Scottish Railway Preservation Society

  • Bo’ness line gets £740k lottery award for new engineering centre

    Bo’ness line gets £740k lottery award for new engineering centre

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    THE Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) is erecting an all-new engineering facility at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway. The development is being progressed thanks to a £741,500 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund towards its Steaming Ahead project. The multi-faceted project will see the creation of a new engineering facility, which will be used…

  • ‘Caley’ tank ups and downs: It’s a success in Swanage but fails at North Norfolk

    ‘Caley’ tank ups and downs: It’s a success in Swanage but fails at North Norfolk

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    CALEDONIAN Railway 0-4-4T No. 419 suffered mixed fortunes during late-March/early-April, having proved a big hit at the Swanage Railway’s March 29-31 Spring Steam Up, but missing out on much of the North Norfolk Railway’s gala the following weekend. The Swanage event coincided with the visit of ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman, and also featured Great…

  • ‘B1’ and ‘Caley’ tank add Northern Soul to Gloucestershire Warwickshire festival

    ‘B1’ and ‘Caley’ tank add Northern Soul to Gloucestershire Warwickshire festival

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    REPRESENTATIVES from each of the ‘Big Four’ railway companies will make up an eight-engine line-up at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s Cotswold Festival of Steam on May 25-27. The RM-sponsored event has been given the theme ‘Northern Soul’ to reflect the presence of two of the visiting locomotives – LNER ‘B1’  No. 1264 and Caledonian Railway…

  • ‘Caley’ tank for NNR, East Lancs and Swanage lines

    ‘Caley’ tank for NNR, East Lancs and Swanage lines

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    THE Caledonian Railway’s No. 419 played a starring role at the Churnet Valley Railway’s Winter Steam Gala on February 23-24, and the Scottish Railway Preservation Society is capitalising on the 0-4-4T’s presence in England by adding in further visits to heritage lines. First up for the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway-based loco is the East Lancashire Railway’s…

  • ‘Caley’ No. 419 in for unavailable ‘Manor’ at Churnet Valley gala

    ‘Caley’ No. 419 in for unavailable ‘Manor’ at Churnet Valley gala

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    CALEDONIAN Railway ‘439’ class 0-4-4T No. 419 will journey to England later this month to deputise for ‘Manor’ No. 7827 Lydham Manor at the Churnet Valley Railway’s Winter Steam Gala on February 23-24.  The Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) loco, which returned to service following overhaul last October, has been released by the Bo’ness & Kinneil…

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