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Steam trains

In my experience, steam trains are a real love of little boys and grown men.  Having said that, the girls do enjoy it too.  There are no steam train rides in London but depending on where you are starting from, there are some which can be managed on a day trip.  Check out their websites for special event days, where there is often a Thomas the Tank Train.  If that is what you particularly want, the Thomas the Tank website lists all the Thomas days around the country.

 

  • Didcot Railway Centre - You can drive here via the M4 or M40, there are also trains from London Paddington station. Home of the Great Western Society and its unique collection of Great Western Railway steam engines, coaches, wagons, buildings and small relics. There is a picnic area here.

  • Watercress Line - in Hampshire, so it is most accessible from West London, although there is train service from Waterloo (1hr and a 1/4)

  • Bluebell Railway - The volunteer run Bluebell Line was the UK's first preserved standard gauge passenger railway, re-opening part of the Lewes to East Grinstead line of the old London Brighton & South Coast Railway in 1960. Since then it has developed into one of the largest tourist attractions in Sussex.  You can get a train from London Victoria followed by a shuttle bus.

  • Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway - Located not far from London and Oxford.

  • Buckinghamshire Railway Centre - Near Waddesdon in Buckinhamshire.  volunteer members of the renamed Quainton Railway Society have established the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre as one of the leading steam museums in the country - Covering nearly 30 acres the collection includes some 35 steam locomotives as well as examples of both diesel locomotives and multiple units. The large collection of carriages and wagons includes a 1901 coach used latterly in the Royal Train together with a specially converted vehicle from 1943 used as a mobile meeting room by Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower.

 

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