News from MSLR

Join us for your first steam train ride of 2024 and visit the Historic Lighting Association’s spectacular display of vintage oil lamps dating from the mid-Victorian era. The Middy makes a superb setting for these wonderful appliances, many of the real works of art in their own right. To make the day even more fun,…

26th November is the date for the Middy’s Vintage & Bygones Fair & Exhibition and also the first day of our new Shuttle Bus Service from and to Stowmarket Railway Station. The bus will be a red Dennis Transbus Dart reg. KVO3 ZFE carrying this sign for identification. We hope this will be the first…

All Santa Special trains are currently sold out. If you would like to join the waiting list in case of cancellations, please go to the Book Tickets page on our website  https://www.mslr.org.uk/book-tickets/, select the date and time you are interested in booking and then select join waiting list.  You will then automatically be notified should we…

The Middy Tea Room Bistro has a special Christmas Menu available from Friday 1st December then every Friday for the rest of the month. You can choose from a fixed pice three course or two course selection, both of which offer delicious dining and great value as you will see below. To book please call…

The 26th November is not only the second Vintage & Bygones Fair & Exhibition at the Middy, but the first time we will be having a shuttle bus service courtesy of the Eastern Counties Bus Preservation Group. There will be a FREE bus service throughout the day from Stowmarket Station to the Middy, so visitors…

Santa Special visitors will be, of course, treated to a ride on a steam train to North Pole Halt and a meeting with the man himself but, amongst other attractions, will be these two beauties on display and in steam. ‘Percy’ and the aptly named ‘Old Chap’ will be steaming gently outside the  Middy tea…

We are delighted to announce our new partnership with the Eastern Counties Bus Preservation Group who will be running free services from Stowmarket Station to the Middy Bar Nights on selected Friday evenings and selected events weekends and Sundays during 2024, however the first event they will be supporting is the Vintage & Bygones Fair…

The Middy is staging their 2nd Vintage & Bygones Fair & Exhibition on Sunday 26th November. The Fair is for all those who have an interest in early mechanical and electrical objects, many of which are absolute works of art in their own right. Amongst the the items on display will be musical boxes, planetary clocks,…

Paraphrasing Neil Armstrong’s famous quote was how Middy 1604 Restoration Project Manager Steve Grayston summed up the historic moment at Brockford today when the loco’s boiler and chassis were at last reunited after 15 years. “They said it couldn’t be done but we are well on the way to proving them wrong,” Steve went on,…

For a magical Christmas treat for children up to 10 years old, a trip on a Mid- Suffolk Light Railway Santa Special is not to be missed. Tickets will be on sale from 18th October and there are 6 days to choose from 2nd, 3rd, 9th, 10th, 16th and 17th December, 8 trains per day,…