Wyevale Garden Centre, Marple. 7¼ in (184 mm) gauge miniature
railway about ½ mile (0.8 km) in length. Steam and diesel hauled.
Also Tara the Tram, a battery powered tram which can be
self-driven by children on its own 7¼ in (184 mm) gauge line, 250 ft (76 m)
in length.
Heywood to Rawtenstall (Rossendale): 12 miles (19.3 km). The
principal station is at Bolton Street, Bury. Standard gauge. Steam
and diesel hauled and diesel railcars. Dining trains operate at certain
times.
Warcop to Sandford: about ½ mile (0.8km). Proposed extension
to Appleby East, a total distance of 5¼ miles (8.5 km). Possible
future extension to Kirkby Stephen East. Standard gauge. Diesel
hauled.
15 inch (381 mm) gauge miniature railway connecting various areas
of the theme park. Diesel hauled, steam outline locomotive (Website
includes little information relating to railway)
Haigh Railway
15 inch (381 mm) gauge railway nearly 1 mile (1.6 km) in length
at the Haigh Country Park (near Wigan). Steam hauled.
Lakeside (Newby Bridge) to Haverthwaite (Ulverston): 3½ miles
(5.6 km). Standard gauge. Steam and diesel hauled. The railway
connects at Lakeside with Windermere Lake Cruises.
Steam hauled train rides on a short length of line at the Museum of
Science & Industry in Manchester. The Museum is based around the
original Liverpool Road station of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway;
the locomotive is a faithful replica of Robert Stephenson's Planet,
built for that railway in 1830, with replicas of contemporary open
carriages.
