Privately Owned Railways in the UK

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what privately owned railways have you been on?

are there any which are not focused on the steam era?

or i guess, any privately owned 'heritage' railways, where the 'heritage' is post-beeching, pre-privatisation

― -- (688), Friday, 5 January 2007 22:49 (eighteen years ago)

Wensleydale Rly. is not steam focussed neither is the Dartmoor, these are both relatively recent railways.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 5 January 2007 22:52 (eighteen years ago)

The Ffestiniog Railway is not a "heritage" railway, and has never seen itself as such. The Welsh Highland (which is owned and operated by the Ffestiniog) definitely isn't - I think only one of its engines dates to before 1950.

Most private railways depend on 1960s coaches, and a lot have special events featuring heritage diesels.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Friday, 5 January 2007 23:15 (eighteen years ago)

well i hesitate to use the word heritage in this situation, im not really sure whether its appropriate or not for what im meaning

― -- (688), Friday, 5 January 2007 23:16 (eighteen years ago)

does 'steam trains run on it in the Summer months (if not during other times of the year)' mean it's privately owned/heritage?

― reverto levidensis (blueski), Friday, 5 January 2007 23:25 (eighteen years ago)

Yeah Steve the railway we went on in Dorset was definitely privately owned but also running non-steam trains outside of peak tourist times.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 5 January 2007 23:58 (eighteen years ago)

i've been on one in Yorkshire as well. not sure if it was steam-only but i think it was one-direction only.

― reverto levidensis (blueski), Saturday, 6 January 2007 00:03 (eighteen years ago)

I have an underground monorail in Edinburgh.

― KeefW (kmw), Saturday, 6 January 2007 00:22 (eighteen years ago)

does 'steam trains run on it in the Summer months (if not during other times of the year)' mean it's privately owned/heritage?

No - that also applies to some National Rail Network routes such as Fort William - Mallaig and York - Scarborough. Most main lines have steam specials or (more commonly) heritage diesel specials on a fairly regular basis, too.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Saturday, 6 January 2007 08:24 (eighteen years ago)

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