West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust WSRHT

Newsletter no 11 published

The West Somerset Steam Railway Trust has published its latest Newsletter.

Issue No. 11 includes:
Statement from the West Somerset Railway PLC Board (The Chairman, West Somerset Railway, PLC)
Gauge Museum News; WSSRT Board of Trustees Meetings from April to November 2018 and Trustee Changes (WSSRT Board of Trustees)
Membership Details and 2017-18 Financial Results (Don Fraser, Treasurer)
Annual General Meeting; Business Plan Update; Heritage Lottery Fund Project-Gauge Museum; Fundraising Plan; Volunteer Induction Pack; Blue Anchor Museum (Steve Williams, Company Secretary and HLF Project Lead)
Volunteers Invited to Join the Museum Teams at Bishops Lydeard and the Blue Anchor Museum (Geoff Evens and David Baker)
Specialist Library at Bishops Lydeard, Outreach, Christmas and New Year (Chris Austin)
Progress with the Heritage Carriage Project (Claire Sheppy)
Finishing BCK 6705, Coach TK 3639 and Other Coaches (Chris Austin)
The Use of Ambulance Trains During the First World War (Geoff Evens, Chris Austin and Chris Lawson)
WSSRT Web Site (Geoff Evens)
Mystery Items displayed in the Swanage Railway Museum at Corfe (Geoff Evens)
New Posters for the Gauge Museum in 2019 (Geoff Evens)
Gauge Junction, the WSSRT model railway (Alan Meade)

Read the full Newsletter here or from the Newsletters Page.



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