Cadeby Light Railway

Cadeby Light Railway

Infobox rail
railroad_name=Cadeby Light Railway
gauge=RailGauge|24
start_year=1963
end_year=2005
length=97 yards
hq_city=Cadeby
locale=England
successor_line=abandonedThe Cadeby Light Railway was a narrow gauge railway in the garden of the rectory in Cadeby, Leicestershire.

In the early 1960s the Reverend Teddy Boston became rector of All Saints' Church, Cadeby. Boston was a lifelong railway enthusiast and wanted to build a miniature railway in his new garden, but the cost proved prohibitive. Instead he searched for a full sized narrow gauge locomotive. In 1962 he purchased "Pixie" a W.G. Bagnall 0-4-0ST from the Cranford quarry. The quarry owners donated a short length of track and two wagons and the Cadeby Light Railway was opened.

Over the years Rev. Boston built an extensive collection of ex-industrial narrow gauge rolling stock which ran on the extremely short line in his garden. Although Rev. Boston died in 1986 his widow Audrey kept the railway open for nearly twenty years, holding regular open days. The railway finally closed in 2005, subsequently the majority of the collection has been amalgamated with the Moseley Railway Trust at the Apedale Community Country Park.

References

*cite book
author =The Rev E. R. Boston MA
title =Rails Round the Rectory - The story of the Cadeby Light Railway
publisher =The Book House
date =1973
location =Loughborough
id=ISBN 0 902520 03 2

*

External links

* [http://www.ovlr.org/Rooth/MR.ParsonRR.html The Rev. Edwin Richard "Teddy" Boston - an appreciation - by Mike Rooth]
* [http://www.ovlr.org/Rooth/MR.SteamTractor.2.html Steam rally appearance by "Fiery Elias"]
* [http://www.geocities.com/martinclutt/awdry/teddyboston.htm Photo of the Rev. Boston on 'Pixie', with All Saints' Church behind]
* [http://www.britishpathe.com/product_display.php?canisternumber=&sortnumber=&filmid=403.08&szin=&group=&decade=&date1=&date2=&date3=&datefrom=&dateto=&choice=all&description=Enter+search+word%28s%29+here&searchword=Enter+a+search+word+here&choice1=all&title=Enter+a+film+title+here&choice2=all&keywords=Enter+key+words+here&choice3=all&summary=Enter+a+summary+search+here&advanced.x=0&advanced.y=0 "Railway Vicar" (free video download)] - April 1967 feature by British Pathe about Teddy Boston and his OO gauge model railway.
* [http://www.cadebysteam.co.uk/history.html Teddy Boston's involvement in the forming of the Cadeby Steam & Country Fayre]

ee also

* Moseley Railway Trust
* British narrow gauge railways
* Trevor the Traction Engine


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