Castledare Miniature Railway is a not for profit organisation and registered charity.

The clubs objectives are:

• To educate members in safe operation of miniature railways.
• To construct, maintain and operate a miniature railway.
• To raise funds by the operation of the railway for ongoing maintenance and development of the railway and donation to charities as selected by the committee.
• To produce, edit, print, publish, issue and correlate such papers, periodicals, books, circulars and other litary matter as are conducive to the objectives of the Association – to include the Club’s online newsletter titled ‘Cinders & Soot’
• Encourage members to demonstrate a spirit of goodwill at all times towards fellow members, visitors, and members of the public.

History

The below button will take you to a PDF that was put together by Sue Belcher and is a compilation of two books previously published about the railway by Reg Barltrop and notes gathered by Noel Hardy in preparation for publication – a task that Noel was sadly unable to complete.

This publication does not claim to be an in-depth history of the area or CMR. In the production of this PDF it has become evident that records are incomplete and that personal recollections can differ. However people have passed down what they know to be the history of CMR. This publication is a celebration of the history and the determination of the people to build and maintain club values.

Disclaimer – Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the content of this PDF is accurate and correct at the time of publish we accept no responsibility for information supplied by individuals and organisations or for printing errors.

Quotes included are verbatim as recorded during interviews.