directions

Welcome to the events 2011

and directions page of the FSMR website

page updated 01/ 09 / 2010

The SMR is based in Stapleford Park

near Melton Mowbray, Leics, England

LE14 2SF

Note be warned, there is another Stapleford at Nottingham!!

Follow the

DIRECTIONS

link for maps and directions on how to find us

but if you follow the numerous brown Stapleford Park Country Hotel signs, you will be taken to the railways car park

The private railway is only open to the general public on two occasions per year, in mid June and end August BH Sunday and Monday as part of special charity steam events.

The next public running will be summer 2011:

Stapleford Steam 18^th 19^th June 2011

Details and prices TBC

Weekend camping available for June 2011

Contact Stapleford@bseps.org.uk

The second event will be :

SMR open weekend Sunday and BH Monday

28^th and 29^th Aug 2011

Gates open 10-00 till 17-00 each day £5per car

(Note small additional charges for train rides)

Or why not spend a weekend caravanning in the picturesque countryside in Stapleford park chilling out watching the trains go by! turn up on the Thurs night to Sat night and depart Monday evening or Tuesday morning for only £20 per pitch!! Including admission both days

Please phone Jez on 07989308717 to book a pitch or exhibit / trade enquiries for August 2011

mailto:fsmr_event@hotmail.co.uk

The August 2011 event over Sunday 28^th Bank Holiday Monday 29th August will follow the usual format again, as with previous years.

There will also be full size steam traction engine and Showmans engines including the unique “Wait and See” Yellow Burrell Showmans and steam Organ, vintage vehicles, vintage tractors

working displays, and models and miniatures of both road and rail

Also trade stands, hot and cold catering and licensed refreshment tent selling local real ales.

CAMRA award Grainstore real ales feature at out August event

There will also be model railway theme with some N gauge and 00 trade stalls and two working 00 model railway displays for the children

A young FSMR members OO scale Hornby DCC layout proved a hit with other youngsters, who got a chance to take control themselves

Or you can attend as an individual and just spend the whole weekend chilling out camping in the park and sampling the grain store beer and ambience of the summer evenings!

Members of the public will again be able to make a weekend of it and camp in the park for the whole weekend (Friday to Monday night) For August camping or exhibitor info

mailto:fsmr_event@hotmail.co.uk

fsmr_event@hotmail.co.uk

If you write it down, please note the underscore!

Rail Films

Nick Dodson of Tele Rail (Rail films) has made a DVD of the SMR from start to present day, new for summer 2009 including lots of archive TV footage , including the infamous Chris Tarrant interview for Tiswas

This went on sale at our 2 events in 2009.

For your convenience, it can be purchased at the 2011 events from the station gift shop for However, should you be unable to visit the SMR, please contact Nick at the above website

When open to the public, all the 4 SMR owned, and the 2 FSMR private owner steam locomotives are normally rostered for both days and run throughout the 2 days in a staggered roster.

Please note that however, that the Jubilee will now be out of service until 2012 at the earliest, as it requires a new boiler designing and constructing. This means that the Curwen atlantic “John H Gretton” will be paired with the Saint during 2011 events as it was in 2010

The new East African private owned loco was added in 2009 keeping the operational steam fleet at 5

The two American locos and EAR come on at around 11-00 to 12-00 and run the rest of both days when the railway usually goes onto an intense two train operation. The railway then has all 5 locos in steam.

Please note that operational requirements and mechanical failures may remove a locomotive from service at any time and no guarantee can be made as to a particular loco appearing

Trains run from 10-00 but the railway can get very busy from 1300-1600 so early birds avoid any queuing or why not stay later when it quietens down again.

Special multiple trip tickets allow you to sample all the motive power throughout the day

We are a very friendly family railway, and try to accommodate the needs of enthusiasts and photographers, However, we apologise that due to staffing requirements, line-side permits can be difficult to give but we will try if at all possible

There is though adequate public access to line-side locations, including above the tunnel and next to the cutting, and also a large raised viewing area above the loco-shed steaming apron, allowing some nice pictures of locomotive firing and preparation

All proceeds from the all our public events since 1995 are contributed to the FSMR nominated charity of

LOROS