The Railway Magazine
Following the shocking March 1 statement from Llangollen Railway PLC regarding the heritage railway’s recent insolvency, the directors have had to take the “reluctant step” of inviting the bank to appoint a receiver/administrator.
The company’s losses were said to stem from the contract engineering side of the business, where problems predated lockdown, and had seen owners remove their locomotives from the Llangollen workshops, including the Scottish Railway Preservation Society’s LNER D49 4-4-0 No. 246 Morayshire.
The Llangollen Railway Trust immediately launched a dedicated fund – initial target £50,000 – to buy the PLC’s rolling stock from the administrator/receiver in due course, to prevent coaches being moved elsewhere and services being unable to resume.
THE MP for Clwyd South has praised the work being done to repair and renew the Dee Bridge in Llangollen. Following his recent visit to the site, Simon Baynes MP says Llangollen Railway volunteers are doing an excellent job .To run trains over the Dee Bridge next year the railway has had to replace the timbers on the bridge. The work required purchasing new timbers costing £15,000. A successful appeal collecting the amount needed was launched in November by the Llangollen Railway Trust. Simon Baynes MP said: “Everyone at the Llangollen Railway Trust is doing an excellent job of carrying out the necessary repairs to run train services in 2021. I was really impressed to hear more about their plans for the forthcoming year despite the challenges posed by Covid, with new services being planned for the restored Corwen Station.”
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