Woodhorn Narrow Gauge Railway

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We're an independent and newly formed Wellbeing Group who volunteer our time and skills to restore the Railway.
**Please note we are not running any passenger trains at present.

The boot is on the other foot now!! 🥾🥾Volunteers at the railway received a welcome donation of Work Boots from Advance ...
07/08/2026

The boot is on the other foot now!! 🥾🥾

Volunteers at the railway received a welcome donation of Work Boots from Advance Northumberland who were changing to a different style of safety boot.
Rather than the boots go to waste, they asked if we would like them 👍👍
The rush to try sizes created scenes akin to a Black Friday sale 🤣 however, other than the railway yeti ! (you know who you are ), everyone was happy and we would like to thank Advance Northumberland for thinking of us.
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Even 'Hudson' the railway mascot got to try a pair for size !!🐕🐾
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We also send our gratitude to Asda for their valuable continued support and to the businesses who donated raffle prizes recently:-
-Jubilee Tyre and Exhaust
-Billy Shiel Farne Islands Boats
-cookhouseandpub
-Old Ash Dene
-The Fat Butcher
-Shave by the Shore
-Coop, Newbiggin
-The Half Moon Inn, Choppington
-Foresters Arms, W Sleekburn
-Alspeed Motorcycles
-AJF
The support and donations we receive from the general public never ceases to inspire us and we are so lucky to have such local support...meanwhile, work on both new platforms is progressing well and our Schoma locomotive has had a re-wire.......its all going on !!😵‍💫

Adding a splash of colour.......Lots of work on the track has carried on during the sweltering weather and as we reached...
30/07/2026

Adding a splash of colour.......

Lots of work on the track has carried on during the sweltering weather and as we reached the milestone of two thirds of the way there, we welcomed a team of volunteers from AkzoNobel, manufacturers of many famous brands like Dulux.

Tackling a curve section that has historically suffered from a lack of drainage, it was a challenging day, but hard work prevailed and good progress was made.

AkzoNobel continue to be a fantastically generous supporter of the project and we offer our utmost thanks to them .
" If its worth doing, its worth Dulux" 🪮 😍 😁 !!

Massive thankyou to local farmer Martin, of R.Rutherford & Sons TMC Ltd 🚜 who supplied us with a telehandler and opera...
05/06/2026

Massive thankyou to local farmer Martin, of R.Rutherford & Sons TMC Ltd 🚜 who supplied us with a telehandler and operator, Gavin, to build our ballast store using the donated materials from Nexus.
Despite the difficulties farmers face at present, and entering a very busy time of year, they made time to help our community project, for which we are very grateful....cheers lads.....to quote Pink Floyd, its "another brick in the wall". 👏👏👏😃

Oh to be famous.....!🎥Some of you may have spotted us in the press recently. This has come about due to one day last Ju...
12/05/2026

Oh to be famous.....!🎥
Some of you may have spotted us in the press recently.
This has come about due to one day last June when a team of volunteers from NEXUS and G&B Civil Engineering joined us for a day of track laying.
As an indirect result of this visit, NEXUS has donated and delivered surplus materials to us from the multi million pound project at Whitley Bay Metro Station.
Included in this was 50 tonnes of Concrete Barrier Blocks and a very large quantity of timber.
Some of this may have may have been destined for land fill, so Hats off
to NEXUS's sustainability ethics and commitment to the volunteer sector, and, for thinking of us !.
Stuart Clark, Infrastructure Director at NEXUS has stated his delight in "helping an exciting restoration project which has the potential to be a fantastic local tourist attraction".
David Punton, Communications Officer has helped put us on the map by releasing news of the donation.
We can certainly make good use of all these materials and it saves us a vast amount of money, which is always difficult to find in today's climate.
We recognise and appreciate all the hard work that would have gone into the logistics of making this donation happen.
This kind of commitment gives our volunteers a boost in the knowledge companies such as these are willing to help small community projects and support our goal of reviving the heritage railway here in Ashington.
Special thanks to Peter McDermott of NEXUS and Lewis Axon of
G & B Civil Engineering, and not forgetting Paul the wagon driver and fork lift operator.
Who knew Christimas happened in May 🎁 🤩

We were pleased to welcome a team of volunteers from Allianz UK who joined us for some track laying.Despite the day bein...
11/05/2026

We were pleased to welcome a team of volunteers from Allianz UK who joined us for some track laying.
Despite the day being colder than an Eskimo's Outhouse, 🥶 the amount of craic and laughs made up for the abysmal temperature with some great progress made on a very tricky section of panels.
A great bunch of lads who worked like trojans.
Thanks for the help. 👏👏👏

'Connecting the generations'.....volunteers sharing skills and working with some motivated young people from Beyond You...
21/04/2026

'Connecting the generations'.....volunteers sharing skills and working with some motivated young people from Beyond Youth. 😃

As the saying goes............... "Many hands make light work", and we had quite a few pairs visit this week to prove th...
05/04/2026

As the saying goes............... "Many hands make light work", and we had quite a few pairs visit this week to prove the point!. The willing 'Mitts' on this occasion belonged to Tutors and staff from Northumberland College.

Enjoying a pleasant spring day 🌞 they helped our own volunteers with track work and other tasks including trenching cable in, electrical work and most notably, beginning work at the farthest point of the track at the "Lakeside Halt" in preparation of a new Platform installation which is required to replace the very rickety one we inherited.

Big thanks to all who came and worked 👏👏👏 ( we hope the blisters weren't too bad )😜.

🐥 "Happy Easter" everyone 🐥

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Queen Elizabeth II Country Park
Ashington
NE639YF

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