Welcome to the Downs Light Railway Trust

Over the last 5 months Hoyland Down has been the centre of a big restoration project to relay the track work with the temporary accommodation for the locomotives. In addition, James Boyd's boiler has been completed and is awaiting refitting!

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From July 2011, the Downs Light Railway stopped as an activity for the children, to allow for some essential maintenance to be carried out to the buildings which had become detrimental to the safety of the locomotives. The maintenance was unfortunately delayed, to allow for material to be removed under specialist conditions. With this task completed in November 2011, the school will provide temporary accommodation for the locomotives in the new year.

During this time, the overhaul to the locomotive James Boyd uncovered a deteriorated condition of its boiler, and after some repair work, found the condition unsuitable. The condition is currently being surveyed, and there is a potential that the boiler will need replacing. With two of the three steam locomotives effectively undergoing overhauls, it was decided to complete some substantial infrastructure works to the terminus at Hoyland Down.

Together with the limited availability of staff over the winter period, all of the work underway is outside the ability of the children. It is hoped that the railway will return to a suitable state from April to enable the children to continue the work. Until this time, the railway will not be available for the Children as an activity.

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The Downs Light Railway Trust launches its new website!

The new website follows BT Community's move of website services, which they provide for chairites.