The Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a working steam museum on a spacious 25 acre site and boasts one of the largest private railway collections in the country. For further details of Steam Days and other Special Events visit their website;
http://bucksrailcentre.org
Some pictures taken by my father during a visit to the centre in May 2009;
(Below) Here we see Platform One of the Quainton Road station with the single track Goods Only line from Aylesbury to Calvert via Verney Junction though it is also occasionally used for some special services when the railway centre is open. On this particular day there were no trains in steam although the centre was open for people to look around.
The hope remains that this line will be upgraded and renewed as part of a cross country link extending the service from Aylesbury to the likes of Oxford / Bicester and Banbury. So far though the railway centre is not even connected with the goods line so changes in rolling stock have to arrive by road.
(Above) Looking across to Platforms 2 & 3, of course platform 2 is unused and 3 is the site of the Brill Tramway which the centre would like to continue to rebuild a part of. At present there is a section of track laid (visible heading towards Aylesbury) and when fully open for visitors there are brake van runs up and down this section.
Note the very impressive signal gantry very much on "display" only. There is no current connection with the "main line" meaning the railway centre is somewhat cut into two halves.
A GWR Pannier tank in sparkling condition sits lonely in the goods yard. Is one of the likely loco's used to give short rides up and down the yard but looks like it could do with a bit more action on another line with GWR heritage connections.
Now I've NO IDEA what this is or what on earth it is doing here. Someone bought this back from wherever I am at a loss to know what it's background is or indeed if it's still there now.
I'll have to try and make a visit there myself soon, they will reopen on 29th March for 2015 and though they tend to operate on Sundays with some occasional additional steam days during the summer.
There is a Steam Gala on the May Bank Holiday weekend Sun 3rd - Mon 4th May.
A special service will run from Aylesbury and this is usually a Diesel Rail-car shuttle.
The Bubble Car service is seen here arriving at Quainton Road.
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
Quainton Road Station
Quainton
Aylesbury
Bucks
HP22 4BY
01778 391123
