January 2012 news archive

Items of rolling stock for sale posted on 30/01/2012
Five minutes with…Tina Sutton posted on 29/01/2012
Our latest Five Minutes With introduces Tina Sutton, who recently ‘passed out’ as the railway’s only lady fireman.
January 2012 P&O Update posted on 28/01/2012
Scrap metal laws to be tightened posted on 26/01/2012
Cash payments for scrap metal are to be outlawed and fines "significantly increased" to tackle the growing problem of metal theft. Following the theft of £60,000 of locomotive and other non-ferrous components from Toddington last year, this is good news for the railway industry.
Contracts signed for embankment repair posted on 21/01/2012
Work is about to start on repair of the collapsed railway embankment at the so-called ‘Chicken Curve’ just north of Winchcombe station, following signing of contracts at Winchcombe station on Thursday, 19 January.
GWR 2012 photographic competition in aid of the Emergency Appeal posted on 11/01/2012
Get snapping for a chance to win one of the attractive prizes on offer and help the Emergency Appeal fund.
Opposition takes control on the GWR! posted on 01/01/2012
The Rt Hon. Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition, paid a surprise visit with his family to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway on New Year’s Day, as part of a day with friends who live nearby. During the visit, he took control of the locomotive while it was running round the train.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway – ‘The Honeybourne Line’

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