserves concrete tipping docks from Cottesmore quarries and a locomotive shed relocated from Woolsthorpe Quarries.
Location: Cottesmore
Email: curator@rocks-by-rail.org
Website: http://rocks-by-rail.org
GPS coordinates: 52.71430,-0.68900
Latest update: March 3, 2025 07:31
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