Museums · East Midlands
Rocks by Rail
Rocks by Rail — railway museum in Oakham, Rutland.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Oakham · 5.6 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Rocks by Rail is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1979. Address: LE15 7BX. Wikidata describes it as: "railway museum in Oakham, Rutland". Coordinates: 52.7143°, -0.6890°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Rutland Railway Museum, now trading as Rocks by Rail: The Living Ironstone Museum, is a heritage railway on part of a former Midland Railway mineral branch line. It is situated north east of Oakham, in Rutland, England.
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Background
Description
The museum offers an open-air site dedicated to recreating an ironstone tramway system in its entirety from the extraction of iron ore from a 'first cut' quarry face reproduced in the quarry viewing area to the exchange sidings with the BR rail head. The museum aims to preserve and operate industrial locomotives and mineral wagons from local quarry railways as well as artefacts related to quarry railways in general. The museum site is based on a typical 1950s or early 1960s quarry system when both steam and diesel power was evident in the industry. The branch line linked to the Melton Mowbray to Oakham main line at Ashwell Signal Box. Exchange sidings were once located at the museum serving…
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- Coordinates
- 52.7143, -0.6890
- District
- Rutland
- Parish
- Cottesmore
- Postcode
- LE15 7BX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Rutland and Stamford
- Established
- 1979
- Nearest railway station
- Oakham — 5.6 km
- Official site
- www.rocks-by-rail.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q7383497 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Rutland Railway Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Rutland Railway Passenger Train 05-09-25 54.jpeg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Rocks by Rail?
- Rocks by Rail is in the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode LE15 7BX), in the parish of Cottesmore.
- When was Rocks by Rail built?
- Built or established in 1979.
- How do I get to Rocks by Rail?
- The nearest railway station is Oakham, about 5.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode LE15 7BX.