Helston Railway Exhibition at Helston Museum 21 August to 3 September
Following on from last year's successful exhibition about the Helston Railway at Helston Museum, we will be having a new display at the Museum from Saturday 21 August until 3 September 2010.
Centrepeice of the exhibition this year will be Keith Gowen's 3mm scale model railway of Helston Station. The model was built over 25 years ago from photographs and drawings and based upon a series of articles by...
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Welcome to the Helston Railway Website
The Helston Railway Preservation Company Limited is a 'social enterprise' company limited by guarantee, whose aim is to re-open a section of the former Helston Branch Line. The company is run as a 'not for profit' company, and any excess of income over expenditure is re-invested into the railway.
Keith Gowen donated his 3mm scale model of Helston Station to Helston Museum on 21 August 2010. The model will form the centrepeice of an exhibition of railwayana at the museum organised by the Helston Railway's Marcus Wade. Keith and Marcus are photographed next to the model with the bust of the original Helston Railway Chairman William Bickford-Smith looking on appreciatively. For more information on the exhibition and photos click on News.
The Helston Railway has achieved a great deal since work commenced in April 2005. Starting with an overgrown track bed, volunteers have cleared and made ready about a mile of the formation, and over 1/4 of a mile of track has been laid at the railway's base in Trevarno Gardens.
Our sister organisation, the Helston Diesel Group, has acquired a two car Park Royal Diesel Multiple Unit, and two Ruston & Hornsby shunters, all now based at Trevarno. One of the shunters has been restored to use.
We have a shop and exhibition of railway memorabilia at Trevarno in a converted mail van and the shop is open most days when Trevarno Gardens is open
The hard work carried out by our regular volunteers has been fantastic, but there is always room for more. There is plenty of work to be done from track laying, building, fencing, and landscaping, to restoration work on the shunters and DMU. If you feel that you cannot play an active part on the railway, but wish to support us in other ways, then donations of money and equipment are very much appreciated, however small.
We hope that you find this website a valuable resource for information on the History of the line and also the current progress on the restoration as well. This site has been developed specifically with you in mind - to bring you the latest news and photos, and provide an enjoyable online experience, to help recreate Britain's most southerly railway.
With your continued support, I am sure that the restoration of the railway will continue rapidly, and before long, we will be able to enjoy travelling by train over a section of the Helston Railway again.
Stuart Walker
Chairman