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Vintage Trains granted TOC status to operate steam locomotives on the national network

  • Posted On: 19 September 2018

Vintage Trains Limited has announced that they have been granted its passenger charter licence by the Office of Rail and Road.This means that they have become the first ever Train Operating Company to be owned by the public and charitably controlled.

 


New Europe Railway Heritage Trust (NERHT).. and railway preservation..

  • Posted On: 19 September 2018

NERHT is a voluntary society founded in 1999 to help railway preservation in the formerSoviet Union and the other ex-Communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe.


Mid Norfolk heritage railway run first service stopping at Hardingham for fifty years

  • Posted On: 19 September 2018

The Mid Norfolk Railway (MNR), based in Dereham, which welcomed filming for BBC drama series Bodyguard earlier this year, has reopened one of its award-winning platforms, almost fifty years to the day after a train last passed through the station.

Track renewal was carried out at Hardingham station, along the MNR line between Dereham and Wymondham, as part of the railway’s partnership with Greater Anglia to supply storage and commissioning facilities for a fleet of new Stadler Flirt trains.

And on Wednesday, September 12, at 11am, a train stopped at the station for the very first time since September 9, 1968.


Taiwan's stunning 106-year-old mountain railway.

  • Posted On: 19 September 2018
Travel on newly introduced cruise-style tours on the century-old Alishan Forest Railway, a network of 71.4 kilometers (44.4 miles) of narrow-gauge rail lines in central Taiwan's Alishan mountain range.

"Alishan Forest Railway is a priceless cultural heritage [for Taiwan]." says Tang Yu-chin, a spokesperson of AFRCH. "Therefore, preserving Alishan Forest Railway isn't just for tourism purposes but for promoting this culture."


Deadlines for the upcoming conference in Frisco and Santa Fe!!

  • Posted On: 19 September 2018

Please find below some deadlines for the upcoming conference in Frisco and Santa Fe.

 

·         October 6 – deadline to register for HRA conference in Santa Fe, NM at a lower rate - https://heritagerailalliance.wildapricot.org/event-2954000

·         October 9 – deadline to secure hotel rooms at Drury Hotel for WATTRAIN conference at the special conference rate - https://www.druryhotels.com/bookandstay/newreservation/?groupno=2340496

·         October 15 – deadline to register for Frisco, TX WATTRAIN conference - http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07efdsw0cy2be41f89&llr=6r7xtbyab


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