Corby Ironstone Quarry Heritage in Miniature In preparation for new displays at the Museum during 2020 RbR volunteer modellers have been busy at home with models to mark the 40th anniversary of the closure of Corby steelworks and its associated ironstone quarries. To supplement a display of written information and photographs a revised OO scale…

The last Standard Gauge Quarry Train in the UK recalled  Fifteen years ago, on the 25th February 2005, the last standard gauge quarry railway in the UK was operated at the Barrington Cement Quarry in Cambridgeshire for the last time. The standard gauge quarry railway was built by Eastwoods Ltd in 1963 during a major…

Over the winter volunteers at Rocks by Rail have been hard at work preparing the main      passenger line ready for the first Open Days of the season. Fortunately they had the invaluable help of a digger; doing this by hand would have been a tough job. There’s a lot still to be done after…