The Wotton Light Railway is a private gauge

light railway A light railway is a railway built at lower costs and to lower standards than typical "heavy rail": it uses lighter-weight track, and may have more steep gradients and tight curves to reduce civil engineering costs. These lighter standards allow ...

located near

Wotton Underwood Wotton Underwood is a village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, north of Thame, Oxfordshire. The toponym is derived from the Old English for "farm near a wood". It is recorded in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' of AD 848 as ''Wudotu ...

in Buckinghamshire. It is the hobby of High Court judge Sir

Jeremy Sullivan Sir Jeremy Mirth Sullivan (born 17 September 1945) became a Lord Justice of Appeal in January 2009 and was appointed Senior President of Tribunals in 2012. He retired from both positions on 17 September 2015. On 25 October 2016 the Transport S ...

. Although the line is privately owned and operated, it may be viewed at strategic points where it crosses public footpaths, and by invitation on occasional operating days.

Locomotives

Rolling stock

The railway is equipped with a small fleet of 8-seater semi-open passenger carriages. There are several freight wagons, including open wagons in which passengers are sometimes conveyed.See photograph
here
There is an enclosed

brake van Brake van and guard's van are terms used mainly in the UK, Ireland, Australia and India for a railway vehicle equipped with a hand brake which can be applied by the guard. The equivalent North American term is caboose, but a British brake van ...

, which will accommodate two members of train crew.

References

External links

Wotton Light Railway on YouTube.
{{15 inch gauge railways 15 in gauge railways in England