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Founded over 50 years ago, we are based in rural Herefordshire and remain a family-owned and run enterprise with a great personal, as well as professional, passion for narrow gauge railways. Today, the business is run by Patrick Keef and Alice Basey who, together, offer the most experiened team to be found in the world of narrow-gauge railways.
With a long history in the building and maintenance of locomotives and carriages, the focus of today's business is on track surveying, laying, inspection and maintenance together with a comprehensive expert consultancy service. Even just a brief glimpse through our website will illustrate the breadth of our work over our long history and the level of expertise we offer our customers, whether you are looking for park and leisure railways; industrial capacity railways or simply a hobby or enthusiast railway to enjoy.
We are proud of the unrivalled reputation we've built for offering sound advice, friendly service, outstanding narrow gauge railway engineering expertise. We can genuinely claim to have worked with the majority of the main narrow-gauge railways in the UK and much of our work is based on word-of-mouth recommendation from our valued customers - we thank them all for their endorsement.
When it comes to expert advice on your railway, our consultancy service has been proven time after time to ensure the best for our customers and their business whether for a leisure railway or commercial one. Our track work is absolutely second to none with many years' knowledge built into every stage of planning, design, installation and maintenance. Whether you're looking for a completely new railway, or help with your existing railway, you'll find we offer friendly and practical advice along with sound engineering know-how every step of the way. Our reputation has been built on it.
Manufacturing and engineering of locomotives and rolling stock has long been part of our history and we are delighted to have created a manufacturing partnership with West Yorkshire based The Steam Workshop to carry our name and tradition of excellence forward. Forging a strong reputation for themselves in this sector, they are a right and fitting successor for the Alan Keef Ltd manufacturing division. To find out how we and The Steam Workshop can help you with manufacturing, just give us a call or complete our contact form here and we'll be in touch.
We have been proud to support the supply of Simplex and Motor Rail equipment for the last 35 years and are delighted to have now handed this iconic brand over to the team at Motor Rail Spares. For all your Simplex and Motor Rail requirements please contact - www.motorrailspares.co.uk
Alan Keef Ltd has an unrivalled reputation throughout the narrow gauge (10¼" - 3'6" gauge) railway industry and we can advise you on all aspects of your railway - whether it is already built or if you're still at the planning stage.
From the latest battery-electric and low-emission diesel locomotives and the most comfortable-ride carriages, to restoration of historic equipment and on-site surveying and track laying, we have all the knowledge and expertise to help you.