Stationary Power House - Midland Railway Butterley

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Stationary Power House - Midland Railway Butterley The Stationary Power Museum houses a large collection of industrial and agricultural engines. We are staffed purely on a voluntary basis .

When you would like to visit us park at Butterley Station and get the train at Butterley Station to Swanwick Junction where a short walk will lead you to The Stationary Power Building. We run engines every weekend throughout the summer and on special occasions or by request. Organised parties are welcome and we can have several engines running for group occasions. We are free admission if you come by train from Butterley and donations are welcome.

Here Lewis has taken on a challenge with Edmunds Crossley engine of making a compressed air start valve to enable easier...
30/08/2026

Here Lewis has taken on a challenge with Edmunds Crossley engine of making a compressed air start valve to enable easier starting.
It could take some time and the project would make good use of Lewis's machining talents and computer aided design abilities.

Recent jobs being carried out at and on our building , here Norman has taken on the intricate job of repainting the cast...
30/08/2026

Recent jobs being carried out at and on our building , here Norman has taken on the intricate job of repainting the cast iron window frames on the front of the building. He is doing a splendid job utilising the good weather we have had this year.

03/08/2026

Here is Mick running his Petter S type engine which drives the machine shop display, we manufactured some different hot tube designs to make starting easier, and so we can clean out the carbon easier. It seems to run very well.

Yesterday we had a visit from Peter and Margaret , Peter ,a stationary engine collector, exhibitor and mainstay at Ralli...
03/08/2026

Yesterday we had a visit from Peter and Margaret , Peter ,a stationary engine collector, exhibitor and mainstay at Rallies far and wide was one of our members instrumental in starting our engine building over the last 40 years .
Here he is seen in front of The Blackstone Twin engine he was involved in rescuing , due to ill health he was unable to restore it to running order so we had a concerted effort over the last three or four years to restore it to running order.
Pete and Margaret are not great on their legs , many thanks to his nephew Adam for bringing them to see us.

This weekend Ian has been busy working on the Carke and Chapman Steam winch he is currently working on the right hand s...
26/07/2026

This weekend Ian has been busy working on the Carke and Chapman Steam winch he is currently working on the right hand side cylinder and piston .
Norman is working on the Air receiver for our Ruston 6H engine , the date stamp indicated it was tested 6/6/1925 at 300 psi. it will not be used in anger but display only.
Lewis is machining components on the lathe.

13/07/2026
13/07/2026

last weekend we had four engines running all being either 100 years old or older , this was in support of the transport event at the Midland Railways trust.

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Ripley
DE53QZ

Opening Hours

Saturday 11am - 4:30pm
Sunday 11am - 4:30pm

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