Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway, Lincolnshire, England The railway runs on 15" gauge using live steam and diesel locomotives. Although the railway is less than a mile in length, it has a impressive range of steam locomotives hauling trains through the dunes.This 15" gauge railway runs for nearly 1 mile through the coastal front at Cleethorpes with stations at Lakeside and Kingsway.

The railway was taken over from Cleethorpes Council by Chris Shaw. When Chris took over the railway, the first operation was to re-guage the trackwork. The Cleethorpes miniature railway was set at a unique 14.5" guage and had run so for many years.

Once the rails were re-gauged, the service began running once again using live steam which had been absent on the line for most of the years that the council had run it. During the counsil years, a pair of Rio-Grande locomotives ran the line on LPG.

These locomotives were well passed their best and were scrapped making way for true live steam locomotives "Katie" and "Sian", a pair of sister locomotives built as 2-4-2 Tender locomotives. The live steam service made the railway more popular with holiday makers and tourist alike. The railway also started to attract a new volunteer work force and visitors coming to specially to see the steam locomotives.

 

 


 

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