Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a railway built in 1948 in Cleethorpes

Cleethorpes

Cleethorpes is a town and unparished area in North East Lincolnshire, England, situated on the estuary of the Humber. It has a population of 31,853 and is a seaside resort.- History :...

, North East Lincolnshire

North East Lincolnshire

North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, bordering the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire and the administrative county of Lincolnshire...

 operating between Cleethorpes Leisure Centre and behind Pleasure Island/buck beck. It was originally built to a slightly smaller 14.5 inches (368.3 mm) gauge.

History

The line was built in 1948 as a tourist attraction by Cleethorpes Borough Council

Cleethorpes (borough)

Cleethorpes was a local government district in Humberside, England from 1974 to 1996. It was granted borough status in 1975.It was formed on April 1, 1974, and covered Cleethorpes itself along with a wider area including Humberston, Laceby, Stallingborough, New Waltham, and Immingham...

, who also operated it from 1959 to 1990. The line is now owned by Chris Shaw.

Trains run from Kingsway station, which is next to the Leisure Centre, over a 40 yards (36.6 m) viaduct and along the sea wall, turning west to run past the shed and museum at Lakeside station. Over the 2006/7 winter off-season, the Line was extended a further 900 yards (823 m) south-east to a new station at North Sea Lane, close to the Meridian Line car park, Pleasure Island Family Theme Park

Pleasure Island Family Theme Park

Pleasure Island Family Theme Park is a Theme Park in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England. It is commonly known simply as Pleasure Island. The park opened on 27 May 1993 and was originally a subsidiary of Flamingo Land Ltd...

 and the Buck Beck estuary. This brought the total current running length to 2 miles (3.2 km).

The railway used to be operated by a pair of Severn lamb locomotives. In the 1960s, the line used diesel trains, followed by petrol-driven engines with a steam outline, though genuine steam locomotives are now in operation. A National Lottery

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 grant enabled the railway to acquire stock

Stock car (rail)

In railroad terminology, a stock car or cattle wagon is a type of rolling stock used for carrying livestock to market...

 from the long-dismantled Sutton Miniature Railway in Sutton Park

Sutton Park

Sutton Park, in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England, is one of the largest urban parks in Europe and the largest outside a capital city; it is larger than Richmond Park in London....

, Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield

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, some of which is housed in the old Sutton Miniature Railway locomotive shed, including Bassett-Lowke

Bassett-Lowke

Bassett-Lowke was a toy company in Northampton, England, founded by Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke in 1898 or 1899, that specialized in model railways, boats and ships, and construction sets...

 Class 10 Little Giant 'Mighty Atom'. On guest weekends, visiting engines from other lines make an appearance.

Steam locomotives

Name	No	Wheel Arrangement	Tractive + Cyl Size	Main Dimensions	Built	Rebuild + Maint	Gauge	Colour	Status	Notes
Sutton Belle	1	4-4-2 Tender	4.25 x 6.75	16'8 x 3'6 x 2'6.5	Cannon Ironfoundries 1933	Griffin Foundry 1953 & CCLR 2003		Royal Maroon	In Service.
Sutton Flyer	2	4-4-2 Tender	4.25 x 6.75	17' x 3'6 x 2'6.5	Griffin Foundry 1950	CCLR 2003 +2006		Royal Blue	Out of service.
Mighty Atom/Prince of Wales	11	4-4-2 Tender			Bassett-Lowke 1909				On Display awaiting restoration
	24	2-6-2 Tender	3000 lb 5.94 x 8	23ft x 6ft x 4 ft 3 in	Fairbourne 1990			Black	Boiler away for reps	Based on a Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Locomotive
Effie	N/A	0-4-0 Well Tank			Great Northern Steam	CCLR 2006	15in	Heywood Green	Out of service
Yvette	111	4-4-0 Tender			Craven's 1946	CCLR 2006		LNER Apple Green	Out of service	Based on an LNER Class D49 LNER Class D49 The London and North Eastern Railway D49 Class is a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives designed by Nigel Gresley. They were named after fox hunts and shires.One, 246/62712 Morayshire has been preserved on the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway....
Crompton		4-4-2 Tender			Curwen 1951				Long term restoration
Mountaineer		0-4-0 Tender			W.van der Heiden 1972	Boiler 2006		BMR Maroon	Out of service.	ex Bush Mill Railway Bush Mill Railway The Bush Mill Railway was a gauge miniature railway, situated from Port Arthur, in Tasmania. It opened in 1986.- Route :The Bush Mill Railway climbed steeply through a series of loops and zig zags up a hillside, then across a spectacular Serpentine Bridge...
04 Class	6284	2-8-0 Tender			Roger Loxley & Ray Crome 2009			LNER Freight Black	In Service	Made debut at Barrow Hill Roundhouse Gala

Diesel Locomotives

Name	No	Built	Rebuild/ Maint	Wheels	Fuel/ Trans	Gauge	Status	Colour	Notes
Toby	2	Lister 1944	CCLR	0-4-0	Diesel-Mechanical		Under Rebuild	Brown
The Cub/John		Minirail 1954	CCLR 1993	0-4-0 Bo	Diesel-Hydraulic			Grey undercoat
Battison	5	Battison 1958	CCLR 2004	2-6-4T	Diesel-Mechanical		Under Rebuild	Improved Engine Green	Styled as steam locomotive
Dudley	SMR 4	G & S Light Engineering 1946	CCLR 2003	Bo-Bo	4* Petrol-Mechanical		Stored for winter	Grey & Red
DA1		Bush Mill Railway Bush Mill Railway The Bush Mill Railway was a gauge miniature railway, situated from Port Arthur, in Tasmania. It opened in 1986.- Route :The Bush Mill Railway climbed steeply through a series of loops and zig zags up a hillside, then across a spectacular Serpentine Bridge...  1986		0-4-0	Diesel-Mechanical		shunting duties only	Bush Mills Maroon with Chevrons on ends	ex Bush Mill Railway Bush Mill Railway The Bush Mill Railway was a gauge miniature railway, situated from Port Arthur, in Tasmania. It opened in 1986.- Route :The Bush Mill Railway climbed steeply through a series of loops and zig zags up a hillside, then across a spectacular Serpentine Bridge...

External links

• The Railway website