Looking up the line from Old Heath station on the Mangapps Railway

Image: © Marathon Taken: 16 Sep 2018

The collection at Mangapps Railway Museum is believed to be the largest on public display in Britain. It features a ¾ mile standard gauge passenger carrying line, with restored stations, signal boxes and ancillary equipment removed from various sites throughout East Anglia and beyond. The Railway and Museum are owned and operated by the Jolly family assisted by volunteers. The web site can be found at http://www.mangapps.co.uk/ There is so much to see that it is difficult to pick highlights, but the signal box from Haddiscoe Junction, being able to operate the signals in one of the exhibitions areas, and going inside a 1938 stock Northern line train must be included. This is a real hidden gem of a place. This is the view from Old Heath station at the far end of the line. The train reverses a little way beyond here at the end of the line before coming back. It is possible to get off here and walk back along this path near the line and on a warm day like this it is a delightful stroll, although most people stay on the train for the trip back. Old Heath station takes its name from the nearby Old Heath Farm. The station building came from Laxfield in Suffolk which was the northern terminus of the Mid Suffolk Light Railway - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5922663

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