The Golden Valley Light Railway (GVLR), is the 610mm, 2ft narrow gauge railway at the Midland Railway - Butterley's, Swanwick Junction site, Nr. Ripley, Derbyshire. The GVLR is home to a collection of 20 locomotives, including 2 steam locos. Ex colliery manriders were used for passenger services, from the start of running in 1990 and are hauled by ex Industrial Diesels, drawn from our collection. Ashover Coach No. 4 and 2 ex Ffestiniog Carriages are also now used on occasions.

O&K 7529 on first run in the Country Park

Newly restored RNAD Waggon

Passenger services normally operate, on the almost 1 mile line, and run through the Country Park to terminate at Newlands Inn Station, which overlooks the disused Cromford Canal, on selected mid-week dates; all weekends and Bank Holidays throughout the season from April to late October. The Running Shed, a modern purpose built maintenance, repair and storage facility, and other storage houses our collection of 17 diesel locomotives and a varied collection of rolling stock, including the century old Ashover Coach No. 4, which was restored over 7 years by GVLR volunteers, after 50 years as a changing room, at the Bowling Green, Clay Cross.

O&K 7529 chassis, waiting for her boiler

Carriage 119 hauled by AD34,
off down the Country Park, for a handbrake test

60hp Simplex 60S364 "Campbell's Brickworks No 1"
hauling a passenger train at Brands Sidings

20/28 Simplex 4w DM MR8667/41 "Tubby" on a rare outing,
hauling a short formation train, in the Country Park