The Wick & Lybster Light Railway – located in the far north of Scotland – was a line that disappeared before Nationalisation. However, the successful restoration of one of the route’s surviving structures was marked at the 2017 National Railway Heritage Awards –...
One of the most significant issues within railway preservation is to try and improve signalling whilst at the same time not destroying the infrastructure of the historic line. The 2017 National Railway Heritage Awards, announced in December 2017 at Merchant Taylors’...
One of the more unusual winners at the 2017 National Railway Heritage Awards, announced in December 2017, was the Stainmore Railway Co for its excellent work in reconstructing a water tower and column at Kirkby Stephen East station. Drawing upon elements recovered...
Situated on the East Suffolk line is the station called Wickham Market although the building itself is actually in Campsea Ashe. The restoration of the station house, originally designed by the local architect Francis Thompson, by Station House Community Connections...
The recent renovation of Wemyss Bay station was judged the ‘best entry’ at the 2017 National Railway Heritage Awards following the award ceremony held at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London in December 2017. A commemorative plaque was unveiled by Andy Savage, Executive...
Tuesday 17 April 2018 saw the official unveiling of the plaque awarded to Greater Anglia for the work completed at Cambridge station in the 2017 National Railway Heritage Awards. The work comprised two distinct – but complimentary – elements. The first was the careful...
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