The Fancott Miniature Railway (FMR)
is a
gauge railway located in the gardens of the Fancott
public house
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Fancott is a hamlet located in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England.
The settlement forms part of the Toddington civil parish, and is also close to Chalgrave and Chalton. "The Fancott" public house is situated in Fancott ...
(near Toddington Toddington could be
*Toddington, Bedfordshire
Toddington is a large village and civil parish in the county of Bedfordshire, England. It is situated 5 miles north-north-west of Luton, north of Dunstable, south-west of Woburn, and 35&nb ...
), Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (; abbreviated ''Beds'') is a Ceremonial County, ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckin ...
, England. The track is laid in an oval with a triangular junction giving access to the station and with a separate steaming bay inside the oval. There is also a short line off towards a container used as a carriage shed, and a tunnel which contains a short siding for the railway's wagons. The FMR is part of Britain's Great Little Railways.
History
The railway was opened in 1975.[ , the Fancott Miniature Railway was believed to be the only miniature railroad on a pub ground in Britain.][ However, in 2019 another 7¼" gauge railway opened at the Holly Tree, Forest Gate, London E7, following a refurbishment.]
Locomotives
References
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External links
Aerial view
7¼ in gauge railways in England
Miniature railways in the United Kingdom