Doon Valley Railway

Om museet

The Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group was formed in 1974 to preserve steam locomotion in Ayrshire. Its collection of industrial locomotives, mostly engines that once worked in the Doon Valley, was first displayed from 1980 as the Scottish Industrial Railway Centre at the former Minnivey Colliery near Dalmellington.

In 2002 the centre moved to the nearby Dunaskin Heritage Centre at the former Dunaskin Ironworks. After council funding for the heritage centre ended in 2005, the railway carried on with steam days using a borrowed locomotive, and regular steam days have run since 2008. The railway has since been reformed under the name Doon Valley Railway.

The collection includes standard gauge Andrew Barclay steam shunting engines, a fireless locomotive, diesel locomotives, and wagons and vans used on local industrial lines. Visitors can take short rides in a directors' saloon and see the collection, which the group describes as a living museum in Scotland's last authentic industrial railway setting. In 2026 steam trains are suspended because the locomotive No. 10 needs boiler repairs, so heritage diesel locomotives may run instead.

Højdepunkter

• Collection of industrial steam and diesel locomotives, including Andrew Barclay "Pugs"
• Short train rides in a directors' saloon at the former Dunaskin Ironworks
• Fireless locomotive Shell Mex No. 8
• Signal Box Cafe and gift shop
• Driver experience days

Permanent udstilling

• Industrial locomotive collection – Steam and diesel industrial locomotives, wagons and narrow gauge items from the Doon Valley's coal, iron and industrial past.

Grundlagt

1980

Ejer

Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group

Entrépriser & rabatter

Tickets are for a specific departure. They can be bought online or at the ticket office in the gift shop (cash and most cards accepted). Special event trains such as the Spooky Express and Sleigh Bell Special are priced separately.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

Level access from the car park, with compact gravel surfaces that wheelchairs and mobility scooters can use; there is one accessible parking space and Blue Badge holders can be authorised to park near the gift shop, ticket office, cafe and toilets. Accessible toilets and baby and toddler changing are in the ticket office and gift shop area; there are no toilets at Dunaskin Station or on the train. The directors' saloon is not accessible to wheelchairs or scooters because of its door width, but users can board and be seated with help from the guard.

Børn og familie

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Puslerum

Child fares apply and seasonal family events such as the Spooky Express and Sleigh Bell Special are held. A baby and toddler changing facility is in the ticket office area.

Transport & parkering

Turn off the A713 at the signposted Doon Valley Railway entrance, at the former Dunaskin Ironworks in Waterside near Patna.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Museumsbutik

The Signal Box Cafe serves breakfast rolls, lunches, sandwiches, soup, cakes and hot drinks; there is a gift shop beside the ticket office.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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