All the Heritage chitchat for the countrys railways and centres. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:30:34 +0000 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:30:34 +0000 National Preservation https://www.national-preservation.com/forums/heritage-railways-centres-in-the-uk.13/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:01:32 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/rother-valley-railway.38105/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/rother-valley-railway.38105/ invalid@example.com (nine elms fan) nine elms fan 3391 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:31:57 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/the-dinting-railway-centre.1426322/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/the-dinting-railway-centre.1426322/ invalid@example.com (lynbarn) lynbarn Hi all, I have just been watching a couple of those urban explorer videos on YouTube, both at the old
The Dinting Railway Centre as the subject.

One of them was better in that he had also added some footage from when the centre was open.

Also, having done some reading up, I got the impression that the lease was not or could not be renewed at the time and there may have been a falling out between some of the Trustees/Directors.

After the locos had moved out, there was a plan...

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Tom]]> 9151 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:32:45 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/svr-general-discussion.333307/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/svr-general-discussion.333307/ invalid@example.com (threelinkdave) threelinkdave
There was a connent by michaleth re first class on SVR on the WSR thread and I didnt want to hijak that discussion. The TTIs do sell a number of supliments, although there is scope for a misunderstanding.

At Kidderminster a passenger asks "where should I sit for Bridgnorth". The usual reply ia "anywhere sir/madam". The passenger interprets this litteraly and gets miffed when asked for a suplement....

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Given other updates to the railway, such as the signal gantry being...

North Yorkshire Moors Railway General Discussion]]> 11669 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:59:07 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/swanage-railway-general-discussion.37847/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/swanage-railway-general-discussion.37847/ invalid@example.com (Rumpole) Rumpole
Now that the main season’s running has passed and the gala is out of the way, a lot of attention has turned to planning work for our ‘Winter Works’ programme. Among the jobs to be undertaken are a refurbishment of the Swanage station canopy, re-roofing of Swanage goods shed, construction of a new workshop for the Locomotive Carriage and Wagon departments and the...

Swanage Railway General Discussion]]> 12463 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:34:48 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/dartmouth-steam-railway-general-discusssion.415834/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/dartmouth-steam-railway-general-discusssion.415834/ invalid@example.com (TorbayTrains) TorbayTrains 14th Feb although the full timetable is still to be announced. The second annual beer festival is on the the weekend of 17th- 19th July which should mean an extended gala timetable but full details are still to be announced.

The line has a variety of charters visiting this...

Dartmouth Steam Railway General Discusssion]]> 1332 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:48:42 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/boness-kinneil-railway.1402526/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/boness-kinneil-railway.1402526/ invalid@example.com (steam_mad) steam_mad
The lottery fund's grant brings total grant funding for this project to just under £1,030,000, although with an estimated total project cost in excess of £1,600,000,...

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A bit of research later on revealed that, yep, it's another proto preserved railway... http://www.yorkshirewoldsrailway.org.uk

Now I know that what people spend their money on is their business and nobody with an interest in railways is supposed to question anyone's 'dream' restoration project. But how...

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