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East Midlands Railway Trust/GCR (Nottingham)

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by Flying Phil, Jan 25, 2021.

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  1. pmh_74

    pmh_74 Part of the furniture

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    OK, so as I suspected, what you are describing are 'guard rails' not 'check rails'. A commonly misunderstood term!
     
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    Tornado and Flying Scotsman to be reunited at the GCRN in May - https://www.facebook.com/foxandedwa...DS59jaBpfWJt5js5xAbQj3cQvy7dg1ZkbwdhvTsDa2jCl
    In Summary for those without facebook Access - Tornado running at the GCRN on May 16/17 while Scotsman is on static display.
    Scotsman running May 23/24/25/30/31 with Tornado on static display - A1SLT indicate she will be in steam for this as well https://www.facebook.com/A1SLT/post...TR7V29poPjHqyjNuohLSvPtc4eVoNofo9RKoz3mMUsj5l
    Tickets available from Fox and Edwards - £29.50 to ride behind Tornado or £60(!) to ride behind Scotsman
     
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    Austerity No 18 arrived at Ruddington yesterday
     
    Mark_108, Mar 6, 2026
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    An email from the EMTHT this evening says that the National Grid will be connecting Hotchley Hill box and Rushcliffe Halt to mains power shortly, with the work expected to be finished by the Summer. This is great news and puts us a step closer to having a couple of block sections north of Loughborough.
     
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    This has appeared today.....

     
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    Went to look at Tornado on the 11:00 departure from Ruddington from the country park footbridge, lots of people getting excited to see it go through. Caught the return into Ruddington at Asher Lane crossing. Nice to see this beautiful locomotive again-thank you to all who organised this!
     

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    That cable route looks very vulnerable! :(
     
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    Brilliant news!

    There's a blog on social media somewhere that I've forgot the name of now. But it was providing regular updates about hotchley hill signalbox, it's got a frame in now & looked to have had loads of work.
     
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    Called into Ruddington today. The site car park has now become app-only, no options for any other payment method. Major red-flag for me, so took my money elsewhere. There has been a lot of social media around the cafe proprietors being asked to vacate - the heritage cafe was one of the gems of the site. What on earth is going on?
     
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    That must have happened since Wednesday as we paid with cash then.
     
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    Just park on the industrial estate after the roundabout (where you turn right into the countrypark and heritage centre), free and only a few hundred meters walk (will be harder to do in the week but, weekends no problem)
     
    Mark_108, Aug 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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