Cadeby Light Railway

Cadeby Light Railway
Locale	England
Dates of operation	1963 – 2005
Successor line	abandoned
Track gauge	2 ft (610 mm)
Length	97 yards
Headquarters	Cadeby

Pixie at Cadeby in 1981

The Cadeby Light Railway was a 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. Rev. 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.

Over the years Rev. Boston built an extensive collection of ex-industrial narrow gauge rolling stock which ran on the extremely short line in his garden. Although Rev. Boston died in 1986 his widow Audrey kept the railway open for nearly twenty years, holding regular open days. The railway finally closed and the collection was sold in 2005.