HRA preser vation winners announced
The Heritage Railway Association revealed the winners of its annual awards, which recognise achievements in preservation, at an event held in central Birmingham on March 19.
Above: HRA chief executive Steve Oates addresses the room at the awards event in Birmingham on March 19.
THE top prize at this year’s Heritage Railway Association Awards went to the Talyllyn Railway, to mark its 70 years as a preservation pioneer. The Manisty Award for Excellence – which is not presented every year, but reserved to recognise exceptional achievement – was given to the TR to honour the contribution the Welsh narrow gauge line has made to the heritage railway sector since it became the first railway in the world to be preserved by volunteers in 1951.