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From around 1833 coal from Snibston mine was transported via a branch line connected to the Leicester to Swannington Railway (the first public railway in Leicestershire). After the closure of the mine in 1983 this colliery railway became derelict, but thanks to financial support from the European Community’s Regional Development Fund, this early mineral line has been restored to full working order.

Visitors can travel on a restored 1960s passenger coach on a short round trip from the heart of the former mine eastwards into the centre of Coalville plus westward to the old sidings complex. The coach is pulled by the museum’s own Hunslet diesel colliery shunting loco.