Railway Blogs

Junior Fun Day

Our annual junior fun 😁 day took place on Wednesday 7th Aug.
We had quizzes, snack lunches and driving sessions of our battery operated locomotives 🚂.
We presented awards 🎖️ for different skills shown on the day.

Thank you to all the volunteers 🙏 who assisted in making this gathering go so well.

Congratulations 🎉 to all the juniors who attended today and thank you to all the parents/grandparents that supported those attending .

Our New ‘Green’ Tunnel

We planted many Beech trees 🌳🌳🌳 several years ago with the hope of making a tunnel once they reached the correct height.
As the trees are now reaching a useful height, over the last few weeks, Tom & Graham and others have been creating 💪🏻 a support structure which will allow the trees to be shaped into a tunnel shape over the next few years.
The plastic hoop structure is reinforced with steel rods and will support the trees as, over time, they are pulled into the required shape.

In the near future this will give us a very interesting back straight with the green steel tunnel entrance leading into the mixed coloured live tree tunnel.  It already looks pretty enticing.

Thank you 🙏 to everyone involved, including Cairnhill for the donation of the hoop reinforcing steel rods.

See you hooting 📯in the tunnels soon 🛤️

From all of us at the Wee Trains 🚂

Kilbryde Hospice Presentation at the Park

In late June we held a charity day in aid of the Kilbryde Hospice in East Kilbride. We collected just under £700 on the day 💷.

We arranged this in conjuction with Provost Margaret Cooper who is aiming to raise a significant sum for the hospice this year.

On Thursday 11th July we were honoured to have the Lord Lieutenant Lady Haughy with one of her deputies, the Provost and a representative of the Hospice come to the park.
We were there delighted to present the cheque to the Hospice’s fundraising manager.

A big thank you to all the volunteers who collected the money on our passenger hauling day.

From all of us at the Wee Train 🚂

75th and 50th Anniversary Event Raises Funds for Kilbryde Hospice

A huge thank you 🙏 to all who visited and rode on the railway on Saturday, 22nd June.
It was also our charity day with all monies being donated to the Kilbryde Hospice in East Kilbride, the nominated charity of our Provost Margaret Cooper.

Just over £600 was raised on the day 💪🏻 and will be presented to them later this year.

A massive round of applause 👏🏻 to our volunteers who operated the railway on the day and collected this fantastic amount .

We also wish to thank the Depute Lord Lieutenant David Russell and Margaret Cooper, our local Provost, for helping us to celebrate 🎉 the 75th Anniversary 🛞 of Strathaven Miniature Railway 🛤️ and the 50th of the Strathaven Model Society, both at the Park and at the Strathaven Hotel.

Thank you to Les Hoggan Photography for some of the photos and the Tudor coffee house for the cake 🍰.

From all of us at The Wee Train 🚂🚂🚂

The 75th/50th Anniversary Celebrations Continue in Style !

🎉 The 75th Anniversary of Strathaven Miniature Railway and 50 years of the Strathaven Model Society will be celebrated today, Saturday 22nd of June, with a civic reception at the park 🎉

Passenger hauling will be suspended for approx. 1 hour (from 12.40pm) while the visit of the Depute Lord Lieutenant and our local Provost, who are recognising the work of volunteers and the Railway over these many years, takes place.

Margaret (the original wee train) will be in steam for this celebration and will pull a special train of invited guests.

Thereafter normal running will recommence after our guests depart.

From all of us at the Wee Trains 🚂🚂🚂