Meeting with Senedd members will be an opportunity for representatives of heritage railways across Wales to explain the difficulties facing the sector.
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Britain's heritage railways are running out of steam. Or, to be more precise, coal. Vintage rail operators across the country have warned that their stocks are now dangerously low and the prospects of replacing them in the near future look bleak. Many of the UKs heritage rail companies say they are already having to cut services just as they prepare for the Easter break, when their main operating seasons begin. It is a very serious problem, said Paul Lewin, of Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways.
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On this, the second episode focusing on heritage railways, the Rail and Road Pod visits Aln Valley Railway in Northumberland to continue the discussion on how ORR and the heritage sector are collaborating to maximise safety.
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Steam locomotives turn heads. Their appeal lies much more widely than just among men of a certain age with model railways in their attics, but to all ages and genders.
It's a combination of the evocation of yesteryear, to the so-called 'good old days' of the railways' supposed 'heyday', and the fond belief that steam engines are like living, breathing creatures, blasting out smoke and steam.
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Heritage railways across the country have received grants totalling more than £6.7 million from the Government's Culture Recovery Fund, to help them survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
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