Amerton Railway

Amerton Railway
	Amerton Railway. KS 4250 of 1922 0-4-0ST 'Lorna Doone'
Overview
Headquarters	Stafford
Locale	England
Dates of operation	1992–Present
Successor	Abandoned
Technical
Track gauge	2 ft (610 mm)
Length	1 mile (1.6 km)

Amerton Railway

Legend

Yard and

Locomotive Shed

Stump Siding

Amerton

Chartley Road

Amerton Brook

The Amerton Railway is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in the English county of Staffordshire. It is owned by the Staffordshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society.

Construction of the railway started in 1990 in a field at the side of Amerton Working Farm. The first trains ran in 1992, but it was around 10 years later when the railway was completed as a full circle with two passing loops.

Development of the line

In May 2012^[1] the 17 acres of land on which the railway is run was purchased by the railway, securing the future of operations at Amerton.

Recently work has started on modifying the headshunt to provide more room on the railway and an additional passing loop.

A comprehensive industrial demonstration railway is now being developed to add a turning triangle and a large amount of outdoor storage space.

Restoration is in progress on a number of narrow gauge waggons. A set of 4 RNAD box vans and flats have been restored and work has started on 3 RAF Fauld drop-side waggons. The railway has recently acquired a large number of 2 foot 6 inch gauge RNAD waggon chassis that are on the list to be re-gauged and restored as time and finance allows.

Locomotives

Name	Builder	Type	Date	Works number	Notes
Isabel	W.G. Bagnall	0-4-0ST	1897	1491	Built for the Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway. Fully operational.
Jennie	Hunslet	0-4-0ST	2008	3905	New build Kerr Stuart Wren class built by Hunslet. Privately owned but kept at Amerton.
Lorna Doone	Kerr Stuart	0-4-0ST	1922	4250	Wren class. Rebuild in progress, frames painted, new boiler complete. Now a rolling chassis in the engine shed.
Henschel (unofficial name)	Henschel	0-8-0T	1916	526	Built for the German trench railways. Spent most of its working life at the Sena Sugar Estate, Mozambique. Now under restoration.
Emmet	Orenstein & Koppel	0-4-0T	1938, converted to steam in 2003	21159	A new build steam locomotive, no longer based at Amerton.
Paddy	Alan Keef Ltd	0-4-0VTB with Tender	2007		In service, permanently moved to Statfold Barn Railway
Number 1	W.G. Bagnall	0-4-0ST	1911	1889	A kit of parts awaiting restoration.
Yellow Peril (unofficial name)	Motor Rail	4wDM	1975	40SD501	Built for the Severn Trent Water Authority's Minworth Sewage Works. Arrived at Amerton in 1991. Operational.
Dorman	Motor Rail	4wDM	1940	7471	Built for Hussey, Egan & Pickmere Ltd, Birmingham. Arrived at Amerton in 1991. Operational.
Dreadnought	Baguley	0-4-0DM (steam outline)	1939	3024	Built for Wilson's Pleasure Railway, Allhallows-on-Sea, Kent. Arrived at Amerton in 1991. In service, used infrequently on passenger services.
Yard № 70	Ruston and Hornsby	4wDM	1943	221623	Built for the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge Chattenden and Upnor Railway. Arrived at Amerton in 1992. Under repair.
Gordon	Hunslet	4wDM	1978	8561	Built for the National Coal Board's Allerton Bywater and Castlebridge collieries. Arrived at Amerton in 1996. In service, a regular on passenger trains.
The Littleton Ruston (unofficial name)	Ruston and Hornsby	4wDM	1964	506491	Built for the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge National Coal Board South Staffordshire Collieries. Arrived at Amerton in 1992. Operational.
The Hibberd (unofficial name)	F. C. Hibberd & Co.	4wDM	1937	2025	Bought by Gravelworks Ltd for the Preston Irwell Valley Water Board. Restoration in progress.
Golspie	Baguley	0-4-0DM (steam outline)	1935	2085	Built for Trentham Gardens. Later stored at Alton Towers for possible use on Alton Towers Narrow Gauge Railway. Arrived at Amerton in 2000. Restoration in progress.
№ 774	Baguley	0-4-0PM	1919	774	Worked on the Hendre-Ddu Tramway. On loan from the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum for a cosmetic restoration. Left Amerton on 21 November 2008 and is now on display at Statfold Barn Railway.