HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION SIDELINES 113 20th April 2011 DISTRIBUTION 10, Hurdeswell, ……………………………………. Long Hanborough, ……………………………………. Oxfordshire. ……………………………………. OX29 8DH ……………………………………. ……………………………………. Tel 0800 756 5111 ext 702 ……………………………………. Tel/Fax 01993 883384 ……………………………………. [email protected] ……………………………………. PLEASE PASS ON ALL RELEVANT INFORMATION TO OFFICERS IN YOUR ORGANISATION (Check who does it in your organisation - it could be you). Notes included in 'Sidelines' are guidelines. For specific circumstances, individual expert advice should be sought. JOURNALISTS OF THE NATIONAL PRESS ARE REQUESTED TO OBTAIN CLEARANCE BEFORE PUBLICATION SO THAT ANY FURTHER DETAILS TO AID A MORE GENERAL READERSHIP CAN BE INCLUDED. DETAILS OF HRA DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS ARE LISTED IN THE MEMBERS’ HANDBOOK ON THE MEMBERS’ SECTION OF THE HRA WEBSITE SIDELINES AND BROADLINES ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING ON THE HRA WEBSITE MEMBERS’ PAGES 1/ CARITAS EXPRESS – SATURDAY 21 MAY – VATICAN CITY TO ORVIETO. Thanks to the initiative of His Excellency Tim Fischer, Australian Ambassador to the Holy See, at 9.30 am / 10 am on Saturday 21 May, a steam train will pull out of the Vatican City Station in the Pope’s private garden, through large gates in the city wall, over a high viaduct to join the Italian railway system to Orte where there will be a change of engines for the onward journey to Orvieto, arriving at about 12.30 pm. The funicular will take passengers to the high town where there are several restaurants available for lunch. At 16.00 hours (4pm) there will be an official welcome in front of the cathedral. The train will then depart for Orvieto at around 18.00 hours for Rome Termini Station, due to arrive at approximately 19.45. The return fare will be €60 each, plus an administration charge of €5 to cover bank charges, etc. For legal reasons, passengers are required to be members or “Friends” of FEDECRAIL, the European Federation of Museum and Tourist Railways, costing €25 per person (or in the case of married couples, per couple). If you wish to come, please let me know as soon as possible and payment should be made through FEDECRAIL via John Fuller (email: [email protected], tel: 01474 352400). The fare element will be treated as a donation to Caritas Internationalis’ Humanitarian Assistance projects, in partnership with national Caritas responses to natural and manmade disasters throughout the world. It is planned that the heritage carriages will be hauled by locomotive number 685 089 as far as Orte but no guarantee can be given as to traction or timings. However, I think that it will be a great day and will be enjoyed by all. I would ask all those coming to dress (and behave) with decorum. It is quite a privilege to see the Pope’s station, built in 1932 and given to his predecessors by Mussolini . David Morgan 2/ URGENT REQUEST. INFORMATION ON WINE & DINE SERVICES. Will all railways who operate Wine & Dine trains (including Sunday Lunch trains) PLEASE send a copy of the appropriate publicity and any other information to David Woodhouse 8,Ffordd Dyfrig, TYWYN LL36 9EH) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PLEASE. This information is required to send to a journalist who is writing an article for a major international magazine on food and wine. D.W. HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION SIDELINES 113 1 of 11 OPERATING AND SAFETY. 3/ SAFETY NOTICES. Recent incidents have highlighted the need to check on: Safe storage, handling and use of herbicides with the correct application of COSHH The particular issue here was the use of illegal containers. Working at height, with particular reference to roof work, a new issue by HSE of a useful video highlighting the factors to be considered. It can be accessed at: http://www.hse.gov.uk/falls/video/index.htm?ebul=hsegen&cr=3/07-feb-11 Storage and use of LPG The HSE LPG topic inspection pack has been updated. See http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/fod/inspect/lpg.pdf [NB all the HSE topic inspection packs are available at http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/fod/inspect/index.htm ] 4/ INSTITUTION OF RAILWAY OPERATORS.(IRO). Railways should by now have received at least one copy of a special poster promoting membership of the Institution for staff and volunteers on heritage railways. Any railway who has not received a copy (or who would like further copes) should contact David Woodhouse who can also supply information on the educational and other activities of the IRO. D.W. 5/ MUTUAL INSURANCE. Paul Koronka and Jeff Moore thank all those at the Crewe Conference for their attention. Should there be further questions please contact Jeff Moore on 01580 752 052 or email [email protected]. Thanks also to those who have returned the questionnaires already. The outstanding ones are awaited with interest. J.M. LEGISLATION. 6/ BRIBERY ACT 2010. Compared with many other countries, our nation is relatively free from corruption. But it has nevertheless been thought timely to modernise the law relating to bribery. The Bribery Act is the result. It comes into force on 1 July next and applies to the whole of the United Kingdom. Section 1 of the Act makes it an offence for a person to offer, promise or give financial or other advantages to another person where the intention is to procure an improper benefit as a consequence. Of particular relevance for members is section 7, which creates an offence which can be committed by a commercial organisation (which expression includes a not-for-profit body) that fails to prevent persons associated with it from committing bribery on its behalf. However it is a defence for the organisation to prove that. in any particular allegation of bribery, it has adequate procedures in place to prevent persons associated with it from committing bribery. It should also be noted that it is not the intention of the Act to criminalise recognised ways of doing bona fide business designed to enhance the image of an organisation (such as the treating of a potential client to a modest meal). The policy behind section 7 is to be governed by six principles required to be addressed by commercial organisations in countering bribery: proportionate procedures; top-level commitment; top- level involvement in bribery prevention; risk assessment; due diligence; communication (including training); and monitoring and review. Given the many subtleties of the legislation, members are recommended to consult the guidance on the Act which has been produced by the Ministry of Justice. This is available only on their website: www.iustice.gov.uk/guidance/docs/bribery-act-2010-guidance.pdf Geoffrey Claydon HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION SIDELINES 113 2 of 11 MARKETING. 7/ THE NEW HRA ‘STEAM GUIDE’. Many thanks to those who completed my form that was circulated in February (as mentioned in Sidelines 112). Almost everyone included in the present edition forwarded their updates and several new members have forwarded their details. I have hit a slight delay, the usual problem of not enough time in the day but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. John Crane 8/ BEST OF BRITAIN AND IRELAND. This event was held at the N.E.C. in Birmingham on 16th and 17th of March. The initial impression was that the event was smaller than last years, which was held at Olympia, and although that one had been good for us, some exhibitors had been disappointed. It was perhaps because of this that the first day seemed a little slow but it was almost as if the message got around that this was a good show and contrary to normal practice the second day was a major success. We actually had ‘good quality’ people queuing to speak to us. We were mainly handing out the new Group Travel Guide which is produced in association with Blueprint and is an excellent production. Alas the slight disappointment was that so few members bothered to send in their own literature as requested. This is less important at the trade shows as the Travel Guide and Steam Guide are the major items but having the individual leaflets is handy for those who want to take a stock and of course they are essential for ‘public events’. If you have not yet sent yours, please send a stock to me at 10, Hurdeswell, Long Hanborough, Witney, Oxfordshire. OX29 8DH. I suggest about 150 but please pack them securely. We have three more trade shows planned and one public exhibition but there might well be more public shows arranged at short notice. My thanks are due to Colin Brown, Mark Smith, Michael Waller and David Woodhouse. John Crane 9/MARKETING EXTRA. In addition to the specialists in Marketing, those whose interests lie in this direction are advised to read the report in Broadlines on the Scottish Forum which was held on the weekend of Saturday 19 March 2011 10/ EVENT PLANNER. www.railway-planner.eu has been brought to our attention again. To quote from the website ‘This railway-planner was developed by friends of historical railways for others and is supposed to give a fast and short overview of all events on rail. The list of events contains special tours, rail events and scheduled tours of the heritage railways or museums with special steam trains or other historical equipment’. You might consider contributing to it. 11/ MEMBERS’ EVENTS DIARY. Usual reminder of this section on the members’ website aimed at helping organisations avoid clashes or to allow possible co operation with events in the same area. Please send updates to: Email [email protected] or post to 10 Hurdeswell, Long Hanborough, Witney, Oxfordshire OX29 8DH Please submit information in the form.