What's On?
From time to time members of the Industrial
Railway Society and the IRS emailing list send in details of various events and
open days around the country. As a service to members and other visitors to our
website we are listing some of these announcements below, together with the
sender's name and email address (when known).
However please note that the IRS cannot
take any responsibility for the accuracy of these announcements or even be sure
whether they will actually take place. If you have any queries, please address
them to the sender, NOT the IRS.
If you want your event listed on this page,
please drop an email to
Bob Darvill.
Chatham Historic Dockyard Railway - 8th & 9th April 2012
Subject to a successful completion of their 10 year boiler overhauls,
RSH 7042/1941 "AJAX" & AB 2199/1945 "VICTORY" will be running together at
the Historic Dockyard`s Steam and Transport Festival on Sunday 8th April &
Monday 9th April.
This will be the first time
the locomotives have worked together since Victory was sold in 1972.
For more information visit
their website
North
Gloucestershire Railway -
Sunday October 7th 2012
In October the
Dowty Railway Preservation Society will be celebrating it's 50th
anniversary, the DRPS is now the North Gloucestershire Railway at
Toddington, Glos. To mark the occasion we are having a steam gala on
Sunday October 7th with our own steam locos working along with some
visiting locos if they have been restored in time.
We are going to be running trains every Sunday from Easter Sunday until
September 16th, most of the days we will use our diesel loco, but we will be
using steam on Bank Holidays and on Special Event days run by the GWSR at
Toddington.
Dates for the steam workings and other news can be found
on our website:
www.toddington-narrow-gauge.co.uk
Apedale Valley Light Railway - 2012
Here are the key dates for 2012:-
Open Every Saturday from the end of March to the end of October 31/3/12 to
27/10/12. Trains run 1130 to 1600.
Steam weekends are the second complete weekend in each month. These are:-
April 14 & 15
May 12 & 13
June 9 & 10
Jul 14 & 15
August 11 & 12
September 8 & 9 – the Annual Gala
October 13 & 14
On these weekends, we run Sundays as well as the Saturday, using steam locos
on both days. Again, 1130 to 1600.
On Bank Holiday weekends, we will run Sat (Diesel), Sunday (Steam), Monday
(Steam).
Special events for 2012 are:-
Easter – April 7,8 & 9 – Easter Egg Hunt.
June 17 – Father’s Day.
July 7 – Douglas Macmillan Day (in aid of a local hospice charity)
September 8 & 9 – Annual Great Steam Gala. A press release will be issued in
due course detailing the theme and expected format for the September event.
Santa will be with us on 15, 16, 22 & 23 December.
For more information please
visit our website.
Heritage Open Days - North East Area
Darlington
Railway
Centre &
Museum
Behind the scenes guided tours (bookings required).
Museum Open Sat/Sun 10.00-16.00
George Stephenson's
Birthplace Museum Wylam
Open Sat/Sun 13.00-17.00
Woodhorn Colliery Museum,
Ashington
A chance to look inside the derelict buildings on site.
Tours on Sunday 11.00, 13.00,
14.00 and 15.00.
Museum open as normal.
Victoria Tunnel, Ouseburn,
Newcastle
1840's tunnel built for a coal waggonway.
Tours Fri-Mon 14.00 & 16.00
(Booking required).
Further information on these
events can be found at
www.heritageopendays.org