On event days, steam or diesel train rides are operated over a short demonstration track.

The museum hosts two annual events: the Winter Beer Festival held in late February / early March (timing depends on UK school holidays), and the Summer Beer Festival held each September.

The museum was originally formed as the Stour Valley Railway Preservation Society on 24 September 1968.

All information up to date as of December 2024 The museum has a collection of industrial and Ex-BR steam locomotives,[1] in various states of repair.

In November 2009, a plaque was erected on the East Anglian Railway Museum by PRS for Music.