Date: 19/11/2013

Another preserved railway opens while the 50th anniversary of a closure is celebrated!

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An up Voyager arrives at Alnmouth in May 2004. The Aln Valley Railway Society is hoping to reinstate the former branch which ran from here to Alnwick and closed in 1968.
Location: Alnmouth
Company: Newcastle and Berwick Railway
26/05/2004 John Furnevel

The piers are all that is left of the Hayling Island timber railway bridge. Weight restrictions on the bridge meant the line was worked by tiny A1X class tank engines, nicknamed Terriers, which were originally designed for South London suburban services. The line was closed by BR in 1963.
Location: Hayling Island
Company: Hayling Railway
17/06/2009 Alistair MacKenzie

So is this where the key goes? A wind-up at Holt station on the North Norfolk Railway on 15 June 2010. Locomotive ex-GWR 0-6-2T no 5619.
Location: Holt
Company: Cromer Branch (Eastern and Midlands Railway)
15/06/2010 Bruce McCartney