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Jclettersno Heading .HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION. Mark Garnier MP (2nd left) presents the HRA Annual Award (Large Groups) to members of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway and the Severn Valley Railway, joint winners of the award. (Photo. Gwynn Jones) SIDELINES 143 FEBRUARY 2016 WOLVERHAMPTON LOW LEVEL STATION COMES BACK TO LIFE FOR HRA AWARDS NIGHT. The Grand Station banqueting centre, once the GWR’s most northerly broad gauge station, came back to life as a busy passenger station when it hosted the Heritage Railway Association 2015 Awards Night. The HRA Awards recognise a wide range of achievements and distinctions across the entire heritage railway industry, and the awards acknowledge individuals and institutions as well as railways. The February 6th event saw the presentation of awards in eight categories. The National Railway Museum and York Theatre Royal won the Morton’s Media (Heritage Railways) Interpretation Award, for an innovative collaboration that joined theatre with live heritage steam, when the Museum acted as a temporary home for the theatre company. The Railway Magazine Annual Award for Services to Railway Preservation was won by David Woodhouse, MBE, in recognition of his remarkable 60-year heritage railways career, which began as a volunteer on the Talyllyn Railway, and took him to senior roles across the heritage railways and tourism industry. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway won the Morton’s Media (Rail Express) Modern Traction Award, for their diesel locomotive operation, which included 160 days working for their Crompton Class 25. There were two winners of the Steam Railway Magazine Award. The Great Little Trains of North Wales was the name used by the judges to describe the Bala Lake Railway, Corris Railway, Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway, Talyllyn Railway, Vale of Rheidol Railway and the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway. The award was made in recognition of the railways’ fresh spirit of partnership that in 2015 blossomed into the staging of a series of spectacular narrow-gauge anniversary galas, as well as the flourishing of cooperation in engineering expertise, overhaul contracts, advice-sharing – even swapping locomotives. The second winner of the Steam Railway Magazine Award was the Royal Scot Locomotive & General Trust, for their multi-million pound transformation of the redundant Crew diesel depot, turning it into a first-class overhaul and maintenance base for the fleet of locomotives operated by Jeremy Hosking and the Trust. Winner of the John Coiley Award was the Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway (35006 Locomotive Company Ltd), recognising the provision by the G&WR of facilities that have enabled the 35006 company to restore the Merchant Navy class ‘Peninsular and Orient Steam Navigation Co’ to an exceptionally high standard. Runners-up were the North Norfolk Railway (Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway Society), for the recreation of a Great Eastern Y14 class loco from an LNER J15, and the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland for restoring and returning to traffic a once-plinthed Q Class loco. The HRA’s Special Award for a Meritorious Project went to the Great Central Railway, for their Mountsorrel Branch Line project, a new line which connected the railway with a community heritage centre. Runners-up were the Bala Lake Railway, for repatriating the locomotive ‘Winifred’ and returning it to operational quarry locomotive condition. The Ecclesbourne Valley railway won the HRA Annual Award (Small Groups), for the re-opening and operation of their nine-mile rural Derbyshire line. Runner-up was the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway for their continuing development of the former Great Northern Railway at Ludborough. There was serious competition for the HRA Annual Award (Large Groups). So much so, the judges declared a tie between the Severn Valley Railway, for 50 years and stylish half-century celebrations, and the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, for their imaginative combination of covered storage and an interactive museum and visitor experience centre. Guests also saw a review of the winners of the HRA 2015 Carriage & Wagon Awards, who included the Overall Winner Severn Valley Railway, Bluebell Railway for Best Coach, Caledonian Railway Brechin for Best Wagon, Nene Valley Railway for Best Tram/Railcar and the Snowdon Railway, commended for their replica Victorian carriage. The evening was hosted by Paul Lewin, General Manager of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway. The awards were presented by Mark Garnier MP, Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Heritage Rail. To create a truly immersive railway experience for the gala night guests, the Wolverhampton banqueting centre was temporarily transformed back into the Low Level Station, with sound, lights and smoke effects, and the unexpected arrival and departure of an (original) GWR steam-hauled passenger train. Roger Carey HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION SIDELINES 143 2 of 25 .HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION. SIDELINES 143 21st FEBRUARY 2016 Members’ Website www.hra.uk.com Public Website www.heritagerailways.com Tel 0800 756 5111 ext. 702 10, Hurdeswell, Tel/Fax 01993 883384 Long Hanborough, [email protected] Witney, (for Sidelines contributions) Oxfordshire. OX29 8DH DETAILS OF HRA DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS ARE LISTED IN THE MEMBERS’ HANDBOOK ON THE MEMBERS’ SECTION OF THE HRA WEBSITE. SIDELINES AND BROADLINES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING www.hra.uk.com LOOK IN HRA DOCUMENTS Correspondence and initial enquiries to: Andrew Goyns, 28 George Street, Altofts, Normanton, West Yorkshire WF6 2LT Tel: 0800 756 5111 x 320 Fax: 0845 528 0775 Email: [email protected] The Sunday of the AGM weekend featured a visit to the Telford Steam Railway. Photo. Nigel Hunt. HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION SIDELINES 143 3 of 25 INDEX SIDELINES 143 HRA AWARDS PAGE 2 1/ IMPORTANT UPDATE. GUIDANCE NOTE, HGR-M0300 WORKING WITH YOUNG VOLUNTEERS. 2/ REVISED CODE of CONDUCT. 3/ LEVEL CROSSINGS. 4/ ANNUAL STATISTICAL RETURNS. 5/ MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS. Summerlee Transport Group. Lappa Valley Railway. 6/ SIDELINES AND BROADLINES COMBINED. 7/ LEAFLETS. 8/ HRA AGM WEEKEND 9/ NEW HRA COMMITTEE SECRETARIES. Scottish Committee, Awards Committee 10/ REG PALK. 11/ NEWS FROM BOILER AND ENGINEERING SKILLS TRAINING TRUST. 12/ NATIONAL RAILWAY HERITAGE AWARDS – 2016. 13/ CONGRATULATIONS ON GREAT PUBLICITY. London Transport Museum. 14/ HRA MEETINGS. 15/ GIVING TO HERITAGE – LAST WORKSHOPS OF 2016. 16a/ GUIDANCE ON DEALING WITH THE THREAT OF AND/OR AFTERMATH OF FLOODING. 16b/ HERITAGE SITES RECEIVE £3 MILLION COASTAL REVIVAL FUNDING FROM DCLG. 16c/ BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL AWARDS 2016. 16d/ HERITAGE SCIENCE LAB ON LOCATION. 16e/ AIM LAUNCHES FREE GUIDE ON INTERVENTIVE CONSERVATION TO HELP MUSEUMS AND HERITAGE SITES. 16f/ HERITAGE OPEN DAYS 2016 ORGANISER FAIRS. 16g/ STUDENT VOLUNTEERING WEEK 2016. 16h/ BAFM TRAVEL AWARD BURSARY 2016. 16 i/ CHANGING LIVES THROUGH HERITAGE. 17/ CROWDFUNDING. 18/ ANNUAL CHARITY AWARDS. 19/ MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT CLASS WEBSITE. 20/ FEDECRAIL “BODENSEE 2016” CONFERENCE : Thurs 21st April - Wed 27th April. 21/ HRA FRIENDS. Membership and Inter-Rail Cards 2016/17. 22/ HRA CHARITY PROJECT : SEARCH for NEW COMPANY SECRETARY. 23/ FOR SALE - WAGON FITTINGS. 24/ AVAILABLE - TRAM TRUCK FRAMES. 25/ STOLEN - BCDR CLOCK Stolen 20 years Ago. 26/ CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2015. 27/ WATTRAIN CONFERENCE – JAPAN 2015 SCOTTISH FORUM PROGRAMME– PAGE 23 HRA CALENDAR PAGE – PAGE 25 HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION SIDELINES 143 4 of 25 IMPORTANT UPDATE. 1/ GUIDANCE NOTE, HGR-M0300 WORKING WITH YOUNG VOLUNTEERS. A revised Guidance Note, HGR-M0300-Is02 - Working With Young Volunteers, has now been mounted on our website and can be freely down-loaded. It replaces issue 01. We had amended the Guidance Note as we were concerned that the advice given was too prescriptive in the penultimate paragraph of Section 2 (shown in issue 01 in bold) but for reasons of miscommunication it had not been incorporated correctly. The paragraph should have been amended to read “Although the position is not completely clear, there is sufficient risk that children are not permitted to undertake such roles so that, until the law is clarified, members may wish to consider outlining the age limits applicable to their volunteering roles within their general Volunteering Policy.” The following paragraph which was shown in normal print has been deleted as it is subsumed into the previous paragraph as shown above. You will see that it is left to individual railways to decide what they should do but we would refer you to the subsection on risk assessment under Section 5 which should be specific to the task, the young volunteer’s capability and age. We apologise for the confusion this error may have caused. The Guidance Note will be further revised, and, if necessary, amended after Counsel has given a further opinion on peripheral activities, such as catering, in reply to the instructions given to him before Christmas. David Morgan MBE and Geoffrey Claydon CB, Directors. We have provided a link to the document on our website: 2/ REVISED CODE of CONDUCT. The final version of the revised Code of Conduct was adopted by a unanimous vote of members present at the Annual General Meeting. A copy of the adopted Code has been circulated to members with an introductory note explaining the purpose of the Code. Revising the Code has been a demanding exercise with input from more than 30 people over the last year. It is appropriate to record our thanks to the many members of the HRA team and the representatives of several member organisations who all put a lot of work into the revisal process - the final outcome has certainly been a team effort. It was emphasised in discussion at the AGM that the Code is not cast in concrete for perpetuity, and further amendments will be made as circumstances change in the years ahead. We stress again that this revised Code is not intended as a tool for regulation, but to protect the reputation of our members and the heritage and tramway sector as a whole.
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