Wotton Light Railway

The Wotton Light Railway is a private 15 in (381 mm) gauge light railway located near Wotton Underwood in Buckinghamshire. It is the hobby of High Court judge Sir Jeremy Sullivan.^[1] Although the line is privately owned and operated, it may be viewed at strategic points where it crosses public footpaths,^[2] and by invitation on occasional operating days.

Locomotives

Name	Livery	Locomotive type	Wheel arrangement	Builder	Year built	Notes
Sandy	WLR dark blue	Steam	0-6-0	Exmoor Steam Railway		Principal steam locomotive.
Pam	WLR dark blue	Diesel hydraulic	0-4-0 DH	Alan Keef	1996	Shunting locomotive.
Pompey	WLR dark blue	Diesel hydraulic	B-B DH	Alan Keef	2001	Principal diesel locomotive.

Rolling stock

The railway is equipped with a small fleet of 8-seater semi-open passenger carriages. There are several freight wagons, including open wagons in which passengers are sometimes conveyed.^[3] There is an enclosed brake van, which will accommodate two members of train crew.

References

↑ See his personal profile at the BBC.
↑ See references to level crossings here.
↑ See photographs here.

External links

Wotton Light Railway on YouTube.

World railways and tramways of 15 inch (381 mm) gauge

United Kingdom	Bellevue Park Railway Blackpool Zoo Railway Blenheim Park Railway Bure Valley Railway Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Conwy Valley Tramway Combe Martin Wildlife Park Craigtoun Miniature Railway Duffield Bank Railway Eaton Hall Railway Evesham Vale Light Railway Gulliver's Land Gulliver's World Haigh Country Park Railway Heatherslaw Light Railway Kirklees Light Railway Lakeside Railway (Knowsley Safari Park) Lakeside Miniature Railway (Southport) Lappa Valley Steam Railway Lightwater Valley Liverpool Garden Festival Railway Longleat House Railway Markeaton Park Light Railway Marwell Zoo Oakwood Park Railway Paradise Park, Cornwall Paultons Park Perrygrove Railway Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Rhiw Valley Light Railway Rhyl Miniature Railway Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Saltburn Miniature Railway Sand Hutton Miniature Railway Sherwood Forest Railway Waveney Valley Railway (Bressingham) West Midland Safari Park Windmill Farm Railway Wotton Light Railway

United States	American Heritage Railroad B.A.D. Great Northern Railroad Gage Park Railroad Glenwood South Park & Pacific Railroad Hillcrest & Wahtoke Steam Railroad Joshua Tree & Southern GSD Laurel Run Railroad Little Toot Railroad Look Park Milwaukee County Zoo Safari Railroad Nickel Plate Railroad Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation Orland, Newville and Pacific Railroad Paradise and Pacific Railroad Phoenix & Holly Railroad Redwood Valley Railway Riverside and Great Northern Railway Riverview & Twin Lakes Railroad Sonoma Traintown Tiny Town Railroad Waterman & Western Railroad

Rest of World	Bal Bahran Park Railway (Delhi, India) Bear Creek Park Train (Canada) Bush Mill Railway (Tasmania) Chemin de Fer d'Anse (France) Dalaas Waldbahn (Austria) Donauparkbahn (Austria) Dresdner Parkeisenbahn (Germany) Driving Creek Railway (New Zealand) Killesberg Park Railway (Germany) Parkeisenbahn Auensee (Germany) Prater Liliputbahn (Austria) Sakuradani Light Railway (Japan) Shuzenji Romney Railway (Japan) Springbank Express (Canada) Whangaparaoa Narrow Gauge Railway (New Zealand)

Others	Arlesdale Railway (fictional) Fairbourne Railway (now re-gauged) Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway (temporary exhibition line)

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