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Originally Posted by swisstrains
Fluffy,
I received the excellent book "Tickets Please" for Christmas and in it there is a picture of an Edwardian postcard that features the Blakesley Hall miniature railway on the Towcester Estate.
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John
I found out more about it John
Blakesley Station had two railways! Built in 1903, the 15 inch narrow guage line ran the three quarters of a mile from the SMJ station to the nearby 'Blakesley Hall'. The line carried coal, farm supplies and the occasional passenger and when the Hall became a military hospital during the first world war, the line was used to rehabilitate patients. The track was lifted in 1940, the Hall being demolished in 1957"
Andy
