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This meeting to be held at 7.30 p.m. in the Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2JL - when Andy Savage, Chair of the Railway Heritage Trust, will give a talk on developing the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways. All are welcome.
(Permalink) Andy Savage CRAG Ffestiniog Railway Railway Heritage Trust Welsh Highland Railway |
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Another historic building at Nairn Railway Station is in the process of being brought back into service by the Nairn Mens Shed group.
(Permalink) Men's Shed Nairn Railway Heritage Trust  Nairn: The former waiting rooms on the Inverness bound platform. The building to the right is now a florists! |
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Caledonian Sleeper has today named one of the engines which powers its iconic cross border service in honour of the Railway Heritage Trust. Intended as a token of thanks for supporting the company's major restoration project at Perth Station. A listed building that dates back to 1848, Perth Station was designed on a grand scale in keeping with the Tudor Gothic style of the time. However, in 2018 the vast size of the station meant that many rooms were lying empty.
(Permalink) 92033 Caledonian Sleeper GB Railfreight Perth Railway Heritage Trust William Tite  Perth: Spotters nightmare. This Class 40 is at Perth -behind the wall - and there wasn't time to get round the other side to see what it was. This may well have been taken during the 'Douglas Blades G ...  Perth: Perth inside the station extension in July 2003. This area was once the station forecourt and the station proper was beyond the building. The platform seen here is now the main Inverness platform. |
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The Victorian Troon Station was devastated by a blaze on Saturday afternoon.
(Permalink) Fire Railway Heritage Trust Rebuilding Troon  Troon: The 1202 Kilmarnock - Girvan train arrives at Troon on 13 July 2021. This was taken just days before the station fire of the 17th in which the building on the left was burned down.  Troon: Virtually empty car park at Troon station on 15th October 2020. Mid-afternoon on a normal Thursday you would be lucky to find a space.  Troon: A view of Troon station showing the badly damaged northbound platform building from the west side. Following the fire on the 17th the site is all securely fenced off with no easily accessed vantage po ... |
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The Railway Heritage Trust has added two documents to the 'Guidance' section of their website which could be of interest to Community Rail Network members. Both of the documents are from Network Rails new suite of design guidance documents. The first one is the Redundant Signal Box Strategy, which looks at ways to re-use signal boxes which are no longer in operational use. It includes details of various arrangements for allowing community groups/projects to take on such signal boxes.
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