"Day out with Thomas" events are a popular way of raising money for heritage railways.

However it has now been rebuilt as a heritage railway.

Efforts are now under way to re-open the line as a heritage railway.

The line was opened in 1996 and is a heritage railway.

The financial position has improved though as with most heritage railways money is tight.

Today only a 5.01 kilometre long section is still worked as a heritage railway.

It is still in use today by the society's heritage railway.

The first run as a heritage railway was undertaken in 1966.

Today the line is run purely as a heritage railway.

A number have been preserved on heritage railways, although few of these are in working order.