Christmas Opening Times Tues 27th 10am – till 4pm,Weds 28th 10am – till 4pm Thurs 29th 10am-5pm,Fri 30th 10-5pm,Sat 31st CLOSED Mon 2nd Closed,Tues 3rd Back to Normal times 0114 3216 160
DUE TO STAFF ILLNESS our renumbering and weathering services are on HOLD until further notice. All existing orders will be prioritised and completed upon the return of our member of staff and we will still take orders for these services but at this time we can offer no deadline for the completion of this type of work. We thank you for your understanding.
About Us
Olivia’s Trains comes from the name of my first grandchild, Olivia Sophie Smart, now aged 24 (2022). She was UK & Scottish Novice Ice Skater Champion 2008. She won the British Junior Ice Dance Championship for 3 consecutive year up to Nov 2013 with partner Joe Buckland. They competed at Senior Level from 2014 and was UK Senior British Champions for 2014/15 and achieved Lottery Funding. Unfortunately Joe decided to part from Olivia and fulfill his ambitions with another partner (I wish him well). Jan 2016 After 7 months of trails with partners Olivia finally found another partner. His name is Adrian and SPANISH, yes unfortunately Olivia now Skates for Spain as the Talent in the UK at that time was minimal and Olivia would never have fulfilled her ambition to skate in the Olympic Games if she had tried to find a UK partner. She moved from the USA to Canada from 1st Feb 2016 to train with her new partner.
Dec 17th 2017 Olivia & Adrian Won the Spanish National Title to become The Spanish No 1’s in Ice Dance. Aug 2nd 2019 1st place at Lake Placid (USA) International, Robin Cousins won his Gold Medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics here.
Dec 2019 Spanish National Champions
Dec 2021 Spanish National Championsafter a 2 year break due to Covid
European Championships Jan 2022Finished 4th
Olympic Games Feb 2022 finished in 8th Position
World Championships in France March 2022Finished in 6th Position
Unfortunately after this competition announced his retirement from competition Skating
Currently training with a German Ice Skater and we will update you if this is successful
Now trainning with ITV for Dancing on Ice Jan 2023 partner is Nile Wilson Olympic Silver Medallist 2016
A video of a skating performance at the Skate America Gala, held in Las Vegas October 2019.
I started selling my Special Loco’s with Sound in 2004 and the only platform I could use was Ebay and, as with Ebay you require a name to list and Olivia was the Star of the time, I thought it fitting to call my selling tag as Olivia’s-Trains. So that’s how we became Olivia’s Trains. The only trouble is that we now have a grandson Liam and he wants the next shop (if there is to be one) to be called Liam’s trains. That may confuse!
We are specialists in certain fields starting with of course Sound. I was a Train Driver so have a Railway background so I do know a bit about Diesel/Electric Traction and have Driven & Instructed quite a few in my Railway Career.
The other items we pride ourselves on, is our Special & Limited Editions. We go to great lengths to get as many of these we can. We resource people who say they can do special Loco’s and my favourite answer to those of you who say they can is give me examples and we’ll sell your Loco’s under our Umbrella.
We offer Commissions on any Loco you fancy even if it never existed!We Pride ourselves in the Friendly Service we offer both over the phone & in person. We really like to put a face to a name and we welcome callers to come and spend time with us, try out locomotives and get exactly what you want.
You can have a cup of Tea or Coffee with us during your visit and there’s a Café right across from the shop if you want a bite to eat.
New for 2019 Disabled access into Shop.
Free 7kv Electric Car Charging Point.Both Type 1&2
About us in the shop:-
Neil- Proprietor –
Mad on railways (Ex- BR!) avid spotter until leaving school in 1971 then guess what? Started work for BR in Oct 1971 (messenger) Rotherwood (Sheffield) Starting point of EM1’s in Sheffield (Our project commissioned with Heljan 2010)
