Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway

A Family Attraction in South Scotland

Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway

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The Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway Society was formed in 1983 to construct and operate a 2ft gauge tourist railway between two villages on the old standard gauge trackbed. Track laying commenced in 1986 with the station at Leadhills being built from scratch. A limited service began in 1988 over a 1/4 mile of track and has been improving steadily ever since, it has now reached the border with Lanarkshire and Dumfries & Galloway, negotiations are at present under way to extend the track into Wanlockhead and build a station complete with run round loop, with the acquisition of more locomotives and coaches the shed at Leadhills is becoming quite full. A Hudswell Clark 68hp ex. mines locomotive was recently restored at Anniesland College of Further Education in Glasgow as part of a training scheme and will be brought into service soon.

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Much of the area South of the main population corridor between Glasgow and Edinburgh is good farmland that feels less of a strong Scottish identity than the rest of the country perhapes because much of the scenery lacks the same spectacular beauty associated with many of the more iconic areas. Nevertheless there is much to be found in the areas of Ayrshire, the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway due to being more accessible than areas further North.