Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
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Heritage railway
thumb|right|the Historical [[Khyber train safari|Khyber Railway]] goes through the [[Khyber Pass]], [[Pakistan]]A heritage railway , preserved railway , tourist railway , or tourist railroad is a railway that is run as a tourist attraction, in some cases by volunteers, and...
operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd. at Quainton Road railway station
Quainton Road railway station
Quainton Road railway station was opened in 1868 in undeveloped countryside near Quainton, Buckinghamshire, from London. Built by the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway, it was the result of pressure from the 3rd Duke of Buckingham to route the railway near his home at Wotton House and to open a...
, in the far depths of "Metro-land
Metro-land
Metro-land is a name given to the suburban areas that were built to the north west of London in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Middlesex in the early part of the 20th century, and were served by the Metropolitan Railway, an independent company until absorbed by the London...
", about 5 miles (8 km) west of Aylesbury
Aylesbury
Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in South East England. However the town also falls into a geographical region known as the South Midlands an area that ecompasses the north of the South East, and the southern extremities of the East Midlands...
in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
. The site is divided into two halves which are joined by two foot-bridges, one of which provides wheelchair access. Each side has a demonstration line with various workshop buildings as well as museum buildings.
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is rail-connected because Quainton Road station is on the Network Rail
Network Rail
Network Rail is the government-created owner and operator of most of the rail infrastructure in Great Britain .; it is not responsible for railway infrastructure in Northern Ireland...
freight-only line (formerly a mainline used jointly by the Great Central Railway
Great Central Railway
The Great Central Railway was a railway company in England which came into being when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897 in anticipation of the opening in 1899 of its London Extension . On 1 January 1923, it was grouped into the London and North Eastern...
and the Metropolitan Railway
Metropolitan railway
Metropolitan Railway can refer to:* Metropolitan line, part of the London Underground* Metropolitan Railway, the first underground railway to be built in London...
through the Metropolitan and Great Central Railways Joint Committee) which connects Aylesbury
Aylesbury railway station
Aylesbury railway station is a railway station in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England and is a major stop on the London to Aylesbury Line from Marylebone station via Amersham. It is 37.75 miles from Aylesbury Station to Marylebone Station...
with the Bletchley to Oxford cross-country route
Varsity Line
The Varsity Line is an informal name for the railway route that formerly linked the English university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, operated successively by the London and North Western Railway, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, and British Railways...
at Claydon (LNE) Junction. This allows Chiltern Railways
Chiltern Railways
Chiltern Railways is a British train operating company. It was set up at the privatisation of British Rail in 1996, and operates local passenger trains from Marylebone station in London to Aylesbury and main-line trains on the Chiltern Main Line to Birmingham Snow Hill with its associated branches...
to operate occasional shuttle trains from Aylesbury to Quainton Road on Buckingham Railway Centre open days.
At the north-west corner of the site are the terminal
Terminal Station
Terminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...
buildings of 1851 from Oxford Rewley Road railway station
Oxford Rewley Road railway station
Oxford Rewley Road railway station was a railway station serving the city of Oxford, England, located immediately to the north of what is now Frideswide Square on the site of the Saïd Business School. It was the terminus of the Buckinghamshire Railway, which was worked, and later absorbed, by the...
transplanted here in 2002 to serve as reception, visitor centre
Visitor center
A visitor center or centre , visitor information center, tourist information center, is a physical location that provides tourist information to the visitors who tour the place or area locally...
and display building.
Operational steam locomotives
- Metropolitan RailwayMetropolitan railwayMetropolitan Railway can refer to:* Metropolitan line, part of the London Underground* Metropolitan Railway, the first underground railway to be built in London...
0-4-4T E ClassMetropolitan Railway E ClassThe Metropolitan Railway E Class is a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotives.A total of seven locomotives were built between 1896 and 1901 for the Metropolitan Railway: three by themselves at their Neasden Works and four by Hawthorn Leslie in Newcastle. One locomotive became Metropolitan Railway No.1...
no. 1 (London Transport L44). Operational and a regular on passenger trains.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/Met1.htm - LSWRLondon and South Western RailwayThe London and South Western Railway was a railway company in England from 1838 to 1922. Its network extended from London to Plymouth via Salisbury and Exeter, with branches to Ilfracombe and Padstow and via Southampton to Bournemouth and Weymouth. It also had many routes connecting towns in...
2-4-0WT 0298 ClassLSWR 0298 ClassThe London and South Western Railway 0298 Class or Beattie Well Tank is a class of British steam locomotive. They are 2-4-0WT well tanks, originally built between 1863 and 1875 for use on passenger services in the suburbs of London, but later used on rural services in South West England...
no. 0314 (British Railways 30585). Operational, used regularly on passenger trains.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/beattie.htm - Peckett and SonsPeckett and SonsPeckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use...
0-4-0ST no. 2087. Operational and used on goods/vintage trains & occasionally on passenger trains.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/2087.htm - North British Locomotive CompanyNorth British Locomotive CompanyThe North British Locomotive Company was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp Stewart and Company , Neilson, Reid and Company and Dübs and Company , creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe.Its main factories were...
0-6-0T "Coventry no. 1". also "Thomas" on Thomas days, Operational and used on passenger trains.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/Coventry.htm - Peckett and SonsPeckett and SonsPeckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use...
0-4-0ST no. 2105 "Rokeby". Operational and used on goods/vintage trains & occasionally on passenger trains.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/2105.htm - Hudswell ClarkeHudswell ClarkeHudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:...
0-4-0ST no. 1742 "Millom". Operational and used on goods and vintage trains, boiler ticket expires in 2018.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/1742.HTM
Steam locomotives off site
- GWRGreat Western RailwayThe Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
0-6-0PT 5700 ClassGWR 5700 ClassThe Great Western Railway 5700 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, built between 1929 and 1950. 863 were built, making them the second most-produced British class of steam locomotive.- Overview :...
no. 7715 (London TransportLondon Passenger Transport BoardThe London Passenger Transport Board was the organisation responsible for public transport in London, UK, and its environs from 1933 to 1948...
L99London Underground steam locomotivesInitially, services on the Metropolitan Railway were operated by the Great Western Railway who built a special type of locomotives, the Metropolitan Class, to operate through the tunnels....
). Operational on the North Norfolk RailwayNorth Norfolk RailwayThe North Norfolk Railway – also known as the "Poppy Line" – is a heritage steam railway in Norfolk, England, running between the coastal town of Sheringham and Holt, It cuts through the countryside to the east of Weybourne with views of its windmill and passes through the well preserved country...
.More infohttp://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/GWR7715.htm NNR http://www.nnrailway.co.uk/visitinglocos.php - GWR 0-6-0PT 9400 ClassGWR 9400 ClassThe Great Western Railway 9400 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive, used for shunting and banking duties.The first ten 9400s were the last steam engines built by the GWR. After nationalisation in 1948, another 200 were built by private contractors for British Railways...
no. 9466. Operational, can be used on the mainline, on loan to the Birmingham Railway MuseumBirmingham Railway MuseumTyseley Locomotive Works is the museum and engineering arm of the Birmingham Railway Museum Trust, based in Birmingham, England. It occupies part of the former Great Western Railway's depot, which was constructed in 1908 as a result of expanding operations in the West Midlands, particularly the...
.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/GWR9466.htm - Aveling and PorterAveling and PorterAveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steam roller manufacturer. Thomas Aveling and Richard Thomas Porter entered into partnership in 1862, developed a steam engine three years later in 1865 and produced more steam rollers than all the other British manufacturers combined.-The...
0-4-0WT no. 3587 "Sydenham". On loan to Chatham Dockyard.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/Sydenham.htm
Steam locomotives undergoing overhaul, restoration or light repair
- GWR 4-6-0 6959 "Modified Hall" ClassGWR 6959 ClassThe Great Western Railway 6959 Class or Modified Hall Class is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive. They were a development by Frederick Hawksworth of Charles Collett's earlier Hall Class....
no. 6989 "Wightwick Hall". Undergoing restoration.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/Wightwick.htm - GWR 2-8-2T 7200 ClassGWR 7200 ClassThe Great Western Railway 7200 Class is a class of 2-8-2T steam locomotive. They were the largest tank engines to run in Great Britain....
no. 7200. Undergoing restoration.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/7200.htmhttp://www.7200trust.org.uk/ - Hunslet Engine CompanyHunslet Engine CompanyThe Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for...
50550 class 0-6-0ST no. 3890. Undergoing overhaul.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/NCB66.htm - Peckett and SonsPeckett and SonsPeckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use...
0-4-0ST no. 1900 "Flying Bufferbeam". Britain's smallest standard-gauge steam locomotive now undergoing heavy overhaul.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/1900.htm - Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST no. 699 "Swanscombe". This is the oldest surviving Barclay. In use from 2002–2008, now awaiting boiler & motion repair.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/swan.htm
Stored / static steam locomotives
- Andrew Barclay 0-4-0F no. 1477. This one of the oldest Fireless locomotiveFireless locomotiveA fireless locomotive is a type of locomotive designed for use under conditions restricted by either the presence of flammable material or the need for cleanliness...
s still in existence, built in 1916 now on static display awaiting overhaul.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/1477.htm - Sentinel Waggon WorksSentinel Waggon WorksSentinel Waggon Works Ltd was a British company based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire that made steam-powered lorries, railway locomotives, and later, diesel engined lorries and locomotives.-Alley & MacLellan, Sentinel Works, Jessie Street Glasgow:...
0-4-0 no. 9537 "Susan". Stored undercover awaiting overhaul.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/9537.htm - Yorkshire Engine CompanyYorkshire Engine CompanyThe Yorkshire Engine Company was a small independent locomotive manufacturer in Sheffield, England. The Company was formed in 1865 and continued to produce locomotives and carry out general engineering work until 1965...
0-6-0ST no. 2498 "Chislet". On static display awaiting overhaul.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/chislet.htm - Hawthorn Leslie and CompanyHawthorn Leslie and CompanyR. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Limited, usually referred to as Hawthorn Leslie, was a shipbuilding and locomotive manufacturer. The Company was founded on Tyneside in 1886 and ceased building ships in 1982.-History:...
0-4-0ST no. 3717. Stored undercover awaiting overhaul.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/3717.htm - Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0STHunslet Austerity 0-6-0STThe Hunslet Engine Company Austerity 0-6-0ST is a steam locomotive designed for shunting. The class became the standard British shunting locomotive during the Second World War, and production continued until 1964 at various locomotive manufacturers....
no. 3850 "Juno". Stored awaiting overhaul.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/juno.htm - Andrew Barclay 0-4-0F no. 2243. On static display awaiting overhaul.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/2243.htm
- Sentinel Waggon WorksSentinel Waggon WorksSentinel Waggon Works Ltd was a British company based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire that made steam-powered lorries, railway locomotives, and later, diesel engined lorries and locomotives.-Alley & MacLellan, Sentinel Works, Jessie Street Glasgow:...
0-4-0 no. 9366. Stored awaiting overhaul.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/9366.htm - W.G. BagnallW.G. BagnallW. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England. It was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall and ceased trading in 1962 when it was taken over by English Electric Co Ltd. The company was located at the Castle Engine Works, in Castle Town, Stafford...
0-4-0ST no. 2469 "Scott". Awaiting heavy overhaul.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/2469.htm - Hudswell ClarkeHudswell ClarkeHudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:...
0-6-0T no. 1334 "Sir Thomas". On static display awaiting overhaul.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/1334.htm - Hunslet Engine Co. 0-6-0ST no. 3782 "Arthur". Stored Awaiting restoration.http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/Arthur.htm
- GWR Castle Class No. 5080 Defiant. http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/defiant.HTM
- 25NC Class 4-8-4 No. 3405 ( gauge). http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/25NC.htm
- Aveling and PorterAveling and PorterAveling and Porter was a British agricultural engine and steam roller manufacturer. Thomas Aveling and Richard Thomas Porter entered into partnership in 1862, developed a steam engine three years later in 1865 and produced more steam rollers than all the other British manufacturers combined.-The...
0-4-0T No. 807 Brill. http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/803.htm
Diesel locomotives
- BRBritish RailBritish Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...
0-6-0 Class 04British Rail Class 04The British Rail Class 04 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive class was built between 1952 and 1962 and was the basis for the later Class 03 built in the British Railways workshops. The Class 04 locomotives were supplied by the Drewry Car Co., which at the time had no manufacturing...
no. D2298 - John Fowler & Co.John Fowler & Co.thumb|right|John Fowler & Co. [[steam roller]] of 1923John Fowler & Co Engineers of Leathley Road, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England produced traction engines and ploughing implements and equipment, as well as railway equipment. Fowler also produced the Track Marshall tractor which was a...
0-4-0DM No. 20067 "Osram" http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/Osram.htm - F Hibberd "Planet"F. C. Hibberd & Co LtdF. C. Hibberd & Co Ltd was a British locomotive-building company founded in 1927 to build industrial petrol and diesel locomotives. In 1932 the company acquired the goodwill of James and Frederick Howard Ltd...
0-4-0DM No. 3765 http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/3765.htm - Hibberd 0-4-0DM No. 2102 http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/2102.htm
- Hibberd 0-4-0DM No. 3271 "Walrus" http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/Walrus.htm
- Hunslet (Kerr Stuart) 0-4-0DM No. K4428 Redland http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/redland.htm
- Hunslet 0-4-0DM No. 2067 http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/2067.htm
- Ruston & HornsbyRuston (engine builder)Ruston & Hornsby, later known as Ruston, was an industrial equipment manufacturer in Lincoln, England, the company's history going back to 1840. The company is best known as a manufacturer of narrow and standard gauge diesel locomotives and also of steam shovels. Other products included cars, steam...
No. 425477 Arthur http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/425477.htm - Ruston & Hornsby No. 463153 "Hilsea" http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/Hilsea.htm
Diesel multiple units
- BR Class 115British Rail Class 115The British Rail Class 115 diesel multiple units were 41 high density sets which operated the outer-suburban services from Marylebone usually to destinations such as High Wycombe, Aylesbury and Banbury which are on the Chiltern Main Line and Great Central Main Line...
unit 51886+59761+51889 "Aylesbury College Silver Jubilee 1987"
Electric Multiple Units
- Post Office Railway (London) 1930 StockLondon Post Office Railway 1930 StockThe London Post Office Railway 1930 Stock and 1936 Stock was built by English Electric. These units comprised the bulk of the fleet from the 1930s until the introduction of the 1980 Stock. The articulated units were designed to replace the earlier unsuccessful 1927 Stock, which were prone to...
No. 803 http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/POCar.htm - London UndergroundLondon UndergroundThe London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...
CO/CP StockLondon Underground O StockThe O and P Stock was built for the Metropolitan Line and Hammersmith & City Line in 1937–1940 by Gloucester RC&W and Birmingham RC&W. In all there were 262 driving motors and 103 trailers...
unit 53028+013063+54233 http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/COCar.htmhttp://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/COPCar.HTMhttp://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/CPCar.HTM - New York Subway Car No. 1144, an R7, converted into a cafeteria for the museum. http://www.brc-stockbook.co.uk/NYCar.htm
Carriages & Vans
- BR Mk 1 TPO sorting vanPost Office Sorting VanA Post Office Sorting Van is a type of rail vehicle built for use in a Travelling Post Office.British Rail built ninety-six of these vehicles between 1959 and 1977, to several similar designs, all based on the Mark 1 coach design. They were numbered in the range 80300–80395...
no. 80394 - London Transport brake vansLondon Underground engineering stockOver the years, London Underground has acquired various types of engineering stock to help with the construction of new lines and maintenance of existing lines. Some of these wagons were inherited from its predecessors, many were built new and some were acquired second-hand from British Rail...
nos. B557 and FB578