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WE
HAVE A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE CARRIAGE - DESIGNED AND BUILT BY OUR MEMBERS & FINANCED BY AN
AWARDS FOR ALL LOTTERY
GRANT
DO YOU NEED A PORTABLE MINIATURE RAILWAY FOR A
SPECIAL EVENT?
Our colleagues at Rotherham Model Engineers may be able to help you -
please visit
http://www.rdmes.co.uk
The Smile Train:
Changing the world one smile at a time - click
to find out more
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 We are a thriving, long established
model engineering society, dedicated to
promoting our
hobby by building and operating
steam and other types of powered models; by invention and experimentation; by
tool making; by encouraging young people to participate in engineering; by maintaining links with
model engineers in the UK and abroad; and by furthering wider interest in
our hobby with the
local community who visit the Abbeydale Miniature Railway. Model engineers and
interested guests are always made very welcome.
We usually serve refreshments, ice cream and children's souvenirs when the
railway is open to the public, and our premises and
toilets are
wheelchair accessible. We also have a special carriage funded by the Lottery which enables
most wheelchair
users to ride on the railway. We are completely non-profit making - all receipts are
reinvested in developing, maintaining and running the railway and our
clubhouse facilities.
CONTACT
US
BIRTHDAY
PARTIES
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Please
note that we are
unable to offer special arrangements for birthday parties but you are
welcome to invite your guests to our railway on a public running day, when we
are open from 1pm to 5pm. Parties usually use one of the picnic tables and buy train tickets
for their guests. We serve hot and cold beverages and other refreshments but you may bring your
own - in moderation. No alcohol please.
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We ask that guests' parents stay with their children at all times
and supervise them and that you take all your litter home with you as we have no refuse
collection service from the railway.
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 A
LOCAL MINIATURE RAILWAY PIONEER
On the left is a photo of
Guy S. Mitchell, driving his 71/4" gauge live steam loco in 1905 in his garden on
Grove Road, Totley Rise - not far from our own Abbeydale Miniature Railway. Around this time there were three privately owned,
pioneering ride-on garden railways in Sheffield!
Click on the photo for more
information about this remarkable man and his railway.
Photo courtesy of Mrs.
Julie Malam
Get all our local news at Open
Dore - the Dore Village website
or the Totley
Independent - Totley's website
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ABBEYDALE MINIATURE RAILWAY
OPPOSITE
283 ABBEYDALE ROAD SOUTH, SHEFFIELD, S17 3LB
All passengers visiting and
traveling on the Abbeydale Miniature Railway do so at their own
risk. Please be aware that live steam locomotives emit sparks, ashes
and oil which could result in injury or damage to clothing for
which we cannot be held responsible. Our
steam and diesel locos get very hot - so please do not touch them!
Please read and understand the Rail Riding Rules
at the Ticket Office
before boarding the trains.
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We aim
to have at least one steam engine operating as well as our
'diesels'. We offer clean toilet facilities, including disabled
access. A wheelchair accessible carriage is
available on request. Printed timetables are available
from the ticket office for you to take home.
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Please park AT YOUR
OWN RISK in the field if weather permits - access to the railway's
premises by vehicle is strictly limited to disabled badge holders
and members of the Society.
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The car park will be closed at 5.15pm.
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This page was last updated on 16-Apr-2012.
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