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Your support for Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group (ARPG) who operate Doon Valley Railway (DVR) now means more than ever and will shape and secure our future. It has been announced (February 2023) by the owner of the buildings we currently lease from them, that they intend to place the buildings up for sale within the next six months in order to sell them off. The buildings and areas the ARPG face losing are: Ticket Office, Gift Shop, Customer Toilets, Exhibition and Artefacts Room, Volunteer Rest Room, Signal Box Cafe, Museum, Joiners & Metal Shop and the associated grounds surrounding this area.
(Permalink) Dalmellington Iron Works Doon Valley Railway Dunaskin Waterside Dunaskin Shed: The Fireless locomotive hiding at the ARPG's Dunaskin shed on 30 August 2015, unable to run due to a valve problem in the steam system. See image [[51874]] Dunaskin Platform: The Scottish Industrial Railway Museum is operated by the Ayshire
Railway Preservation Group and on 29 May 2011 former NCB Ayrshire Area No.10, an Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST, operated brake van trips up ... |
The new North West Transport Hub project in Derry's Waterside has won another top award. It scooped the prestigious Best Overall Entry award at the National Railway Heritage Awards in London. The facility, planned and delivered by Translink and completing during 2020, has been a £27.5m investment, with funding received from the EUs INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB).
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