Helston Railway

The Helston Railway is a new generation heritage railway and have been working at their base in Cornwall, since April 2005. They have cleared just over a mile of trackbed and are currently laying more track.

The Helston Railway Diesel Group managed to save the only surviving Class 103 set and intend to use them as both hauled coaching stock and under their own power as the Helston railway developed. However this was not to be and the Class 103 has only ever fulfilled a static role as a buffet.

In 2012 the Class 103 was joined by a Class 117 TCL vehicle, with a greater suburban influx upon the arrival of a Class 127 2-car set in 2020.

The railway would like to introduce "proper" DMU running using the Class 127, as at present they operate in a "push-pull" fashion with a single coach and/or brakevan and an industrial locomotive.

For the future the railway have big plans, to extend the trackbed further towards Helston, build an engine shed and water tower, grow their volunteer capability and turn themselves into a steam railway.