THE Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway is seeking £2 million in grant aid to build a new steam maintenance facility.
Its operator, the Scottish Railway Preservation Society, has asked the Heritage Lottery Fund for money to provide a modern base to care for its locomotive collection.
If given the go-ahead, the scheme will create new jobs and an engineering skills training programme through Scotland’s Modern Apprentice Scheme.
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It is planned that the scheme will run alongside a training programme for new and existing volunteers to increase the SRPS skill base.
Journey of exploration
SRPS chairman Vic Michel said: “The steam facility will form part of an improved visitor trail where the site
itself will be part of a journey of exploration and learning, which will be
of interest and attract many new visitors to the town.
“I believe that this project will improve visitor access to our nationally significant collection based at Bo’ness. There will be better interpretation and display of the work that is undertaken there.”
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