Annual Report 2014 1
Contents Contents, Acknowledgements & Mission Statement
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President’s Foreward
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Chairman’s Report
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HRA Annual Awards 2014
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HRA Patron, President, Deputy & Vice President, Contact & Board
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HRA Officers & Advisers
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HRA Annual Statistical Survey 2013
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Acknowledgements Editorial Team:
The report has been edited & produced by Andrew Goyns & Steve Wood.
Photographs:
The editors wish to record their thanks to the contributors of photographs and for their waiving any fees for reproduction.
Printers:
Firpress Printers, Workington, Cumbria
Our Mission Statement
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President’s Message Lord Faulkner of Worcester There is only one way in which I can start my President’s message for 2014, and that is by paying my own personal and heartfelt tribute to David Morgan, who has retired as HRA Chairman after an incredible period of 42 years. His drive and determination played a crucial part in creating the excellent reputation and high standing of the HRA and its members. His tenacity and skill helped us overcome the many obstacles put in the way of the railway heritage movement over four decades by legislators who were often well meaning, but not always. I appreciate his friendship and his support for what I try to for the HRA and its members, particularly in his column in Railway Magazine. I am glad that we will be able to continue to rely on his expertise and experience in the years to come, and I extend the warmest of welcomes to his successor Brian Simpson. It goes without saying that David will be a hard act to follow, but I have no doubt that Brian, with his long and distinguished service in the European Parliament, where he has been indefatigable in support of heritage railways across the European Union, will do the job brilliantly. On the Westminster front, it has been a quieter year as far as our sector has been concerned. No major legislation affecting our interests has been introduced, although we are concerned about future legislative proposals on level crossings and HRA gave evidence to the Transport Select Committee to express our views on behalf of members. There has been renewed concern about an upturn in metal theft on the railway, following recent successes in tackling this dangerous and violently anti-social crime through the licensing of scrap metal dealers and the outlawing of payment by cash. I asked an oral question in the Lords about the abolition of the government’s Scrap Metal Task Force, which most observers consider was a short-sighted and unwise move. The lead police authority on metal theft is the British Transport Police, and after years of campaigning on their behalf, I persuaded ministers to use the Infrastructure Bill to clarify the role and jurisdiction of the BTP. They are a force which is sometimes under siege, and I think all of us involved with the railway should do what we can to support them. The work of the all-party parliamentary group on heritage rail has continued under the chairmanship of Mark Garnier MP, who represents the Worcestershire end of the Severn Valley Railway. The real work is done by our honorary secretary, Chris Austin, who manages to find the time to look after the group’s administration, despite his many other railway heritage commitments. The committees report on the value of heritage railways has been widely welcomed and useful meetings with ministers followed its publication and has broadened the range of contacts the Association has with Government. It is unlikely that there will be much activity by the APPG this side of the general election in May, but it is my intention that once we know the composition of the new House of Commons – and each HRA member has identified its own constituency MP – we shall arrange another reception in the Commons, similar to that which so successfully launched the group at the start of the present Parliament. Continued on page 4
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In my message last year I reported in some detail on the establishment of the Railway Heritage Advisory Board, which has taken over the statutory designation powers of the Railway Heritage Committee, which was abolished in March 2013 following the passage of the Public Bodies Act. It uses its statutory powers to recommend to the Board of Trustees of the Science Museum railway heritage archives and objects that should be preserved, and once their useful life is complete proposes recipients for items disposed of from the modern railway industry. In our first 18 months of operation we recommended 46 items for designation and 19 for disposal including for the first time 19 items from Transport for London who have now agreed to work with the Advisory Board under a voluntary agreement. Designations have included locomotives, diesel multiple units, a rail mounted howitzer, mileposts, station clocks, signalling equipment, plaques, maps and benches. We operate a flexible policy when it comes to the disposal of designated items that are no longer required by their railway owners. National and other designated museums usually have first call, but we are also keen that HRA members, particularly if they can offer safe keeping and public access, should receive them too.
I chair the RHDAB in my capacity of SMG trustee and I am supported by colleagues from the railway industry, the rail heritage movement, national museums and archives, and Scotland and Wales, and four of the committee are HRA members. I conclude with a brief word about my year as HRA President. The UK highlight was undoubtedly the autumn meeting in Northern Ireland, where we all helped the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland celebrate its fiftieth birthday, with an event-packed weekend programme. I have also this year had the good fortune to speak at two splendid international railway heritage events – the Latvian Banitis conference in Riga in June, and the Asian Pacific Heritage and Tourist Railways Organisation conference in Taiwan in May. In my speeches to both organisations I was able to talk not only about what we do in Parliament to promote heritage railways, but also about what you all do in terms of contributing to your local and regional economies. I am delighted that the conclusions of the allparty group report on this subject has been so widely read, learnt and inwardly digested, and that it has even been translated into Russian. You do a great job - my warmest thanks to all of you.
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Chairman’s Report Brian Simpson OBE The year 2014 has been a challenging one for the country as a whole. Yet our Heritage Railways (Including Tramways and Cliff Railways) have managed to buck the trend and enjoy a fairly successful year. I have no doubt that this is due in no small part to our dedicated band of volunteers, and brilliant full time paid staff and our commitment to give the fare paying public good and enjoyable experience when they visit us. Next year will be just as challenging, but I feel we are in a good position as a movement to carry on the good work that we have already done to date. Taking over as Chairman of HRA is a great honour for me. We have been ably led for many years by our past Chairman, David Morgan. David has been Mr Heritage Railways; and it would be remiss of me not to mention the work David has done for our movement. We owe him a great debt of gratitude. I would also mention here the good work done by David Woodhouse and David Madden who stepped down as directors at last year’s AGM. The HRA is now in the process of re-branding and modernising the way we work for the challenges that lie ahead. We have reduced the number of committees and the size of them so that they become more focused on providing the help and guidance that you the members are seeking. We are looking at a new strategy document that best reflects the needs and aspirations of our membership and are working on a new website that is better suited to modern communications in the 21st-century. We need to be more modern in our outlook, whilst we strive to recreate the experiences of the past. However, we do have a problem that we cannot afford to ignore, and that is recruiting enough volunteers to help run our railways, particularly young people. This problem is becoming acute and not to put too fine a point on it, worrying. The HRA is addressing the problem but we need your help so that together we can solve it. One thing is certain, burying our heads in the sand is not an option. This year gives us a golden opportunity for us to sell the idea of Heritage Railways to our elected representatives. I hope all our railways will take the opportunity to invite candidates at the General Election to visit them and see what good work is being done. Times are a changing for HRA. But through this the founding principles remain the same. That is to represent our members big or small; museum or active railway; tramway or cliff railway to the best of our ability. We are all of us dedicated to doing this.
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HRA Annual Awards 2014 HRA ANNUAL AWARD (LARGE GROUPS) This Award is made to a HRA member organisation for an outstanding achievement in railway preservation, North Yorkshire Moors Railway in recognition of its operating a shared station with Network Rail which has blazed a trail for other railways to follow and the associated re-signalling at Grosmont using the Falsgrave gantry; the net result being an increase in the trains to Whitby with a boost to the local economy. HRA ANNUAL AWARD (SMALL GROUPS) This Award is made to HRA member organisations for an outstanding achievement in railway preservation Joint award to the Moseley Railway Trust and to Downpatrick & County Down Railway. Moseley Railway Trust - for amassing a unique collection of industrial locomotives, and the re-creation at its Apedale Valley Light Railway of a WW1 trench railway, with appropriate traction and rolling stock as an invaluable educational resource. Downpatrick & County Down Railway - in recognition of its involvement of young people and its excellent building and museum development. THE JOHN COILEY AWARD Moseley Railway Trust to acknowledge its funding and restoration of the British built Hudswell Clarke 2ft gauge G class 0-4-0 well tank locomotive 1238 of 1916 and its return to showpiece condition after lying in a in a swamp in Ghana for forty eight years. The locomotive is now part of the fleet running on the Apedale Valley Railway. SPECIAL AWARD FOR A MERITORIOUS PROJECT P2 Prince of Wales project (P2 Steam Locomotive Company) for its excellent business case, phenomenal rate of fund raising and early manufacture of components. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MORTON’S MEDIA (HERITAGE RAILWAY MAGAZINE) INTERPRETATION AWARD Colonel Stephens Museum at Tenterden Station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway for the continuing magnificent highlighting of a unique dimension of British railway history. MORTON’S MEDIA (RAIL EXPRESS MAGAZINE) MODERN TRACTION AWARD Project Miller for the overhaul of the prototypes of arguably the most successful form of British traction ever, in the form of the prototype High Speed Train power car, which has recently hauled a production Class 125 set on the Great Central Railway (Nottingham).
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Above: Moseley Members (Photo provided by Simon Lomax, Moseley Railway Trust) Below: Frames of P2 dedicated by Mayor & MP for Darlington. (Photo provided by Mark Allatt)
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Above: Colonel Stephens office in Colonel Stephens Museum. (Photo provided by Brian Janes) Below: 1st Passenger run of 41001. (Photo provided by Simon Bendall)
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Above: Statfold Barn - Some of many locomotives on display. (Photo provided by Statfold Barn) Below: Foxfield Railway with restored stock. (Photo Gary Boyd-Hope)
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Above: Former Falsgrave Signal Gantry now installed at Grosmont (NYMR) (Photo provided by NYMR)
Below: Graeme Lee at GVLR in 2007 (Photo from Cliff Thomas)
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Opening of The Carriage Viewing Gallery of the Downpatrick & County Down Railway by HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex 23.9.2014. (Photo: Downpatrick & County Down Railway.)
THE RAILWAY MAGAZINE ANNUAL AWARD for SERVICES TO RAILWAY PRESERVATION Graeme Lee for creating from a brown-field site, a magnificent mixed gauge railway enterprise at Statfold Barn, with workshops; plus the repatriation of significant narrow gauge locomotives including the last steam age locomotive built in Britain. Also, for creating an accessible Hunslet archive. STEAM RAILWAY MAGAZINE AWARD
Foxfield Railway which has gone from small beginnings to become a serious national visitor attraction, integrating the industrial legacy with a new tourist passenger operation featuring wonderfully restored rolling stock.
Cover Photograph Captions: Front Cover:
Moseley Railway Trust Loco (Courtesy Moseley Railway Trust)
Back Cover (Top): North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Whitby Station pictured from buffers showing the new track layout. (Photo: provided by Nigel Trotter) Back Cover (Bottom): Downpatrick & County Down Railway. Picture inside museum. (Photo provided by Brian Goodfellow, Downpatrick & County Down Railway)
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Patron: Dame Margaret Weston DBE President: Lord Faulkner of Worcester Deputy President: David Morgan MBE TD Vice President: Ian Allan OBE, Website: www.heritagerailways.com All Correspondence and Enquiries to (1st Point of Contact): Andrew Goyns, 28 George Street, Altofts, Normanton, WF6 2LT Tel; 0800 756 5111 x 1
Fax: 0845 528 0775 E-Mail contact@hra.gb.com
Board Members
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Chairman: Brian Simpson OBE
9 Nevada Close, Great Sankey, Warrington WA5 5WW Tel: 0800 756 5111 x904 Email: brian.simpson@hra.gb.com
Vice Chairman: Mark Smith
25 Peile Drive, Taunton TA2 7SZ. Tel: 0800 756 5111 x902 Fax: 0845 834 0988 Email: mark.smith@hra.gb.com
Company Secretary: Peter Ovenstone
33 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh EH12 5AU. Tel: 0800 756 5111 x331 Fax: 0131 220 5886 Email: peter.ovenstone@hra.gb.com
Finance Director: Ian Leigh
206B North Row, Milton Keynes MK9 3LQ. Tel: 0800 756 5111 x422 Fax: 01908 696422 Email: ian.leigh@hra.gb.com
Richard Barnes
Clowrance Barton Lodge, Praze-an-Beeble, Camborne TR14 0PR. Tel: 0800 756 5111 x310 Email: Richard.barnes@hra.gb.com
Geoffrey Claydon CB
3 The Park, Tamworth Street, Duffield, Belper, DE56 4ER Tel: 0800 756 5111 x903 Email: geoffrey.claydon@hra.gb.com
John Crane
10 Hurdeswell, Long Hanborough, Witney OX29 8DH.Tel: 0800 756 5111 x702 Fax: 01993 883384 Email: john.crane@hra.gb.com
Hugh Harkett
27 Angels Meadow, Ashwell, Baldock SG7 5QS. Tel: 0800 756 5111 x705 Email: hugh.harkett@hra.gb.com
Bill Hillier
19 Simon de Montfort Drive, Evesham, WR11 4NR. Tel: 0800 756 5111 x431 Email: bill.hillier@hra.gb.com
Jenny Nunn
Riverside Depot, Harbour Road, Seaton EX12 2NQ. Tel: 0800 756 5111 x223 Email: jenny.nunn@hra.gb.com
David Morgan MBE TD
12 Cheyne Gardens, London SW3 5QT. Tel: 0800 756 5111 x901 Email: david.morgan@hra.gb.com
Chris Smyth
7 Woodside, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8BX. Tel: 0800 756 5111 x701 Email: chris.smyth@hra.gb.com
Steve Wood
15 Croftlands Drive, Ravenglass, Cumbria, CA18 1SJ. Tel: 0800 756 5111 x421. Email: steve.wood@hra.gb.com
HRA Officers and Advisers ** See Board details for addresses etc. not shown below HRA Ireland:
HRA Archivist: Archiving Adviser: ARPS Ltd Hon. Sec:
Awards and Competitions:
Charities: Civil Engineering: Diesel & Electric, Press Officer, Sidelines & Broadlines Editor: Disabled Facilities:
Chairman: Johnny Glendinning, Crunagh, 9 Highfields Court, Lisburn, Co Antrim BT28 3GF Tel / Fax: 028 9266 2181 Mobile: 07803 239 123 Email: hra.ireland.chairman@hra.gb.com Vice Chairman: Clifton Flewitt, 6 Waterloo Avenue, Dublin 3, Republic of Ireland Tel: +353 1 8554081 Secretary: Brian Goodfellow, 15 Ballynaclosha Road, Tunnydonnell, Silverbridge, Co.Armagh BT35 9LS Tel: 07825 743531 Email: hra.ireland.secretary@hra.gb.com Mark Sissons: Email: mark.sissons@hra.gb.com Dr Dudley Fowkes, 18 Helpston Close, Westhouses, Alfreton DE55 5AX. Tel: 01773 830520. Email: archives@hra.gb.com Mike Stanbury, “Beechcroft”, Station Road, Wakes Colne, Colchester, Essex CO6 2DS Tel: 01787 224724. Annual Awards: Mark Smith. ** Carriage & Wagon: Chris Smyth. ** Publications: Clifford Jones, Tel: 0800 756 5111 x102 Email: clifford.jones@hra.gb.com (correspondence via HRA 1st point of contact) National Railway Heritage Awards: Clive Baker, Tel: 01366 385554. Email: clive.baker@hra.gb.com Nigel Ward, Hollins Farm, West Lane, Haworth, West Yorkshire BD22 0ER Tel: 01535 642040 Email: nigel.ward@hra.gb.com John Buxton, Cambrian Transport Ltd, Green Farm Country House, Falfield, Gloucestershire GL12 8DL Tel: 01454 260319 Email: civil.engineering@hra.gb.com John Crane. ** Via 1st Point of Contact
Education:
Vacant
Employment:
John Suggett: 01983 752492 Email: john.suggett@hra.gb.com
Environmental: FEDECRAIL: Fire Safety: Forestry: Historical: Internet: InterRail Passes (Corporate): Legal (UK and English Law): Legal (Scottish Law): Loco Boilers: Lottery Grants: Mechanical Engineering: Medical: Meetings Secretary: Membership: Museums: Overseas Liaison: Public Relations: Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey/Carriage Restoration:
Tony Tomkins, Mount Pleasant House, Aspley Guise, Milton Keynes MK17 8JU. Tel: 0800 756 5111 x413. Email: environmental@hra.gb.com HRA Representatives: Peter Ovenstone **, Steve Wood. ** European Co-ordinator: Livius Kooy, De Akker 25, 7481 GA Haaksbergen, The Netherlands. Tel/fax:+31 53 57 27357. Email: fedecrail@hra.gb.com Michael Tarran, 419 Halifax Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD6 2JY. Tel: 01274 608582 Email: fire.safety@hra.gb.com Gordon Heddon, 31 Lordsmill Road, Shavington, Crewe, CW2 5HB. Tel: 01270 568706. Email: forestry@hra.gb.com Vacant Andrew Goyns, 28 George Street, Altofts, Normanton WF6 2LT Tel: 0800 756 5111 x320 Email: webmaster@hra.gb.com Mark & Sonia Dewell, 55 Fairham Avenue, South Ockendon RM15 5ND. Tel: 0800 756 5111 x425 Email: inter.rail@hra.gb.com David Morgan. ** Andrew Boyd, 12. Learmonth Place, Edinburgh EH4 1AU Tel: 0131 332 3696 Email: andrew.boyd@hra.gb.com Contact Bill Hillier ** Helen Ashby, 141 Manor Drive North, York YO26 5SD Tel: 0800 756 5111 x334. E-mail: lottery@hra.gb.com John Butt, The Old Stables, Grove Farm, Church Road, Stoke Hammond, Bucks Tel: 01525 270491. Email: mechanical.engineering@hra.gb.com Contact via Bill Hillier ** Bill Askew, 24 Grosvenor Road, Broxbourne, Herts EN10 7JG. Tel: 0800 756 5111 x427 E-Mail: bill.askew@hra.gb.com Private Members: Dr Alan Saunders, 31 Cedar Avenue, Malvern Link, WR14 2SF Tel: 0800 756 5111 x423 friends@hra.gb.com Corporate Members: Steve Wood ** steve.wood@hra.gb.com Rob Shorland-Ball, 216 Mount Vale, York, North Yorkshire YO24 1DL. Tel + Fax: 01904 632751. Email: museums@hra.gb.com Richard Tapper, 39 Grange Court, Boundary Road, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 7PH. Tel: 01635 30464 Fax: 01635 35083 Rupert Brennan Brown, 18 Holloway Road, Duffield, Derbyshire DE56 4FE. Tel: (Mobile) 07973 950923 Email: public.relations@hra.gb.com Michael Cope, 30 Gledhow Drive, Oxenhope, Keighley, West Yorks BD22 9SA Tel: 0800 756 5111 x333 E-mail: carriage.survey@hra.gb.com
Railway Operating: Rating: Real Estate: Safety: Secretary-Awards Committee Secretary-Business Development Secretary-Finance Directors Group Secretary-Heritage Committee Secretary-Heritage Tramways Secretary-Legal & Parliamentary Affairs Secretary-Member Services Secretary-Operating & Safety Secretary-Rail Cableways Secretary-Scottish Secretary-Training & Education Specialist Adviser: Swindon Historic Castings:
Operating & Safety Committee via Bill Hillier** Roger Wilkins, 1 Shaw Street, Worcester WR1 3QQ Tom Carr, 18 Old Library Mews, Norwich, NR1 1ET. Tel: 01603 614030. Email: real.estate@hra.gb.com Bill Hillier ** Clive Morris, Email: secretary.awards@hra.gb.com Barbara Barnes, Email: secretary.business.development@hra.gb.com Robert Raynor, Email: secretary.finance.admin@hra.gb.com Alan Saunders, Email: secretary.heritage@hra.gb.com James Hammett, Email: secretary.heritage.tramways@hra.gb.com
Taxation & VAT:
Martin Bairstow: Email: martin.bairstow@hra.gb.com
Chris Austin, Email: secretary.legal.services@hra.gb.com Andrew Goyns, Email: secretary.member.services@hra.gb.com John Baxter, Email: secretary.operating.safety@hra.gb.com Martin Slader, Email: secretary.rail.cableways@hra.gb.com John Ransom, Email: secretary.scottish@hra.gb.com (John Ransom doesn’t have e-mail so e-mails sent are automatically faxed) Martin Smith, Email: secretary.training@hra.gb.com Richard Gibbon, 202 Mount Vale, York YO24 1DL. Tel: 01904 631840. Email: specialist.adviser@hra.gb.com Andrew Goyns (Company Secretary), see 1st Point of Contact. Email: swindonhcastings@hra.gb.com Michael Crabtree, 31 Nevis Drive, Crewe, CW2 8UH. Tel: 01270 212778 Email: tramways.adviser@hra.gb.com
Tramways:
Young Volunteers:
John Shawcross, 10 Birch Avenue, Ambergate, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 2GL Tel: 01773 856116 Email: tramways.adviser@hra.gb.com Liz Fuller, 261 Lower Higham Road, Chalk, Gravesend, Kent DA12 2NP: Tel: 0800 756 5111 x424. Email: young.volunteers@hra.gb.com
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Annual Statistical Survey 2013 Bill Hillier, HRA Returning Officer
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Annual Report 2014