Welcome to The Fancott Miniature Railway
The Oldest Miniature Railway located on the grounds of a Public House, The Fancott Miniature Railway (FMR) is a 7¼ inch miniature railway located in the gardens of The Fancott Public House near Toddington, Bedfordshire. There has been a railways on the grounds of The Fancott Pub for over 30 years in one form or another.
Come along to the Fancott this weekend for a ride on the best little pub garden miniature railway in the kingdom! Just £3 per person per ride, under 2s FREE! Trains start at 12.30. NOTE: OUR LAST TRAIN TODAY WILL BE AT 4.15! See you all there! #miniaturerailway #FMR #favouriterailway #heritagerailway #pubgardenrailway
Please be aware that we’ll be running our last train at 4.15 this Saturday as THERE’S A STEAM TRAIN RUNNING ALONG THE MARSTON VALE LINE!! Lots of our volunteers will be heading to watch it go through - it’s scheduled to come through Milbrook at around 6pm. #trains #steamtrain #marstonvaleline
Head down to the little railway and ride the rails of history this weekend! Don’t forget, our wheelchair carriage is available for more people to enjoy our railway - just ask at the ticket office, give us a call or drop a DM (there may be a delay while we couple up the carriage). Trains start at 12.30 - just £3 per person per ride, under 2s free. See you there!
There’s always lots to see around our little railway, with new additions being added each season! Come down for a ride on the oldest pub garden miniature railway to see what you can spot. Open every weekend as well as bank holidays and Wednesdays during the school breaks. First train’s at 12.30 with the last at 4.50! #pubgardenrailway #miniaturerailway #heritagerailway #weekendfuntime #schoolholidayactivities #trains
The weekend saw more steam driver training. Our driver has been driving the other Fancott locos for years and is now being trained on Davanna - this is a long process, starting with cleaning the loco and getting her into steam before being trained on the turn arounds. Lots of fun!
Manny manny drivers have learned on davanna over the years. Was one of the first locos I drove when I was a juniour at swanley. Manny memories made on it whiel it was at fenn Bell to !!
Great footage