Watford Miniature Railway
The Watford Miniature Railway is a gauge railway in Cassiobury Park, Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and ..., Hertfordshire. History The railway was opened at Easter 1959 by Charles Reed as a circuit adjacent to the River Gade. Initially there were two locomotives: an LMS Compound steam locomotive named ''Maid Marion'' and a petrol-powered 08 Shunter locomotive. In 1968 the steam locomotive left and the railway was sold to George Webb. In 1979 the railway was sold to Jeff Price, who set about expanding and improving it. In the 1980s the station was rebuilt on a new site, accessed by a gated level crossing over one of the paths in the park. More coaches were added and a number of steam locomotives used. On Price's retirement in 2017, the railway was ...
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Cassiobury Park
Cassiobury Park is the principal public park in Watford, Hertfordshire, in England. It was created in 1909 from the purchase by Watford Borough Council of part of the estate of the Earls of Essex around Cassiobury House which was subsequently demolished in 1927.Lost Heritage
It comprises over and extends from the A412 Rickmansworth Road in the east to the in the west, and lies to the south of the Watford suburb of , which was also created from the estate. The western part is a
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