Beer Heights Light Railway
The Beer Heights Light Railway was a minimum-gauge railway at Beer, Devon, England. Part of Pecorama, an exhibition owned by Peco, it closed in November 2025.
Overview
The official opening was by Rev. W.V. Awdry on 14 July 1975, at which time it offered a return ride from "Much Natter" station via a balloon loop. Subsequently, it was almost doubled in length by construction of the "Devil's Gorge" extension which involved a very considerable cutting and tunnel, and the complex track layout also includes a more recent steeply-graded branch line to "Wildway Down". The station at Deepwater was revamped in late 2014 and reopened in July 2015 as 'Deepwater Halt'.The line was notable for its high standard of presentation to the public and for the fine views obtainable from it. It was home to eight live steam locomotives designed on narrow gauge principles.
It closure, for financial reasons, was announced in November 2025.
Locomotives
The railway had eight steam locomotives, two diesel and one electric. A locomotive called 'Finn MacCool' also visited every summer from the Belfast and County Down Miniature Railway Society, Northern Ireland, to help out in the peak season. Other locomotives also visited during the 'Loco Week' and 'Bank Holiday Weekend Gala' in August. A list of locomotives is below:| Number | Name | Wheel Arrangement | Notes | Power source | Arrived | Image |
| 3 | Dickie | Built by David Curwen, Wiltshire | Steam | 1976 | ||
| 4 | Thomas II | Thomas II, Built by Roger Marsh | Steam | 1979 | ||
| 5 | Linda | Mainline Hunslet, rebuilt by TMA Engineering, Birmingham. Replica of Ffestiniog Loco. | Steam | 1983 | ||
| 6 | Jimmy | Bo-Bo | Built Severn Lamb, Stratford-On-Avon | diesel hydraulic | 1986 | |
| 7 | Mr.P | Built in Beer Works | Steam | 1997 | ||
| 8 | Gem | Romulus | Steam | 1999 | ||
| O&EBR 1 | Otter | Built at Western Steam, Privately Owned | Steam | 2004 | ||
| 9 | Claudine | Single Fairlie, Built at Beer Works | Steam | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Alfred | Bo-Bo | Tram style, Built at Beer Works | Battery Electric | 2003 | |
| 11 | Ben | Bo-Bo | Freelance, Built at Beer Works | LPG / Petrol Mechanical | 2015 | |
| 12 | Jools | Heavily rebuilt from Samastipur. | Steam | 2018 |