Our Railway track

Like most Societies, we have a ground level rail track. Ours can be found at Lynnsport Leisure Park on Greenpark Avenue, King's Lynn. The track is suitable for 3.5, 5 and 7.25 inch gauges, and the track circuit is 627 feet (191m). The track is completely fenced in to meet health and safety requirements.

The Lynnsport Miniature Railway is our permanent track. It is available for members use at almost any time in the year. We can start any day after 9am and operate until dusk, the only exceptions being when the sports centre is closed. We also have on-site storage and basic workshop facilities to support the track. 

You can come along and meet our members and their locos giving rides to the public on Sunday afternoons, starting in April through to October, from 12 noon onwards. The running days feature electric traction, with steam locomotives as available. See the Track News page for the most up to date information.

We also have a portable track that we take out to Garden Fetes and Charity events during the summer. With a total length of 150 feet it's a great fun day out - if the weather is nice! 

We have Public Liability Insurance cover for the operation of our models on our railway tracks. 

The Club has a 5 inch gauge Charlatan 0-6-0 class 08 loco which is available for use by any member. It is powered by 2 x 12v car batteries and has recently had its ageing Catena controller replaced with a 4QD electronic controller which allows for finer control, speed limiting and regenerative braking. The loco was built in 1995 and has a surprising amount of power for its size.

We have a small number of 7¼ inch gauge passenger trolleys, of both sit in and sit astride types, with sit-astride being the preferred style for maximum stability. A speed limit of 5mph applies for public running.

With an increase in the amount of use the Railway is getting, with running sessions every Sunday during the summer months, the recent focus was on the construction of a new loop line which has enabled us to operate a two train service. This means that we had four sets of triple gauge points to construct, no simple task, but thanks to the regular members, this task was completed and the Railway open on time for the beginning of the 2007 running season.

Below is a Youtube video taken from the cab of Trevor's Sweet Pea as he takes it around our circuit. While he only takes the main line, not the station avoider, the work we have done to transform our track from a simple circle to this layout can be clearly seen.

Streaming video, 2mins 26seconds

There have been a number of working parties on the Lynnsport Railway over the past two years, if you are over 16 and interested in lending a hand, contact Ron or Don for details.