Llangollen Railway in line for award
Volunteers at a heritage railway are in line for an award after completing a new track layout.
The Llangollen Railway Trust has been listed for the Heritage Railway Association’s 2020 Award for Large Groups.
It follows the completion of the track work to connect with the extension railhead into the Corwen station site.
There are five entries in the large group category, with competition from projects at the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway, TalyLlyn Railway, Isle of Wight Steam Railway and the Volk’s Electric Railway at Brighton.
George Jones, spokesman for the project, said: “We hope the immense effort to infill the gap in the embankment and lay a new rail formation across it during the course of the past eight months will receive appropriate recognition at the awards ceremony, although we recognise we are up against some stiff competition.”
The winner will be announced at the Annual Heritage Railways Association Awards night in Birmingham on February 8.
In the new year, the project members plan to concentrate on completion of the island platform, with the insertion of drains, installation of lamp posts and running-in board, and the final pair of canopy columns.
The task is to level up the infill material and spread fine grain sand ready for the pavers.
Ballasting, packing and alignment of the track in the platform loop, with the aid of a hired in tamper machine, will follow before an official inspection later in the year.
For further information about the project or becoming a volunteer, visit llangollen-railway.co.uk
