Colne Valley Railway Essex (@cvressex)

🚂 Ruston Brake Van Rides – Sunday 25 October Something a little different is happening at the Colne Valley Railway this Sunday for our end-of-season event. The Ruston 88DS diesel locomotive will be in action, hauling our brake van and letting visitors ride behind this small industrial locomotive…

03 action today with the push-pull set.

To Nunnery and Back. D2184 arrives at Nunnery, listen to the exchange of bells and the Gardener 8L3 engine. #HeritageRailway #class03 #railwaysignalling

@Otis just for you #class501

43073 and it's VP185 engine #hst #class43

Good morning!

43073 is an ex power car with a Paxman VP185 engine, the Paxman successor to the Valenta engine. It was assigned to NL (Neville Hill) depot for 42 years working services out of St Pancras for the majority of its working life. It currently sits in platform 2 coupled to its shed mate 43082 on…

Setup underway for Saturday. Climb inside, get a private tour and start one of these power cars on Saturday! #HST #InterCity125 #familydaysoutuk #essexdaysout #HighSpeedTrain

RIDE ALL DAY. DO MORE. Join us on Saturday 3rd October for a full day of HST running, with unlimited rides, First Class seating and the chance to get even closer to the High Speed Train. 🚂 Unlimited HST rides The main HST will operate with 43165 and 43023, and your admission ticket includes…

Passing the 2+0 HST set at Nunnery. 9000 horsepower in operation today. #hst #class43

43073 and 43082 come out to play ready for Saturday. #hst #highspeedtrain #class43 #intercity #paxman

From last weekend, the 03 departing non stop to Drawell with the freight wagons. #trains #signalling #class03

W55033 is in service today. #dmu #class121 #bubblecar #familydaysoutuk

We have the signalling panel from the Victoria Line. It was decommissioned in 2011 with the introduction of the 2009 stock. It was the worlds first fully automatic railway built in 1968. This panel controlled 9 automatic signal boxes from its location in Cobourg Street. It was almost scrapped…

Badger waiting for its next turn out on the mini rail today. #miniaturerailway #railway

A DMU heads for Nummery while the miniature railway awaits its next departure. #heritagerailway #familydaysout #essexdaysout

We ran a weird DMU setup this weekend, the DMS from a 2 car class 117 coupled to a 121 bubble car.#dmu #railcar

We’ve got big and little train rides this Wednesday, Thursday (from 1:30) and Sunday. Ride any train as many times as you like. #heritagerailway #miniaturerailway

We would prefer all visitors to the railway, including pheasants, did not walk on the tracks. 👀#HST #pheasant #heritagerailway

D2184 heads to Nunnery.

The easiest Saturday night out in Essex The Colne Valley Railway is hosting its Fish & Chip Train on Saturday 20th June. An easy group night out, a relaxed date night, or just something different to do on a summer Saturday evening. We’ve taken the hassle out of the evening: ✨ Reserved seating, so…

Class 08 in action for driver experiences today #EssexDaysOut #class08

Coupling up! We’ve been setting up for Saturday where we will be doing a live demonstration of coupling and uncoupling 2 power cars. 43071 will start the day on the set and at 1pm we will swap it for 43023. 43023 is sitting looking picture perfect next to Hedingham signal box. Check the pinned…

Water. #class08

43023 glistening in the late afternoon sun as teams prepare the set for service. #class43 #intercity125 #heritagerailway

May 23rd. 3 power cars. On board buffet and first class as standard. #class43 #hst #intercity125

In this video from a year ago, W55033 heads for Drawell, but can you see what’s “off” with the signals? And do you know what allows that? #heritagerailway #railwaysignalling

Here is a quick montage put together by one of our volunteers featuring the class 03 and 08 locomotives from today. The 03 was used in our Drive A Train sessions while our 08 operated the service train. #class03 #class08 #heritagerailway

03 Drawell bound. #03 #heritagerailway #driverexperience

The first #03 driver experience is away