THE mood at the Embsay and Bolon Abbey Steam Railway is positive following good news on several fronts. This includes revenue – which for October was £172,000, comprising record-breaking tickets sales and in excess of £14,000 in donations. Revenues for both the Santa specials and the 2023 sales are also now firmly in record territory.
All funding for the railway’s solar panel project is now in place, and installation is expected to start in early January. A site visit is to take place in December with Northern Power Grid, which runs the electricity network.