Last site update 25-06-2008
Welcome
to The Stapleford Miniature
Railway 
The SMR is based in Stapleford Park near Melton Mowbray, Leics, England
LE14 2SF 
Official home page of the
Celebrating our golden jubilee year in 2008
1958-2008
With nearly 2 mile of scenic track, the one fifth scale SMR is home to the superb scale British LMS Jubilee and GWR Saint
and the mighty NYC Niagara and NKP
And more to follow in 2008 watch this space!
Please note that while endeavours are made on public days to run all the engines, no guarantee can be made for a particular loco being available
Maintained
and operated by the "Friends
of the Stapleford
Miniature Railway"
Supporting
Following the successful Stapleford
steam weekend in June our next event this year is
SMR
open weekend August BH Sun Mon 24th-25th Aug 2008
Many thanks to all those that
visited and supported the railway in previous years from all at the FSMR and we
will hopefully see you all this year, our Golden Jubilee year!!
Although
the railway is on care and maintenance throughout the year, it is private, so
Please do not visit us at any other time.
Next years dates are:
Stapleford Steam Sat Sun 13th-14th June 2009
FSMR SITE INDEX
The SMR 2008 events and directions
History of the SMR (1957 to 1982)
History
of the FSMR (90’s to present)
The Loco Shed for all info on the SMR loco fleet
Online
SMR movies YOUTUBE
links and WMV files page
The "Avengers" visit to the SMR
Ongoing
and future projects
New
station construction project 16-06-08
Other
railway and related links
I&G Steam garden railways FSMR
page
.
Please visit our corporate sponsors who have donated
construction materials recently for which we are very grateful:
Suppliers
of the SMR track ballast stone 2005/2006
Supplier
of new Station roofing slates
Supplier
steel sheeting work for the station canopy renewal
Supplier
of the new station bricks
Supplier
of the fast flooring “beam and block” solution for the new station
Supplier
of insulated blocks for the new station internal walls
Consolidated Manufacturing
Corporation LTD
Suppliers of architectural corner stone detailing and stooled cills for the new station
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Other
Areas outside this site
Check out the local weather at nearby
RAF Cottesmore and Wittering
To see some great pictures of previous years “Stapleford
Steam” events, follow the link outside to these excellent websites
Steampower pictures of Stapleford Steam
June 2005
Nick Tozer
Photographic June2008
The SMR is also proud to be linked
to the following web-rings
please also see the railways comprehensive Links page
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reproduced in any form without the written consent of the webmaster, or the
original copyright holder in the case of acknowledged third party photographs.
Nigel Spencer FSMR
1997 - 2008
visits since feb2005
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