Bellevue Park Railway

The Bellevue Park Railway, which closed in 1950, operated in Bellevue, Belfast.

History

Bellevue Park was a popular recreational facility between the two world wars, providing gardens, ponds, amusements, refreshments, a zoo, and a 15 in (381 mm) gauge miniature railway for the entertainment of visitors. The Bellevue Park Railway, which received a new locomotive and carriages in 1933 from Blackpool, closed in 1950. The locomotive, a German-built 0-4-0 tender engine named 'Jean', was sold for scrap, but having been rescued by Sir William McAlpine eventually returned to its original railway, the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent,^[1] under its original name, 'The Bug'.^[2]

References

↑ See "One Man's Railway" by J.B.Snell, published 1983 by David & Charles, and re-published (revised edition) 1993 by David St John Thomas of Nairn, Scotland, ISBN 0-946537-80-1, page 107, and photograph page 87.
↑ A summary of this story is available on the RHDR website, here.

World railways and tramways of 15 inch (381 mm) gauge

United Kingdom	Bellevue Park Railway Blackpool Zoo Railway Blenheim Park Railway Bure Valley Railway Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway Conwy Valley Tramway Combe Martin Wildlife Park Craigtoun Miniature Railway Duffield Bank Railway Eaton Hall Railway Evesham Vale Light Railway Gulliver's Land Gulliver's World Haigh Country Park Railway Heatherslaw Light Railway Kirklees Light Railway Lakeside Railway (Knowsley Safari Park) Lakeside Miniature Railway (Southport) Lappa Valley Steam Railway Lightwater Valley Liverpool Garden Festival Railway Longleat House Railway Markeaton Park Light Railway Marwell Zoo Oakwood Park Railway Paradise Park, Cornwall Paultons Park Perrygrove Railway Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Rhiw Valley Light Railway Rhyl Miniature Railway Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Saltburn Miniature Railway Sand Hutton Miniature Railway Sherwood Forest Railway Waveney Valley Railway (Bressingham) West Midland Safari Park Windmill Farm Railway Wotton Light Railway

United States	American Heritage Railroad B.A.D. Great Northern Railroad Gage Park Railroad Glenwood South Park & Pacific Railroad Hillcrest & Wahtoke Steam Railroad Joshua Tree & Southern GSD Laurel Run Railroad Little Toot Railroad Look Park Milwaukee County Zoo Safari Railroad Nickel Plate Railroad Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation Orland, Newville and Pacific Railroad Paradise and Pacific Railroad Phoenix & Holly Railroad Redwood Valley Railway Riverside and Great Northern Railway Riverview & Twin Lakes Railroad Sonoma Traintown Tiny Town Railroad Waterman & Western Railroad

Rest of World	Bal Bahran Park Railway (Delhi, India) Bear Creek Park Train (Canada) Bush Mill Railway (Tasmania) Chemin de Fer d'Anse (France) Dalaas Waldbahn (Austria) Donauparkbahn (Austria) Dresdner Parkeisenbahn (Germany) Driving Creek Railway (New Zealand) Killesberg Park Railway (Germany) Parkeisenbahn Auensee (Germany) Prater Liliputbahn (Austria) Sakuradani Light Railway (Japan) Shuzenji Romney Railway (Japan) Springbank Express (Canada) Whangaparaoa Narrow Gauge Railway (New Zealand)

Others	Arlesdale Railway (fictional) Fairbourne Railway (now re-gauged) Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway (temporary exhibition line)

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