Heritage Railway – August 01, 2019

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ISSN No 1466-

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Advertising deadline

August 15, 2019

Next issu eonsale

August 30, 2019

Youngvolunteers

help pave theway

S

TEAMand the seasidehave always been splendid

bedfellows.ManyofB ritain’straditional seaside

resorts were crea tedbyrailways, and as highlighted

by our specialfeatur eint his edition,coastalheritage

lines of all shapes and sizestodayformamainst ay of

many alocal tourist economy.

Seasiderailways have so of tenbeen the sparkof

inspiration forrailwa yenthusiasts.Iwillalwaysfondly

recall my infant years, whenduringthesummer

holidays,mybrotherwould take me trainspottingto

our nearest station,WidneyManor on theBirmin gham

Snow Hill to Leamington line.But th erealhighlight

wouldbeafortnightbyt he sea.

There, Ibecame enchantedbythe Paigntonto

Kingswear line,byt hen takenover by shinygreen

Wester nRegionWarships andDMUs, as well as the

marvellou sminiaturerailway thatused to run alongside

thebig railwayatGoodringtonSands.There,mum

kept me from making sandcastles near thatawful

‘sewage’outfall whichemptied itscontentson to the

beach–but whichdecades laterIdiscovered to be a

vacuum pipe from IsambardKingdomBrunel’s South

Devonatmosphericrailway,and whichhad merely been

carrying aharmlesslocal freshwaterstream!

Decadesago,trainspottingwasamainstreamUK

hobby, and manyofthose hobbyistswerenot prepared

to accept the passing of their belovedsteam on BR and

went on to save asuccession ofrailways,thankfullyone

of whichisn ow thesuperbDartmouthSteam Railway.

Forthe heritage sector, it is impossibleto over-estimate

theimportance of recruitingyoungsterswhowill be

ready to take over whenthe timecomes.Int hisissue,

Gareth Evans looksatt he work of young volunteers of

theNeneValleyRailwaywho ar esettingagreat ex ample.

Make no mistake:while asizeable andwelcome

Lotter yoro ther grantcanmake aheadline project

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OPINION

happenoverni ght, it willbe young volunteers who will

ensureaheritage line standsachanceofsurviving in

perpetuity, and should therefore be consideredby far

the greatest resource.

Itis awin-winsituation:volunteer experiencecan

crea te or greatly boostaparticipant’scareerprospects,

not just inrailwaysorengineering but also intourism,

marketing,customer serviceand manymorefields.At

worst it shows potentialemployers reading aCVthatthis

person hasaprove ntrack record of giving adamn.

On adifferentnote, wecannotbut ha ve unreserved

praiseforLady Judy McAlpine,who sincethe passing last

year of her husband SirWilliam–arguablythe greatest

preservationistofthemall –has done her utmostto

carryon hisexcellent work.She has nowadded her

weighttot he campaigntobring theStra thspeyRailway

into Gran town-on-Spey,joini ng thegrow ing list of lines

thatrun from‘somewheretos omewhere’,and reap rich

dividends from local traders andsho pkeepers just like

thoseat Broadway aredoing sincethe Gloucestershire

WarwickshireRailway opened its northern extension.

Grea tpraise is also due this issueto the modern-day

Grea tWester nRailway,whichsold an operational Class

08 shu ntertot he AvonValley Railway forjust£1, rather

thanjustsit back andcollectthe scrapvalue forit. Itis

truly heartening to see majorcompanies likethishelping

furtherthecause of railway heritage. Isincerelyhope

manyother operators do their utmostto see thatstock

which passesintothe heritage categoryfinds good

homesto startasecond lifewherever possible.

One final note, yo u’ll see thereisaspecial free

supplementwith this edition, producedby our

colleagues onHR’ssister titleTheRailway Magazine.

We hopeyouenjoythe fascinating imagesfroma

significant erainB ritain’s railways.