{"product_id":"steam-railway-225-december-1998-grant-for-elr-estension-north-york-moors-aims-f","title":"Steam Railway #225 December 1998 Grant for ELR estension North York Moors aims f","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSteam Railway #225 December 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6 NYMR aims for double track\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNew plans to increase line capacity.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7 ELR $1.2m extension grant\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eGrant aid package of £ I.2m to facilitate opening of Bury-Heywood extension.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9 GCR ‘8F’ boiler saved by crew \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMudhole door joint blows out at gala.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11 Bever Peacock back in business\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eExmoor Steam Centre is the new home of the Manchester locomotive builder.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12 Llangollen's £177.000 for C\u0026amp;W shed\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEuro cash for development at Pentrefelin.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e13 Ingrow Tunnel damage halts trains\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWorkmen damage tunnel forcing Keighley \u0026amp; Worth Valley Railway to suspend trains.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e14 Lottery cash for Ffestiniog Railway\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTwo vintages coaches and a slate wagon train will be restored using £375,000 grant.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e16 Studs aipports Wenford reopening\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eKey environmental report backs rail over road for Cornish china clay transhipment.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e22 Southall group finds new home\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe GWR Preservation Group moves to LSWR locomotive shed in Middlesex.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e26 Narrow Gauge New\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLlanberis rail link plans fail as Swansea wins maritime museum, plus pictures of Britain's first narrow gauge Pullman car in action.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e29 World Steam\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSouth African national railway museum set up in only six months.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e32 Taking; the 'Green Train' to Gloucester\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Mid Hants Railway has taken the plunge as a railtour operator, running trains with its own stock and locomotives across its main line link. Robin Jones rode to Gloucester aboard the Daylight Railtours 'Gloucester Standard' from Alton via Guildford and Reading hauled by 'Standard Five' No. 73096 to see how the operation works and find out how successful the venture has been in its debut year.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e42 Crewe's Railway Age in crisis\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCrewe's tribute to the steam age opened ten years ago amid fanfares, a host of main line locomotives and visitors flooding through the gates. Now both live steam and visitors are a rare occurence and derelict locomotives abound. 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