page_title: Battlefield Line Railway
section_title: Renovation project
hierarchical_section_title: Battlefield Line Railway / History / Renovation project
caption_attribution_description: English: GWR 2-6-2T Small Prairie Tank No. 5542 at Shackerstone Station on the Battlefield Line Railway
context_page_description: The Battlefield Line Railway is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England. It runs from Shackerstone to Shenton, via Market Bosworth, a total of 5 miles. Shenton is near Bosworth Field, giving the railway its name.
context_section_description: The Shackerstone Railway Society was set up in 1969 at Market Bosworth, but soon moved to Shackerstone in 1970, as they needed a proper home for their first steam engine. When they got to Shackerstone they found one through line still intact, and their first aim was to build some sidings. Later they reinstated the "down" platform and connected the sidings to the line to Market Bosworth.
  In 1973, to celebrate the centenary of the line, a small train of open wagons was hauled to Market Bosworth. Following the successful conclusions of the negotiations with British Rail, a start was made on track rearrangements which created run-round loops at both ends of the line and a number of sidings at Shackerstone.
  In the 1980s, the Battlefield Line launched a campaign to extend their line to Shenton. This involved buying 1 ¹⁄₂ miles (2.4 km) of track and in 1992 after a successful campaign, the inaugural service arrived, hauled by the appropriately named 0-6-0 tank engine "Richard III."
caption: GWR 2-6-2T Small Prairie Tank No. 5542 at Shackerstone Station
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