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Nene Valley railway is also going back to pre-covid operating for this weekend, the flexible "hop on hop off" Rover tickets are returning with walk-on tickets available from all 5 stations ( although you can buy tickets online if you wish) . No more allocated seats and the train will consist of...

I've heard something about a future mainline use for it?

taken from this website https://discover.hubpages.com/travel/Romney-Hythe-Dymchurch-Railway-The-only-miniature-railway-that-fought-in-the-war

How many heritage lines actually still run off this English coal? Even the article says some attractions such as the svr have switched to overseas, I've heard of a few others that already import.

It's not a genuine blackpool tram so not sure if it's still of interest to you, but there's one based on a blackpool tram at seaton tramway, tram number 4.

RH&DR are reopening even earlier, 4th July.

The Nene valley is also planning on reopening on the 25th July.

Just out of interest, how are they funding all that when other lines are unfortunately having to release desperate appeal funds. Good to hear the GCR are in a position to do so though.

Quite a few lines are having issues with trespassers. and they've had an arson attack at the dean forest railway.

With the current situation lots of heritage lines are at risk of possibly facing closure.

I remember chatting to a ticket inspector on the gcr at a gala once and he was saying how the day before he had some passengers trying to use tickets from the year before's gala.

Just wondering if anyone knows how some of these fundraisers are going, just seen in an earlier post the SVR's one is going well and apparently the WSR's one is going well too.

rail advent are posting a full list of lines and railtours and galas and model rail exhibitions affected which is being updated regularly. https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2020/03/coronavirus-the-full-list-of-railways-affected-wednesday-18th-march-2020.html

Yeah I think they could've made it a little clearer but as said it's probably a bit too technical , sorry if this is going slightly off topic but as much as this show is very good I do have an issue with it, that being when they show shots of one train claiming it's another one and I know I'm...

It's certainly not unheard of to stand on a national network train today, and I believe it was the same under British railways, it's part of recreating the image although it may not be the nicest of experiences to stand it's no different to how it was. And preserved lines need the income, they...

I could see it was full with people standing when it pulled into the station, and on the platform there were more people waiting to get on it than there would've been space in there, decided to wait for the steam service behind it. But yeah it looked very well restored and a very...

It was running instead of a dmu, which usually runs alongside the steam locos at their steam galas, helps give an even more intensive timetable. It certainly was an interesting sight though nice to see it preserved and running, was gonna have a ride but decided it looked way too busy and...

they do let groups have custodianship of diesel stock, that could possibly happen.

I'm not sure about the two lines in question here, but quite a few big heritage lines tend to do more than 1 steam gala a year, if that's the case you could possibly do one this time and the other later in the year. I get where you are coming from though that does sound a bit annoying but as...

on the morning of new year's day some mindless idiots broke into two (mark 1 I think) carriages at the line and trashed them, setting off fireworks inside the carriages, leaving boxes of mince pies and sandwiches everywhere, and a broken door where they attempted to gain entry, a fire...