Let's go ride the Rusilip Lido Railway! I was invited down by Matt Streeton - Vice Chairman at the Ruislip Lido railway - where he showed me around, with behind the scenes access in the workshops and we talked all things trains, and then of course took out a loco to go for a ride, where I got to get behind the throttle and drive one myself ...
If you'd like to visit of help out by volunteering, their website is: https://www.ruisliplidorailway.org/
Also, here's an old video from 2016 that I made for Londonist, with Tim Dunn! If you want another Ruislip Lido video! - https://youtu.be/e3XS49nDBtc