Category Archives: Preservation Societies and museums

Hayling Seaside Railway

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The Hayling Seaside Railway is at the southern end of Hayling Island (near Portsmouth) and adjoins the sea front and visitor amusements. The shop and workshops are currently ( autumn 2015) being relocated from the western to eastern end of the line. The line does sell postcards featuring its own operations. The service is volunteer operated. Whilst not as old as many seaside narrow guage lines there are historical elements to find such as sections of track recovered from the old Alton Towers

The cards available in September 2015 are detailed here ( click on link below to view postcards)

Hayling Island Seaside Railway

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

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The Lincolnshire Wolds railway are a relatively new railway preservation society with their first train running in 2009. They currently operate a small section of the former Grimsby to Peterborough line between North Thoresby and Ludborough. The main station with shop, museum, and restaurant is at Ludborough station (which is a long walk from the village of Ludborough). The stock comprises Mark 2 vehicles but the motive power is usually industrial steam. For the postcard collector the shop sells a set of nine views.

Click here to see the postcards:

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

There is also a second hand shop with a large selection of books, etc including some postcards from other railways.

 

Station Gallery Whitby

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Early in March 2015 saw the commissioning (or perhaps re-commissioning) of a second platform at Whitby station. The primary purpose being to significantly increase running paths for the North Yorkshire Railway’s operations into Whitby. The station is managed by Northern Rail and several of the original station buildings have been sublet to local traders. One of these local traders is “Station Gallery” who sell pictures and provide framing services, but also sell a small range of unique postcards.

The railway related postcards can be see here:

Station Gallery Whitby

Glasgow Transport Museum

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This museum may be unknown to many as it has only been open a couple of years. It is housed in a bright new building beside the Clyde about 10 minutes walk from Partick station. There is also good road access and a regular bus from the Scottish Exhibition Centre. Admission is free and the collection contains five steam locos with strong Scottish connections as well as a super collection of motor vehicles, trams, bikes and shipping models. Outside there is a tall ship to visit too. The catering is recommended and there is a well stocked shop. Most of the postcards are shipping related but the railway postcard collector will find a card featuring the only surviving Glasgow and South Western locomotive No.9 as well as some Star series poster cards and a card showing steam on Glenfinnan viaduct.

 

Click this link to view these postcards:

Glasgow Transport Museum

London Post Office Railway

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The British Postal Museum already has two sites in London, one being the achives and the other a store of vehicles postboxes etc. Both are open for public visits. Plans are advanced for the re-opening of part of the underground line at Mount Pleasant that runs to Paddington. The Museum does sell postcards and several have a railway theme to them. The museum’s phone number is 020 7239 2570 for further details.

To view the railway related postcards issued by the British Postal Museum in 2015 click this link:

British Postal Museum 2015

 

Some older postcards issued in 2005 are detailed in this link:

British Postal Museum 2005

Plym Valley Railway

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The Plym Valley Railway can be found on the eastern edge of Plymouth, but plan any visit carefully because the line only operates on a few days each year. Whilst in existence for many years, development progress has been very slow on this line and can’t be looked at in the same light as neighbours at Buckfastleigh, Paignton or Bodmin. The station at Marsh Mills is a portacabin and the larger locos that once occupied the site have long since been relocated away. There isn’t a building at Plym Bridge where the line extends to. The line mainly runs through woodlands and has coined that name for marketing. The shop does sell postcards but with limited openings it is not surprising that the postcards on sale date back a lot of years. The recently printed offerings available are not postcards but plain back card photos. Review visit Dec 2014.

The railway did publish some postcards and the listing link is here:

Plym Valley Railway

Middleton Railway – Leeds

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The Middleton railway commenced back in 1758 and introduced steam locomotives in 1812 as a line moving coal from an open pit down to the city of Leeds. Today the railway operates a regular passenger service from a recently constructed office, depot, station and museum complex at Moor Road close to the M621 motorway in south Leeds up to a park beyond a sports centre. At a visit in spring 2014, the railway’s shop was stocking a few postcards produced some years ago by the railway.

For a listing of postcards produced by or featuring the MIddleton Railway please click on this link:

Middleton Railway