East Herts Miniature Railway

General Info

Locomotive Ellan Bee by the turntable.

The East Herts Miniature Railway (EHMR) is situated behind Van Hage Garden Centre in Great Amwell near Ware, Hertfordshire.

It opened in 1978 ^[1] and by 2006 it had carried 1 million passengers.^[2] It is open Saturdays 11:00–17:00 and Sundays & Public Holidays 11:00–16:30. Its primary purpose is to give mainly steam-hauled train rides to the general public on a 7 ¹⁄₄ in (184 mm) gauge track. £25,000 has been donated to Amwell View School from the EHMR.

The current length of the track is around 1/4 of a mile and the journey time is 3.5 minutes. There are 4 steam locos, 2 petrol hydraulic and 1 battery electric belonging to the company which are in regular use. The site comprises a station with canopy and booking office, bridge, engine shed, tunnel, turntable, signal box (with ex London Underground westinghouse 'B' style lever frame from Hyde Park Corner),^[3] steaming bays, level crossing, water tower and workshop. Colour light signals and electro-pneumatic points operate every time the railway operates and are in the process of being computerised so that the system can be used without a human signaller required. A manual override function is included.

Locomotives

Operational:
Steam
TCB Miller	0-4-2	Tinkerbell Class	Lined Blue, Red and White lines. Named after the designer of the High Speed Train, a former member
Samson	0-4-2 + 6 Wheel Tender	Thomas 2	Lined Blue, Black edging, White lines
Ellan Bee	2-4-2	Lynton and Barnstable derivative	Lined Mid - Green, Orange and Black Lines
Petrol Hydraulic
John A Pattern	2-6-2	Sit In	Blue with Maroon and Silver band
Battery Electric
Lady Amwell	Bo-Bo	Ride on Railways Sit In. Based on Ruislip Lido, "Lady of the Lakes"	Maroon with Yellow band

Not Operational:
Steam
Peter N Brown	0-4-2	Tinkerbell Class	Lined Maroon, Black and Straw lines	Under Overhaul as of April 15
Petrol Hydraulic
H G Harrison	0-4-0 + 4 wheel tender	Roanoake with Tender	British Racing Green	Out of Service pending work on a fuel leak

References

External links

Official website

Coordinates: 51°47′37″N 0°01′18″W / 51.7935°N 0.0218°W / 51.7935; -0.0218

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