All the Heritage chitchat for the countrys railways and centres. Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:15:56 +0000 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:15:56 +0000 National Preservation https://www.national-preservation.com/forums/heritage-railways-centres-in-the-uk.13/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:01:59 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/north-yorkshire-moors-railway-general-discussion.29732/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/north-yorkshire-moors-railway-general-discussion.29732/ invalid@example.com (The Black Hat) The Black Hat
Given other updates to the railway, such as the signal gantry being...

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Now that the main season’s running has passed and the gala is out of the way, a lot of attention has turned to planning work for our ‘Winter Works’ programme. Among the jobs to be undertaken are a refurbishment of the Swanage station canopy, re-roofing of Swanage goods shed, construction of a new workshop for the Locomotive Carriage and Wagon departments and the...

Swanage Railway General Discussion]]> 12427 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:31:00 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/the-gwili-railway-thread.34502/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/the-gwili-railway-thread.34502/ invalid@example.com (Matt78) Matt78
Last year's Gwili thread seemed to go down reasonably well so I thought it was time to bring you up to date with all the goings on.

The confirmed passenger figures for 2011 are 27,875 which is our best ever year since we started running trains in 1978. Like many railways we finished with a strong santa season. All in all a very pleasing result considering the tough economic conditions, and the fact we had to rely on Diesel traction a fair bit due to problems with the steam fleet....

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Here is a recent update regarding the extension northwards:...

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Tom]]> 9022 Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:45:02 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/mid-hants-railway-operational-matters.908178/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/mid-hants-railway-operational-matters.908178/ invalid@example.com (NightRail) NightRail View attachment 24671]]> 7648 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:07:42 +0000 https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/svr-general-discussion.333307/ https://www.national-preservation.com/threads/svr-general-discussion.333307/ invalid@example.com (threelinkdave) threelinkdave
There was a connent by michaleth re first class on SVR on the WSR thread and I didnt want to hijak that discussion. The TTIs do sell a number of supliments, although there is scope for a misunderstanding.

At Kidderminster a passenger asks "where should I sit for Bridgnorth". The usual reply ia "anywhere sir/madam". The passenger interprets this litteraly and gets miffed when asked for a suplement....

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