Garden Shed: On Shed March 2014

On Shed March 2014

"Preserving the steam locomotive legacy...and more..on film"

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Welcome, and site news.
HRA Annual Awards 2013
Steam Tube Photographic Highlights
Steam Tube Video Highlights
Dawlish Sea Wall
Steam Tube Blogs
100 trains... so far .....
NFSA Film Australia
Tornado- The Story So Far
New Build News.(Hengist, Unknown Warrior.. )
A-Z Great Railway Engineers (B)
Mainline Steam Schedule
On This Day in History.
B & O Railroad Museum
Melbournes Forgotten Railway
Christian Wolmar...Newsletter
WATTRAIN (& APHTRO)
A-Z Great UK Heritage Lines.. Dean Forest Railway
Around the World in 80 Railways. (No 44:Boat Mail & Pamban Bridge)
Stafford Railwayana Auctions News

Welcome, and site news.

A warm welcome to this edition of "On Shed".
As time goes by, and we get further from the heyday of steam traction, yet there seem to be more projects than ever celebrating this particular aspect of our industrial past!
This edition covers the usual suspects(!!)..Hengist..and some interesting developments involving the 5AT project...."The Unknown Warrior" is becoming more recognizable(!)..not so much unknown as better known, perhaps... and an introduction to a particularly ambitious project in the USA.. The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) T1 ...a 4-4-4-4 ...and an estimated cost of $10 million. Can we spare a dime or two towards that project?
And speaking of money, a group of enthusiasts in Australia have embarked on a project to make a documentary on "Melbournes Forgotten Line"..but needed funding...and they have reached their target.. so watch this space for the completed work....

As ever we (Andy Thompson and I) are most grateful for your continuing support... we marvel at the resilience of those of you who brave the elements to get some fantastic footage (the Cumbrian Mountain Express, notably!) Thank you.

And thank you for your kind donations which help to keep the site running!!

And finally, we are pleased to highlight 30742 Charters, and the details of their Charity Day in May (9th). Here are some worthy causes to support....

30742 Charters

And now we can announce all the details of the charity day in aid of the Railway Children Charity and run in conjunction with Statfold Barn and the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway...9th May 2014

HRA Annual Awards 2013

Saturday 8th February 2014

WINNERS OF THE HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL AWARDS 2013
These highly regarded awards will be presented at a dinner to be held at the Bath Guildhall Banqueting Room on the evening of Saturday 8th of February 2014 during the weekend of the HRA Annual General Meeting.
PETER MANISTY AWARD for an exceptional contribution to railway preservation.
The Winners.
London Transport Museum, London Underground and Partners for the excellent and exhaustive programme of events to mark the 150th anniversary of the world’s first underground railway including the successful operation of a complete steam hauled wooden bodied train.
HRA ANNUAL AWARD (LARGE GROUPS) made to a HRA member organisation for an outstanding achievement in railway preservation.
The Winner.
The Bluebell Railway in recognition of its completing the long awaited physical link with the national rail network which enhances the profile and business opportunities both on the railway and in the local economy. This enormous task was made possible by the removal, mainly by rail, of a large quantity of landfill waste material.
HRA ANNUAL AWARD (SMALL GROUPS) made to a HRA member organisation for an outstanding achievement in railway preservation.
The Winner.
The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust in recognition of it taking a major step forward in its mission to recreate a piece of North Devon transport heritage in its original form with the restoration of three original carriages. This was enhanced by the visit of a Lynton and Barnstaple replica Manning Wardle locomotive in Southern Railway green.” Perchance the L&B is now wide awake!”
A Highly Commended Certificate will be presented to:
The Aln Valley Railway Trust for the establishment, after many years of struggle, of a standard gauge station and depot complex from new on a virgin site.
THE JOHN COILEY AWARD which is made for locomotive projects.
The Winner.
The National Railway Museum to acknowledge and celebrate the international co-operation and achievement of the transatlantic partners in the movement of the Dominion of Canada and Dwight D Eisenhower to take part in Mallard 75. This involved major input from the Friends of the National Railway Museum, the National Railway Museum itself and all the groups whose generosity made this move possible, particularly haulier MOVERIGHT INTERNATIONAL. This operation would not have been possible without the unstinting support of Exporail: The Canadian Railway Museum and the National Railroad Museum in the U.S.A.
MORTON’S MEDIA (HERITAGE RAILWAY) INTERPRETATION AWARD.
The Winner.
The Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum for the operation and return to steam of a section of the former extensive narrow gauge mineral tramway network on the Isle of Purbeck, and for the creation of a unique museum devoted to the history and technology of Ball Clay mining complete with underground mine tunnel and associated rail tracks and rolling stock, in part of the Jurassic Coast which is designated as a World Heritage Site for the richness of its geology. The museum at Norden is not only a valuable education resource in its own right but a quality visitor attraction adjacent to and interacting with the Swanage Railway, a branch over which the extracted clay was shipped out, with the interchange being recreated.
MORTON’S MEDIA (RAIL EXPRESS) MODERN TRACTION AWARD.
The Winner.
The Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway for staging an innovative modern traction event featuring a special reinstatement of a main line connection with through running from Aylesbury and some highly sought after guest locomotives.
Highly Commended.
A Highly Commended Certificate will be presented to the Diesel Traction Group for the standard commercial use of a first generation heritage icon, Western Champion D 1015, in hauling freight trains on the main line. It is the only diesel hydraulic locomotive in main line use.
RAILWAY MAGAZINE ANNUAL AWARD for SERVICES TO RAILWAY PRESERVATION.
This Award will be made to Ian Allan O.B.E. for popularising the hobby of loco. spotting by launching the ABC number book series; for inspiring and educating a generation of enthusiasts through publication of hundreds of quality railway publications; and for his long running sponsorship of the National Railway Heritage Awards.
A Highly Commended Certificate.
This will be given to Eileen Clayton M.B.E. for instigating and helping to run, for twenty one years, a week of activities on the Ffestiniog Railway designed to get young people involved in a heritage railway, thereby providing a valuable example to all heritage railways.

STEAM RAILWAY MAGAZINE AWARD.

76084

Dave Husband the 76084 Engineering Director was there to receive the HRA/Steam Railway Readers Award on behalf of the 76084 Locomotive Company Limited.
WE WON!!!
76084 was chosen by a panel of 5 judges from the heritage railway industry after being shortlisted with 4 other projects. We are informed that all 5 projects scored well but 76084 came out top.
76084 will feature in an article in the next edition of Steam Railway magazine (Issue 425) out on 28 Feb.
We are indebted to the North Norfolk Railway for their moral, practical and financial support during the final stages of 76084s restoration without which 76084 may not have been running even now. In other words, the NNR really did assist in bringing forward 76084s completion date in so many ways. We look forward to continuing our partnership with the NNR through 2014 and beyond.
If you took part in the public vote and got us shortlisted many thanks. 76084 is an award-winning preservation project.

Steam Tube Photographic Highlights(28,495 in library)
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