Situated in the beautiful South Downs countryside of south east England the museum is located within the former Amberley chalk quarry. Historically an important source of lime for mortar and agricultural uses, the Amberley quarry had its own kilns, the remains of which can be seen today in the museum grounds.
In addition to the road steam exhibits the museum’s. The locomotive returned to steam last year after the completion of a major three-year overhaul which included extensive boiler work and mechanical repairs. The chunky-looking Bagnall was originally built for the Ministry of Munitions to 3ft gauge and worked for the Canadian Forestry Corps in Cumberland. After the war it was regauged at Bagnall’s Stafford works to 2ft gauge and sold to the famous Cliffe Hill Granite Co railway in Leicestershire. An Amberley resident for nearly 40 years, looked very much at home on a rake of skip wagons in the ideal surroundings of the old chalk quarry.
