A 5" gauge Austerity Class 2-10-0 No. 3672, named 'Dame Vera Lynn', and a LNER V1 Class 2-6-2 tank No. 67645 double heading. Both drivers are passed out on full size steam locos. Click on the photo to see a video of them in action at Abbeydale!

​Welcome to our website. We are a friendly, long established model engineering society and a founder member of the Northern Association of Model Engineers. We are dedicated to promoting our hobby by building and operating steam and other types of powered models; by invention and experimentation; tool making; encouraging young people to become engineers; maintaining links with other model engineers; promoting our hobby within our local community; and supporting local charities - particularly the Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity and St. Luke's Hospice. We sell light refreshments, ice cream and souvenirs when the railway is open to the public and our premises and toilets are wheelchair accessible. We have a special carriage funded by the Lottery Awards For All scheme which enables most wheelchair users to enjoy a ride on the railway. Please ask if you need this service. Our members are volunteers, so all our income is used to insure and run the railway, maintain our buildings and the picnic area.  We are a completely non-profit making company limited by guarantee. Visitors are always welcome.

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OUR LOCATION
​Number 97, 98 and 218 buses from
​Sheffield city centre pass our entrance
​on Abbeydale Road South directly opposite house number 283.
Dore & Totley Railway Station is close by. There will be a yellow sign put out on the grass verge by our entrance when we are open.
Satnav: S17 3LB is closest.
​Our ​what3words location​ is invest.catch.keep
​Limited free parking in our field at your own risk 1pm to 5pm. If you park on the road please do not block our neighbours' driveways!
For safety reasons ball games, other throwing games or BBQs are not permitted on our premises.
​Dogs are welcome, but must be kept under control and on a short lead.

We raised £3700 for Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity in 2022. We have donated £23,000 since we started the event in 2013. Click on the logo to visit the Charity's website.

Our Christmas Lights and Trains evening in December raised £2144 for the Hospice. Thanks to those members of the public who attended and gave so generously. Click on the logo to visit their website.

Please click here to see how easily you can help to transform a child's life with cleft palate surgery.

We're not just a miniature railway!

Our hobby encompasses many different areas of interest, not just miniature railways. Some model engineers like to make miniatures of full-size vintage machinery, like this antique twin spindle drilling machine.

Model of a Victorian era slotting machine and a bending machine to 12th scale.

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