Cadeby Light Railway

The Cadeby Light Railway was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge railway in the garden of the rectory in Cadeby, Leicestershire.

In the early 1960s the Reverend Teddy Boston became rector of All Saints' Church, Cadeby. Boston was a lifelong railway enthusiast and wanted to build a miniature railway in his new garden, but the cost proved prohibitive. Instead he searched for a full-sized narrow-gauge locomotive.

In 1962, he purchased Pixie, a W.G. Bagnall 0-4-0ST from the Cranford quarry. The quarry owners donated a short length of track and two wagons and the Cadeby Light Railway was opened.^[1]

Over the years, Boston built an extensive collection of ex-industrial narrow-gauge rolling stock, which ran on the extremely short line in his garden. He also maintained an extensive OO gauge model railway at Cadeby.^[2]

Although Boston died in 1986, his widow, Audrey kept the railway open for nearly twenty years, holding regular open days.

The railway finally closed in May 2005.^[3] The majority of the collection has been amalgamated with the Moseley Railway Trust at the Apedale Community Country Park.^[4] As of 2014, Pixie was undergoing restoration.