London Transport Miniature Railway
The railway has lain dormant for a few months now and it’s interesting to see how quickly nature can take over. The museum are discussing the next steps towards opening. Plans are often changing...
During our period of closure, we’re still busy working away in the background. Our Signalling Engineer, Andrew, has put together a comprehensive guide to signalling on the LTMR and how signalling works. It’s a...
London Transport Museum is closed The below is the official text from the London Transport Museum and not written by LTMR. Your safety when visiting London Transport Museum, and the safety of our staff...
NB: This update has been written towards the end of March 2020. With the developing situation regarding Coronavirus, the team were acutely aware this could potentially be the last get together for a while....
February was an interesting month with storms most weekends. Luckily these didn’t fall on our working weekends, although our fences were blown over. Inspections revealed very little damage was done. The ticket office received...
January was a busy month for our volunteers. During our December event, it was found that our mess room roof was leaking. January’s job was to replace the felt before too much damage was...
Volunteers met in December for the annual “Mince Pie Run”. We ran a train or two to relax at the end of a year of hard work. The relaxed nature of the day also...
The weather was with the team today, as a manner of tidy up jobs were done. The ground was sodden but there was a mass leaf clearance (there really were leaves on the line…...
Our team of volunteers continued maintenance on the railway in the rain. This time the work included the installation of insulation to the carriage shed to help protect our rolling stock and a start...
Thanks for visiting us for the September open weekend! It was a challenging weekend but we still managed to run a good service, carrying 1705 passengers. We welcomed back our Sarah Siddons Locomotive after...
As we ready ourselves for the September open weekend, work was undertaken to ready our most popular loco, Sarah Siddons for running. Andrew Janes explains. Sarahs ‘A’ motor worked but the pinion gear detached...
Volunteers enjoys a BBQ at the end of August to relax and enjoy the railway without the pressure of the public. Some friends and family were invited to join in the fun too! Sarah Siddons...
The LTMR was open to LTM volunteers in mid August as part of the museum’s thank you event. This event recognises the hard efforts of all LTM volunteers. Train rides were provided to museum...
