The Hellingly Hospital Railway

The Prototype - Page One

Rather than try and improve on what must be the definitive history of the line, "The Hellingly Hospital Railway" by Peter A.Harding, I present a few photographs showing the line. To buy this book from Amazon, click HERE.
	Starting with a photograph of the locomotive taking a rail tour along the line - hence the guards van being propelled - the line owned no passenger stock apart from the tram. The driver is Harry Page. Photograph taken by J.R.Batts
The only remaining building is the engine shed now used as a store. There was a small platform alongside where the oil tanks now are. The wooden extension hides the second door into the shed which may have been a good shed as well as stock. Photos toward closure show it covered in at the top and since there was only one loco, a two road shed would seem to be a luxury except that the shed is a lot shorter than it appears in the photograph. It is little longer than the loco so I assume the second road went out of use after the tram stoped working. Photo by Barrie Collins
	This is the shed on 5th May 1956. As mentioned above there are two road, one of which is enclosed at the top. The group at the side are members of the Railway Enthusiasts Club who were visiting the line. A brake van is behind the locomotive and would have been their transport for the visit. Photo by J.R.Batts.

For more pictures and information, go to PAGE 2 of this history.