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The '''Hastings Miniature Railway''' is a ((Track gauge|10.25in|lk=on)) gauge [[Ridable miniature railway|miniature railway]] located on the seafront at [[Hastings]], a seaside resort, town, and ancient [[Cinque ports|cinque port]], in [[East Sussex]], [[England]]. Opened in 1948, it remains a popular tourist attraction. The line was re-opened in the summer of 2011 after a period of reconstruction and restoration, which coincided with a forced closure of the eastern part of the line, to facilitate building work on a new art gallery adjacent to the railway.

==Early history==
The railway entrepreneur Captain J.E.P. Howey, who built and owned the [[Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway]], had a great interest in miniature railway locomotives generally and acquired several locomotives of assorted gauges. One was a ((Track gauge|10.25in)) gauge model [[Great Western Railway]] [[GWR 0-6-0PT|pannier tank]] which Howey had rebuilt as an [[0-6-0]] tender locomotive named 'Firefly'. He also acquired a scale model [[LMS Royal Scot Class|Royal Scot]] engine of the same gauge. Although these engines were of too narrow a gauge for his railway, they did briefly operate after the second world war on a short length of track re-gauged for the purpose, near New Romney.<ref name=Dymchurchline>((cite web |author=Derek Smith |url=http://s9.zetaboards.com/MRW_Forums/search/?c=1&q=New+Romney+Hastings&type=post&sort=desc&forum%5B%5D=3002587&s_m=8&s_d=14&s_y=2006&e_m=5&e_d=10&e_y=2011 |title=Dymchurch 10.25" gauge railway |date=29 August 2008 |access-date=10 May 2011 |website=Miniature Railway World |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102201416/http://s9.zetaboards.com/MRW_Forums/search/?c=1&q=New+Romney+Hastings&type=post&sort=desc&forum%5B%5D=3002587&s_m=8&s_d=14&s_y=2006&e_m=5&e_d=10&e_y=2011 |archive-date=2 January 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all ))((unreliable source|date=January 2018))</ref> They also operated (particularly Firefly) near Dymchurch, on a section of ((Track gauge|10.25in)) gauge track established alongside the main ((Track gauge|15in|lk=on)) gauge running lines just before the outbreak of war, and continuing there until 1947. They were then relocated to [[St Leonards-on-Sea]] where Howey operated a small miniature railway for less than a year. Local complaints led to the line being relocated to Hastings and sold to [[Ian Allan (publisher)|Ian Allan]] and Jim Hughes,<ref name=Dymchurchline/> which was the beginning of the Hastings Miniature Railway, opening in 1948.((Hastings Miniature Railway RDT))
==Operation from 1948 to 1984==
[[File:Hastings Miniature Railway Firefly.jpg|thumb|Train with ''Firefly'', in 1976]]
The railway's headquarters and engine sheds were constructed in 1948<ref name=mrw>((cite web|url=http://www.miniaturerailwayworld.co.uk/Hastings.html |title=Hastings Miniature Railway |website=Miniature Railway World |access-date=11 May 2011))</ref> at [[Rock-a-Nore]], an urban area of old Hastings, dominated by the fishing industry, and the line ran from here along the beach (known locally as 'The Stade') to a railway station near the [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution|lifeboat]] station.

In 1959 the line was extended to a new terminus at Marine Parade,<ref>((cite web| url=http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=309616582920&v=info| website=Facebook| title=(untitled)))((unreliable source|date=January 2018))((dead link|date=January 2018))</ref> provided with a single-platform station and run-round loop, and taking the full extent of the line to a little over 600 yards.

== Former locomotives ==
*'''Firefly''', built H.C.S. Bullock, in 1936 (as GWR 0-6-0PT No 3007); rebuilt 1945 by [[RHDR]] engineers as 0-6-0 tender locomotive. This engine is perhaps the one most closely associated with the Hastings Miniature Railway, having operated there from the opening of the line in 1948 until 1984, when it was sold to the [[Kerr's Miniature Railway]] in Scotland. Having been the principal engine at Hastings, it has retained that role (and the original number, 3007) in Scotland, where it still runs today.<ref>((cite web| website=Kerr's Miniature Railway| url=http://www.kerrsminiaturerailway.co.uk/firefly.html| title=Firefly 3007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320075646/http://www.kerrsminiaturerailway.co.uk/firefly.html| archive-date=20 March 2011))</ref>
*'''Royal Scot''', built [[Bassett-Lowke]] in 1938, a [[4-6-0]] tender locomotive No 6100, being a scale model of [[LMS Royal Scot Class 6100 Royal Scot]]. Purchased in 1947 from the Marquess of Downshire by Captain J.E.P. Howey. This locomotive was steamed by the eccentric Howey in his living room, causing enormous damage to the property.<ref>((cite book| pages=81, 88| last=Snell| first=J.B.| date=1993| title=One man's railway| edition=Rev.| location=Nairn| publisher=David St John Thomas| isbn=0-946537-80-1))</ref> The engine operated at Hastings for many years from the line's opening in 1948, until spring 1975 when it was sold, and appears in many historic photographs.<ref>((cite web| url=http://www.hastings.gov.uk/about/issue27_about.aspx| website=Hastings Borough Council| title=About Magazine Issue 27 - Spring 2005| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061224021332/http://www.hastings.gov.uk/about/issue27_about.aspx| archive-date=24 December 2006))</ref>
*'''Hampton Court''', built Twinings Models, in 1939 (as a simple [[4-4-2 (locomotive)|4-4-2]] design), supplied to Dudley Zoo Railway as a third engine there. After running on railways at [[Cleethorpes]], [[Lowestoft]], and [[Hunstanton]], the engine came to Hastings in 1958 and was rebuilt by Jim Hughes as a GWR [[GWR 2900 Class|Saint Class]] [[4-6-0]] tender engine No 2943, Hampton Court. The engine was sold in 1974 and moved to the [[Stapleford Miniature Railway]], where it continues to operate.<ref>((cite web| url=http://www.stephensonloco.org.uk/sls_jacobs5.htm| website=Stephenson Locomotive Society| title=Number 2943 Hampton Court at Hastings Miniature Railway))</ref>

==Operation since 1984==
In 2008 the railway's old passenger carriages (still in regular use) were repainted in a standard livery (they had previously been painted assorted colours since the late 1980s) and a new railway logo was applied.<ref>((cite web| url=http://s9.zetaboards.com/MRW_Forums/topic/7027324/1/| website=Miniature Railway World| title=Hastings Miniature Railway))((unreliable source|date=January 2018))</ref> Eleven passenger carriages were then available - seven in the main articulated set, and four spare vehicles. The locomotive Swee' Pea was rebuilt to a less angular design.<ref name=mrw/>

==References==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
((commonscat|Hastings Miniature Railway))
* ((official website|http://www.hastingsminiaturerailway.co.uk/))

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