£3.2 million National Lottery grant for Darlington’s Rail Heritage Quarter; New agreement with trust paves the way for GCR(N) to restart services; and Pendennis Castle commences four-venue spring tour at Severn Vall. You don’t want to miss issue 303 of Heritage Railway magazine.
For its overdue celebratory gala to mark a century and a half of Britain’s sole-surviving rail-connected roundhouse, the Barrow Hill Engine Shed Society looked back 45 years to the day when its depot was still run by British Rail.
Sir Nigel Gresley and Webb Coal Tank to visit Nene Valley Railway; West Somerset’s race to recover from ‘potato field’ landslip; and Historic England finds Shildon coal drops may be ‘first in the world’. You don’t want to miss issue 302 of Heritage Railway magazine.
