POPULAR: The railway runs on a track alongside Strand Road
Published on Saturday 31 December 2011 10:10
Plans to extend Preston’s popular steam railway are set to be given the go-ahead by city planners.
The Ribble Steam Railway, which runs steam trips along the track from its base on Chain Caul Way to the junction with Strand Road, is looking to extend the huge shed it keeps its locomotives in.
It is taking on new engines and wagons having merged with the Furness Railway Trust in Cumbria.
The railway’s proposals have been recommended to be approved by the planning committee at Preston Council which is due to meet to debate the proposals next month.
In a report to the committee, city planning officer Chris Hayward said: “The proposed extensions to the existing engine shed would enable the applicants to provide covered accommodation for a significant proportion of the railway’s rolling stock.”
The railway had submitted plans to extend the shed onto an area of trees and scrubland owned by the city council to house five coaches and a full train in the shed with new pits to allow access for engineers running routine maintenance of the locomotives it garages on the site.
Chairman Dave Watkins said the merger with the Furness Trust, which is relocated from Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria earlier this year, meant it needed greater security and sheltered storage space for its locomotives and wagons at its base in the city.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Tell us your Railway News!