Glenfield Tunnel Miniature Railway LIHS

 The Glenfield tunnel on the Leicester City and county border in Glenfield opened in 1832, upon construction it was the longest steam railway tunnel in the world, over 1 mile long.

Designed by the famous railway engineer George Stephenson and built under the supervision of his son Robert. The LIHS (Leicestershire Industrial History Society) regularly take interested groups and individuals into the tunnel on subterranean guided tours beneath the streets of Leicester. Recently the group have installed a miniature railway into a stretch of the tunnel giving visitors a unique experience that neatly emulates what it must have felt like for passengers and goods trains ravelling along the tunnel during its working lifetime, indeed the trip we see in this film is believed to be the first passenger service to run in the tunnel since 1928 !. So join me as we hop aboard and create history deep below the streets of #!,Leicester.