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Lineside vegetation maintenance has taken place to improve site lines on the approach to Heath Hill Tunnel and Horsehay & Dawley station Restoration of the narrow gauge steam tram continues with the wooden coach seat frames rubbed down ready to be varnished. The coach floor has been stained, the wooden buffer repainted black and the tram boiler baseplate and frame has been refitted. The benches at Spring Village have been stained and varnished. Our latest video, showing the extent of the recent vandalism to our Lightmoor Signslbox is now available on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/cyigVF_aTTw?si=cpNIjOLKEjAftl8f Donations to the restoration of the signal box can be made here https://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/make-a-donation-to-the-railway.html Congratulations to our volunteers Wayne and Ryan, who have successfully passed out as diesel drivers. Thanks to Jacob and Mark for the additional information and photographs used in this update. We are next open to the public on Sunday 23rd June - classic transport day Come and join us at Spring Village and Horsehay & Dawley stations for classic cars, buses, lorries, motorcycles, a traction engine, military vehicles and miniature tractions engines all on display. There is NO car parking available at the railway. Please park at the Horsehay Industrial Estate car park (TF4 3EE) which is less than 5 minutes walk from the railway. GWR 56XX steam engine No. 5619 will be hauling our trains. First departure from Spring Village is at 11am, with further departures at 12pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm and 3:30pm. Ticket prices Adult £10, Children £7, Family £32. Fares include unlimited travel on our standard gauge trains and entry into our model railway exhibition. The Phoenix miniature railway will also be open and offering their ‘driver for a fiver’ deal. (Additional charges apply) Also available Furnaces Tearoom selling hot and cold drinks, meals, chocolate, snacks, cakes and ice creams to eat in or take away. Drinking water for dogs also provided. Gift shop at Spring Village selling new and nearly new books, Thomas take-n-play, second hand OO gauge models, dinosaurs, toys, fridge magnets, flags, train sets and much much more. Huge OO gauge model railway exhibition based in part of Stafford Station with DC and DCC locos in operation with smoke and sound. Secondhand book stall in Horsehay and Dawley waiting room. Rail Camera Club photographs on display at Spring Village waiting room. Picnic area overlooking Horsehay Pool. Free children’s quiz to find all the creatures hiding amongst the trees. All attractions subject to availability. Our latest news video, Railway Roundup 4 is now available to watch on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/r-NiZP3X7Ss?si=jEaBkkURMrPFGYDV Our 2024 special events can be found here https://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/events. We are asking our supporters to complete the following nomination form to hopefully receive a donation of £1000. The more nominations we receive, the more chance we have of getting it. It takes less than a couple of minutes to complete so please help us if you can https://movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1003150&ct=heritage_arts#nominateACharity Our website, www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk has been given an overhaul and now contains more up to date information about our railway, rolling stock, what to see and do, and special events. Tickets are on sale and already selling for our Fish and Chip specials, and Alice’s Adventures to Wonderland event on 5th, 6th and 7th April. Please take a fresh look at our website and let us know what you think. Our online shop has been revamped and enlarged to include railway books, soft toys and other items for sale. Please visit http://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/store/c44/Freight_Stop_Gift_Shop.html We currently have an appeal to buy a new boiler for our narrow gauge steam tram. You can help us greatly by donating at https://gofund.me/093e7130 As a thank you, we are offering rewards for certain levels of donations, although every single one is gratefully received and will help put our tram back into operation. Please also consider supporting Telford Steam Railway through the Telford and Wrekin Community Lottery, which is open to anyone in the UK over 16 years old. This weekly draw gives you the opportunity to win prizes up to £25,000. Tickets cost £1 per week and 50p from each ticket sale goes directly to the railway. Sign up at https://www.twincl.co.uk/support/telford-steam-railway
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The road crossing between the loco shed and Spring Village yard has been replaced and upgraded to make the crossing safer for cars and pedestrians. The track has also been realigned which will allow bogie vehicles to enter the shed for the first time. This will now allow us to maintain and restore our coaches under cover when required. Replacing the road crossing was a job that we have wanted to do for a number of years and it is great to see it completed. North British diesel hydraulic No. 27414 “TOM” was been withdrawn from service for gearbox repairs. Class 142 Pacer No. 142058 was in use on passengers services on Sunday 9th June, and proved popular with our passengers. We also held our first Pacer driver and guard experience days on the Saturday and Sunday. All of the participants thoroughly enjoyed their time on the Pacer and we have received very positive feedback about the experiences. This is something we will look to do again next year. We ran our second Fish and Chip special of the season on Saturday. This was another sell out, including our first coach party. BR class 08 diesel No. 08757 “Eagle” hauled the train, the fish and chips were hot and tasty, and everyone had an enjoyable time. This is a great way to get people who would not normally visit a heritage railway to see what we have to offer. Hopefully some of them will return for a running day or special event. Our Father’s Day Flyer experience (footplate ride on our steam engine No. 5619 and a meal in the tearoom) have sold out. Our gardeners continue to keep our station gardens looking fantastic with those at Horsehay and Dawley looking particularly impressive. We had a visitor to the railway on Friday who enjoyed a Great British Railway Journey in the cab of 5619. They also helped with the ongoing restoration of BR Class 03 diesel No. D2051 in the loco shed. Look out for the program which is due to be broadcast in April 2025. Thanks to Ben, Ian, Doug, Mark, Shaun and Paul for the additional information and photographs used in this update. We are next open to the public on Sunday 16th June GWR 56XX steam engine No. 5619 will be hauling our trains. First departure from Spring Village is at 11am, with further departures at 12pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm and 3:30pm. Ticket prices Adult £10, Children £7, Family £32. Fares include unlimited travel on our standard gauge trains and entry into our model railway exhibition. The Phoenix miniature railway will also be open and offering their ‘driver for a fiver’ deal. (Additional charges apply) Also available Furnaces Tearoom selling hot and cold drinks, meals, chocolate, snacks, cakes and ice creams to eat in or take away. Drinking water for dogs also provided. Gift shop at Spring Village selling new and nearly new books, Thomas take-n-play, dinosaurs, toys, fridge magnets, flags, train sets and much much more. Huge OO gauge model railway exhibition based in part of Stafford Station with DC and DCC locos in operation with smoke and sound. Secondhand book stall in Horsehay and Dawley waiting room. Rail Camera Club photographs on display at Spring Village waiting room. Picnic area overlooking Horsehay Pool. Free children’s quiz to find all the creatures hiding amongst the trees. All attractions subject to availability. Our latest news video, Railway Roundup 4 is now available to watch on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/r-NiZP3X7Ss?si=jEaBkkURMrPFGYDV Our 2024 special events can be found here https://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/events. We are asking our supporters to complete the following nomination form to hopefully receive a donation of £1000. The more nominations we receive, the more chance we have of getting it. It takes less than a couple of minutes to complete so please help us if you can https://movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1003150&ct=heritage_arts#nominateACharity Our website, www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk has been given an overhaul and now contains more up to date information about our railway, rolling stock, what to see and do, and special events. Tickets are on sale and already selling for our Fish and Chip specials, and Alice’s Adventures to Wonderland event on 5th, 6th and 7th April. Please take a fresh look at our website and let us know what you think. Our online shop has been revamped and enlarged to include railway books, soft toys and other items for sale. Please visit http://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/store/c44/Freight_Stop_Gift_Shop.html We currently have an appeal to buy a new boiler for our narrow gauge steam tram. You can help us greatly by donating at https://gofund.me/093e7130 As a thank you, we are offering rewards for certain levels of donations, although every single one is gratefully received and will help put our tram back into operation. Please also consider supporting Telford Steam Railway through the Telford and Wrekin Community Lottery, which is open to anyone in the UK over 16 years old. This weekly draw gives you the opportunity to win prizes up to £25,000. Tickets cost £1 per week and 50p from each ticket sale goes directly to the railway. Sign up at https://www.twincl.co.uk/support/telford-steam-railway Some sad news to start with Our signalbox at Lightmoor Junction has been broken into and vandalised. The intruders forced demolished brickwork to gain entry to the box and then proceeded to smash every window, throw paint around and destroyed historical signaling equipment. It is going to cost the railway £1000s to restore and is especially sickening for the volunteers as we have already had to do it once before after an arson attack in 2016. This unnecessary damage will divert precious money and volunteer time away from keeping the railway running this year. We are asking our supporters to help by donating whatever they can to help us restore the signalbox once again to its 1950’s glory. https://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/make-a-donation-to-the-railway.html The replacement of the road crossing between the loco shed and Spring Village station has started this week. Contractors are on site and making good progress in replacing the rails and upgrading the crossing. The line into the shed is also being realigned will allow bogie vehicles to gain access. This will mean that our coaches will now be able to be maintained and restored under cover. This work is due to a week to complete. The lighting in the loco shed has been replaced with led bulbs, which give us brighter lights at a much cheaper cost. On Sunday we ran our first Exotic Express trains, which featured our friends from Exotic Zoo Telford bringing animals onto the train to allow passengers to learn all about them, see them up close and even hold them! This was very popular and will return on 4 August and 1 September. Full details on our website. Thanks to Shaun, Joshua and Doug for the additional information used in this update. We are next open to the public on Sunday 9th June for our PACER day BR Class 142 Pacer No 142058 will be hauling our trains. First departure from Spring Village is at 11am, with further departures at 12pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm and 3:30pm. Ticket prices Adult £10, Children £7, Family £32. Fares include unlimited travel on our standard gauge trains and entry into our model railway exhibition. The Phoenix miniature railway will also be open and offering their ‘driver for a fiver’ deal. (Additional charges apply) Also available Furnaces Tearoom selling hot and cold drinks, meals, chocolate, snacks, cakes and ice creams to eat in or take away. Drinking water for dogs also provided. Gift shop at Spring Village selling new and nearly new books, Thomas take-n-play, dinosaurs, toys, fridge magnets, flags, train sets and much much more. Huge OO gauge model railway exhibition based in part of Stafford Station with DC and DCC locos in operation with smoke and sound. Secondhand book stall in Horsehay and Dawley waiting room. Rail Camera Club photographs on display at Spring Village waiting room. Picnic area overlooking Horsehay Pool. Free children’s quiz to find all the creatures hiding amongst the trees. All attractions subject to availability. Our latest news video, Railway Roundup 4 is now available to watch on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/r-NiZP3X7Ss?si=jEaBkkURMrPFGYDV Our 2024 special events can be found here https://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/events. We are asking our supporters to complete the following nomination form to hopefully receive a donation of £1000. The more nominations we receive, the more chance we have of getting it. It takes less than a couple of minutes to complete so please help us if you can https://movementforgood.com/index.php?cn=1003150&ct=heritage_arts#nominateACharity Our website, www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk has been given an overhaul and now contains more up to date information about our railway, rolling stock, what to see and do, and special events. Tickets are on sale and already selling for our Fish and Chip specials, and Alice’s Adventures to Wonderland event on 5th, 6th and 7th April. Please take a fresh look at our website and let us know what you think. Our online shop has been revamped and enlarged to include railway books, soft toys and other items for sale. Please visit http://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/store/c44/Freight_Stop_Gift_Shop.html We currently have an appeal to buy a new boiler for our narrow gauge steam tram. You can help us greatly by donating at https://gofund.me/093e7130 As a thank you, we are offering rewards for certain levels of donations, although every single one is gratefully received and will help put our tram back into operation. Please also consider supporting Telford Steam Railway through the Telford and Wrekin Community Lottery, which is open to anyone in the UK over 16 years old. This weekly draw gives you the opportunity to win prizes up to £25,000. Tickets cost £1 per week and 50p from each ticket sale goes directly to the railway. Sign up at https://www.twincl.co.uk/support/telford-steam-railway |
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