I totally agree that most heritage railways exist because of the enthusiasm of their staff (members/volunteers, whatever you want to call them...
The FR Red Service requires 2 double engines and an 8 car engine. The latter is normally the Lyd, as the Oil-fired Ladies are expensive to run....
Probably Bryn y Felin... Its so tight its more of a corner!
The FR is 'finished' in the sense that the paint job on the Forth bridge is finished (until they got the new paint that is); as soon as one thing...
The FR has a number of ex MOD & RAF wagons: RAFs - Festipedia Locoals - Festipedia MoDs - Festipedia They are the mainstay of the...
Re: Russell Has this development been announced officially?
In short - yes! As a registered charity, the FR Trust's accounts are available to view on the Charity Commission website as part of its annual...
The FR booking office at Porth issues electronic tickets which are heritage; on continuous paper from a good-old dot matrix printer. I prefer them...
Gloucestershire CC is facing cuts of over £3 million (and was always short of money even in the boom times!) so I doubt much support, if any, will...
The FRS online signup/renewal form has a gift aid declaration in the form of a tick box, so I'm assuming they are gift-aidable. Dan
The Ffestiniog Railway Society - FRS - also allow you to join online through a simple form. I joined the WHRS online and recieved my membership...
The black is just for running-in, like the gray Tornado and 'hard-to-clean' white Garratt 87. I'm assuming black was chosen as it is easier to clean!
There has just been another update from the A1SLT. They haven't said what caused the problem, but there has been no damage to the boiler and it...
I'll give it a go. According to Steam Dreams staff, we were late leaving Weymouth because of signaling problems on the down line. We then got...
Public money I don't know... Public money has been spent of things of far less value in recent years. The Millennium Dome was a huge drain on...
Actually, the FR runs on far more days than most heritage lines (there was an article last month - I think it was in Heritage Railway). The...
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