Tanat Valley Light Railway

05/04/2026

🐣🌸 A huge thank you to everyone who joined us over the weekend for our Easter Egg Hunt Trail!

It was fantastic to see so many of you exploring the site, finding the hidden eggs and cracking the magic word to claim your prizes 🥚🔎🎉

We hope you all had a brilliant time - we truly appreciate your support and love seeing the railway enjoyed by so many families.

🚂 Next up: our Monoloco will be steaming on 18th & 19th April - we’d love to see you there!

Thank you again and we hope to welcome you back soon 🌸🐰✨

04/04/2026

🐣🌸 What a lovely first day for our Egg Hunt Trail 🌸🐣

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us today for our Easter Egg Hunt Trail - it was so nice to see so many familiar faces and plenty of new ones too!

We even had a tiny bit of sunshine to top it all off ☀️

If you missed out, don’t worry - we’re back open again tomorrow from 10am to 3pm for more Easter hunting fun!

Come along, explore the site and see if you can find all the eggs to spell the magic word… 🥚🔎 It's free to take part in the trail!

We’d love to see you there! 🐰✨

01/04/2026

🐣🌸 THIS WEEKEND! Easter Egg Hunt Trail at TVLR! 🌸🐣

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Come and join us for our Easter Egg Hunt Trail at the railway on Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th April, 10am–3pm!

✨ FREE to enter!
Explore the site, find the hidden eggs, collect the letters and discover the magic word to win a small prize! 🥚🔎

It’s a great day out for the whole family - fresh air, exploring and a bit of Easter magic around the site.

🚂 Also happening on the day:
🎠 Monoloco & Monorail Rides (small fee applies)
☕ Refreshments & snacks available

No booking needed - just turn up and join in!

👉 Don’t miss out. We’d love to see you this weekend!

18/03/2026

✨ We did it! Thank you! ✨

Thanks to your incredible support, we’ve officially reached (and surpassed) our fundraising target for the Monoloco concrete base and we couldn’t have done it without you.

Every donation, share and kind word has helped move this project forward, and it means more to us than we can properly put into words. This is what makes our railway so special; a community that truly comes together to make things happen.

And we didn’t waste any time…
We've already rolled up our sleeves and got stuck into laying the base! 💪 The gravel bed is ready for it's layer of concrete and we've levelled out the shed and area leading up to the Monoloco area, ready for a lovely gravel surface to be laid.

(Photos below 👇)

Hopefully you can see your support turning into real, tangible progress. This new base will provide a safe, solid working area for maintaining and boarding the Monoloco, a huge step forward for the project.

From all of us at TVLR. Thank you. Truly. ❤️

More updates soon… 🚂

08/03/2026

Some locomotives are rare.
Some are unusual.

And some… are the only one of their kind in the entire world.

At Tanat Valley Light Railway we’re lucky enough to care for the Monoloco - believed to be the world’s only steam-powered monorail locomotive. After an incredible nut-and-bolt restoration last year, this remarkable machine is steaming again throughout 2026 thanks to the dedication of our volunteers.

But there’s a slightly less glamorous problem… mud.

The area outside the Monoloco’s storage building is currently uneven and muddy, which makes it difficult (and sometimes unsafe) for volunteers to maintain and prepare the locomotive properly.

So we’re raising funds for something simple but important: a proper concrete pad outside the shed. It will give our volunteers a safe surface to work on, protect equipment, and make it much easier to keep this unique locomotive in steam for everyone to enjoy.

If you’d like to help keep this extraordinary piece of railway history steaming for future generations, we’d be hugely grateful for your support.

Even the smallest donation helps move the project forward.

🚂 Donate here:
https://gofund.me/c666cef29

And if you can’t donate right now, please share the fundraiser - every little bit of support helps keep the Monoloco rolling.

UPDATE ON THE PREVIOIUS FUNDRAISER
A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Narrow Gauge Shed fundraiser a few weeks ago.

Thanks to your generosity, the materials have now been purchased and work on the building is underway. The shed is starting to go up - when the weather allows!

This new space will make a big difference for our narrow gauge operations and the volunteers who keep things running behind the scenes.

We’ll share more updates as the project progresses, so watch this space.

And once again, thank you for helping keep things moving at Tanat Valley Light Railway. 🚂

23/02/2026

🐣🌸 Easter Egg Hunt Trail at the TVLR! 🌸🐣

Join us for some Easter fun on Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th April from 10am – 3pm.

✨ FREE to enter!
Children can follow our Easter Egg Hunt Trail around the site, searching for hidden eggs with letters. Find them all to reveal the magic word and claim a small prize! 🥚🔎

Also running on the day:
🚂 Monoloco & Monorail (ride fee applies)
☕ Refreshments & snacks available on site

Bring the family and enjoy a fun-filled day at TVLR, with Easter adventures for all ages!

📍 See poster for full details.

We can’t wait to see you there! 🌷🐰

22/11/2025

After the incredible success and wonderful interest shown during our inaugural steaming in October, we’re absolutely thrilled to announce our full programme of Monoloco Steaming days for 2026!

Our amazing Monoloco will be back in steam on selected dates throughout the year, and we can’t wait to welcome you all again. Whether you joined us for that first unforgettable run or you’re planning your very first visit, there’s plenty of opportunity to experience the sights, sounds and magic of Monoloco up close plus explore the Tanat Valley Railway site.

All the steaming dates are listed on the poster below - please have a look, mark your calendars and feel free to share!

Thank you for all the enthusiasm and support so far. We’re really excited for what’s ahead and can’t wait to see you along the line in 2026!

03/11/2025

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28/10/2025

We'd like to extend our sincere thanks to everyone who joined us for our Inaugural Monoloco Steaming this past weekend. It was a proud and memorable moment to see the Monoloco in motion once again, marking an important milestone in our ongoing journey to bring this project to life.

We’re deeply grateful for the support shown by all who attended. Your presence, enthusiasm and generous donations are helping to ensure a bright future for the Monoloco project and the wider site.

A special word of thanks must also go to our dedicated volunteers, whose tireless efforts behind the scenes made the event possible. From site preparation to event-day operations, we really couldn't do it without them.

Thank you all for helping make history with us! The Monoloco will now be tucked up snuggly for the winter, ready to emerge again for next year's planned steamings and events. Watch this space!

For videos of the event please check out our reels and YouTube channel!

26/10/2025

Join us as we get the Monoloco ready for another day of Steaming!