Daytime steam services cancelled on 1 & 2 January Over the past weeks, the Epping Ongar Railway has operated an intensive service of Santa Specials and Epping Ongar Light Fantastic services and the staff and volunteers have pulled out all the stops and continue to do so. However as time ...
Read MoreOur Epping Ongar Light Fantastic trains presented a different challenge last night (Wednesday 8 December) when our Train Manager was asked if he could help a party on the train. A passenger calmly explained that her son had thrown her phone out of a window! She gave us a vague location on a map ...
Read MoreThe volunteers of the Epping Ongar Railway are putting the finishing touches to the Light Fantastic services this week ahead of what will be a sell-out first weekend as only a few tickets are still available on Sunday. The Light Fantastic service takes passengers from North Weald to Ongar and ...
Read MoreThe Epping Ongar Railway has assembled an impressive range of London Transport related locomotives as part of its London Transport Weekend. Seeking to highlight its nearly 50 years as part of the London Underground as the Eastern Terminus of the Central Line the Railway has pulled together an ...
Read MoreThe Epping Ongar Railway is please to annouce that class 20 diesel locomotive, 20227, will be paying a short visit this October. The locomotive, in the striking London Transport maroon livery will be in action working trains over the former London Underground route between Epping Forest and ...
Read MoreThe latest exhibiton at The Penny Salon Gallery at Ongar station, "The Esoteric Steam of Geoff Silcock", goes on display from the start of September. Conceived in early 2020, the long awaited first part of the trilogy features several themes, starting in the London area with ...
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