Rudyard Lake Railway Official Opening Weekend 18th May 2024

The Rudyard Lake Railway held their Official Opening on 18th May 2024. Pendragon and Norfolk Pioneer were in service and looked brilliant. Sadly I had to leave earlier than planned and missed the ' Opening ' BBQ. ( Maybe they will keep me a Doggy Bag :-) ) Many Thanks to everyone at the RLR for a great day.

[@johnkerr1953]

A very enjoyable video of Mollsmyre always enjoy your videos - many thanks for posting.

[@mollsmyre]

Thank You John.

[@AndreiTupolev]

Very good to see, particularly in view of the ups and downs they've had lately.

[@mollsmyre]

Yes so good to see them back on track ( pun intended ) seriously the future looks good now .

[@alanwindypics]

Great to see them open again, a shame you missed out on the BBQ though, perhaps we could all have a whip round and send you to your local McDonalds as a consolation! 😉🍔🍴

[@mollsmyre]

It certainly is good to see them running again. I was happy just to get there for a few hours. All was not lost I found a sweet the dog had half chewed stuck to the carpet in the car, :-)

[@alanwindypics]

@@mollsmyre 😅

[@craigwassall1381]

Where has the locomotive Norfolk Pioneer come from? I can only assume the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway although i cannot find any reference to it on their website

[@mollsmyre]

It was built by MrTony Martin who was the CME for the wells and walsingham railway. As far as I know it never ran any public trains at wells. Hope this helps a little.

[@trainlover16]

Why were they closed for such a long time?

[@mollsmyre]

The owner retired and put the railway up for sale. Its now open under new ownership.

[@trainlover16]

@@mollsmyre Cool. How long was it closed for?