BONUS RUNNING DAYS in JULY
Over the next two weeks we will have a few extra running days at the park. 
Monday the 18th July-Glasgow Fair Monday
Wednesday the 20th of July
Monday the 25th of July
Running on these three days will be from NOON to 16.30 weather permitting. 
Thank you to all who have supported the railway during the first half of our running season.
From all at the Wee Train.
Congratulations to one of our Junior members winning third place 
in the Gala Fancy Dress competition at the weekend
Sunday June the 20th is Fathers Day and we will be running several of our locomotives over the weekend but definitely a steam locomotive for Sunday, So, boys and girls, 
if you are looking for something special to do with DAD on Sunday how about taking him for a trip on the miniature railway this weekend ?
From all at the Wee Train
GALA DAY Saturday the 11th of June
We hope the sun will shine or at least no rain for this special day in the life of Strathaven and the park 
.
In different parts of the park there will be all sorts of fun for children and adults alike.
We will be running the railway over the weekend and are hoping to start earlier than normal on Saturday 
Depending on the weather 
we could have Margaret our 73 year old locomotive in steam and pulling passengers on the day 
We will also have several of our other locomotives running at different times during the day.
Hopefully we will see you in the park over the weekend as the trains will be running on Sunday as well 
From the Wee Train
Platinum Jubilee bank holiday
The miniature railway will be open for part of the Jubilee holidays.
We will operate the railway on Friday AND the normal running times on Saturday and Sunday for this special weekend.
Looking forward to seeing you at the park over the extended holiday.
Thank you to all our supporters for coming out to the railway over April and May giving us a good start to this year’s running season.
From all at the Wee Train..
Thank you to all the visitors over the weekend who helped us celebrate 73 years in the park and Margaret’s 73rd birthday on the 14th of May.
On Sunday one of our juniors helped us by blowing the whistle and waving the flag 
for Margaret and Abberton starting the running on the day.
We received a birthday card from the SLC staff at the park and a picture drawn by a young man visiting the railway on Saturday. Please see attached pictures of these and some pictures from the weekend.
If you go to our community section of our facebook page you will find 40 plus pictures of our big day on Saturday taken by Les of the Strathaven Echo.
Thank you all from the wee train
73 years young
Oh what fun we have !
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARGARET (73 years young)
On Saturday the 14th of May our railway will be 73 years old.
The first train pulling passengers on the 14th of May 1949 was pulled by Margaret, our 2-6-0 steam locomotive.
All going to plan and the weather being kind to us we will replicate this event on Saturday the 14th of May 2022 with Margaret in steam and pulling passengers around our track. 
Our original track in 1949 was just a small oval 150 yards long, fares were 3d for children 
and 6d for adults !
Today your journey is almost 1/2 a mile or 750 yards 
long and costs only £1.00 per passenger.
Come and help us celebrate 
our birthday and have a train ride on Scotland’s Oldest Miniature Railway.
Hope to see you at the weekend
from the Wee Train.
We reached the landmark number of ticket sales earlier today (Saturday 1st May), when we sold our 750,000 ticket since records started on the 14th of May 1949.
The lucky person was Roman aged 4 (Birthday tomorrow) – Happy Birthday Roman 
Roman was accompanied by his older brother Aston (6) and his dad Daniel, as you can see in the pictures below.
Roman will be sent a laminated copy of the GOLD ticket allowing him and his brother or a friend to travel free on the wee train free of charge till our season ends at the September weekend of 2022.
Thank you to everyone who supports the Wee Train in this, our 73rd fabulous, year.
Margaret our steam locomotive will be 73 on the 14th of May and will be in steam for this special occasion weather permitting. 
Over this holiday weekend Saturday 30th April to Monday 2nd May some lucky passenger of the Wee Train will purchase a gold coloured ticket.
This person will be our 750,000 paying passenger since records began on the 14th of May 1949.
We have carried over 3/4 of a million passengers in our time but only have records for ticket sales that lets us claim this weekend someone will purchase our 750,000 ticket. This ticket will allow the owner of the ticket to have free rides for themselves and a friend for the rest of this running year.
Will you be that extremely lucky person who purchases this wonderful GOLD TICKET over the three days ?
Weather permitting we will run on the Saturday, Sunday and Monday from lunchtime till 16.30 on each day.
Hope to see you trackside –
Best Wishes from the Wee Train!!!!.
Strathaven Miniature Railway is well on track for another splendid season. 
We will be open, weather permitting 
all Saturdays, Sundays AND occaisional other days – so keep a sharp look out on FaceBook and here on the website for additional info.
We also hit the headlines in our local newspaper 
“The Echo” with an article on the railway and the recent local library visit to the Wee Train (Copies available in shops and cafes locally in Strathaven and Chapelton)
The Scots Magazine for this month also published articles about places to go in the Lanarkshire area. Guess who is featured in the magazine..?
See images attached .
Looking forward to seeing you all in the Park every weekend from now on until end of Autumn – best wishes from the Wee Train.
The start of the Easter holidays means one thing….
THE WEE TRAINS ARE FIRED UP AND STARTING THE SEASON IN STYLE..!
This weekend the first train departed the station at 10.30am on Saturday and the last one will depart circa 16:00 on Sunday ..! 
Our carriages will still be cleaned between trips per covid measures for the time-being, but other than that, it’s full steam ahead 
for a fantastic season of journeys on the wee train
The boating pond 
, café 
and motorbikes 
are also open so plenty to do in Strathaven park this weekend.
Wrap up warm 
and we’ll hopefully see you there 
Strathaven Miniature Railway 