Abbeydale miniature railway



The Abbeydale miniature railway is a railway run by the Sheffield & District Society of Model & Experimental Engineers Ltd. in Ecclesall Woods in south-west Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The railway has two sections: a dual gauge ground level section with gauges of 7+1/4 inch and 5 inch. There is also a smaller multigauge raised section that has gauges of 3+1/2 inch, 5 inch and 7+1/4 inch.

The society owns several locomotives with a tinkerbell type steam locomotive named 'Septimus' and a diesel locomotive named 'Edward' on the ground level. There are also two electric locomotives named 'Merlin' and 'Vulcan' also owned by the society for use on the raised track. The society also runs a garden railway that operates trains on and  gauge track this is known as the 'Ecclesall Woods Light Railway'.