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HERITAGERAILWAYASSOCIATION(UK)
DAVIDMORGANMBE TD
WATTRAINTHEWORLDASSOCIATIONOFTOURISTTRAMS&TRAINS
PresidentoftheEuropeanFederationofMuseumandTouristRailways(FEDECRAIL)ChairmanoftheHeritageRailwayAssociationintheUKandIreland.(HRA)PresidentoftheWorldAssociationofTouristTramsandTrains(WATTRAIN)
FEDECRAILEUROPEANFEDERATIONOFMUSEUM&TOURISTTRAINS
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INDUSTRIALTOURISM:LOCALDEVELOPMENTANDSUSTAINABLEPOLICIES.
HERITAGEANDTOURISTRAILWAYS&TRAMWAYS.
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RAILWAYSANDTHEINDUSTRIALREVOLUTION
RichardTrevithicksLocomotive
1804.
LocomotionNo.1oftheStockton&
DarlingtonRailway,1825.
TheRocket.Liverpool&
ManchesterRailway1829.
Unfortunately,Trevithick'slocomotivewasnotpreservedbutboth
LocomotionNo.1andStephensonsRocketwere.Replicasofbothhavebeen
builtandareoperationalprovidingthepublicwitharealhistoryofthebirth
ofourrailways.
Over700steamlocomotiveshavebeenpreservedintheUK,many
completelyoverhauledandoperationalontheUKsheritage
railways.ONEIMPORTANTCLASSWASNOTPRESERVED, BUT.
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But.......................AlthoughtheexpresspassengerclassA1
wereallscrapped,theA1Locomotive
Trustdecidedtofollowtheproduction lineoftheselocomotivesandbuiltthe
brandnew60163Tornado.This
locomotiveisnowfullyoperationaland
haulspassengerchartertrainsontheUKs
nationalsystem.
AtriumphantreturntoLondon
(KingsCross)wherethousandsof wellwishersawaitedherarrival.
Atleastthreeothersteam
locomotivesofnonpreserved classesareinvariousstagesof
construction.
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EuropeanFederationofMuseumandTourist Railways
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ThevoiceoftheHeritage Railwaysectorthroughout
Europe.
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FEDECRAIL
ACHIEVEMENTSSOFAR
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Governmentsupportforthereopeningofametregaugeline
afterflooddamageinsouthernFrance.
RecognitionoftheroleplayedbyheritagerailwaysinEuropean
directivesonrailwayaccessandfranchising.
AmendmentstoanewEUdirectiveonmailandtelephone
orderbusiness(DistanceSelling).
WithdrawalofaproposedEUdirectiveonSafetyinthe
Workplace(SocalledHotSurfaces)whichwouldhave
requiredheavylaggingoflocomotivefireboxesandpipes.
Researchonsmokeandexhaustgasemissionsandon
treatmentofwaterinsteamboilers.
LaunchoftheRIGACHARTER
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TheRigaCharter.
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Thischarterhasbeencreatedtoguidedecisionswhichwillresultin
heritagerailwaysbeingenjoyedbyfuturegenerations.Heritage
railways
havebeenverysuccessfulinrescuing,restoring,preservingand
operating
historicequipment.Wehopethatthischarterwillhelpeveryone
involved
toseeopportunitiesformakingwisedecisions.Ithasbeencreatedto
accompanytheseveralotherchartersrelatingtoheritageconservation.
PurposeTheRigaCharterisastatementofprincipleswhich
guidetheconservation,restoration,maintenance
andrepairanduseofhistoricrailwayequipment.Itis
hopedthatthiswillhelpourmembersmakewise decisions.
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TouristTrainsinEuropeSomescenesfromEuropeantouristrailways
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TheUKanditsHeritageRailways
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TallylynRailway,Thefirstvolunteerledrailwaytobe
opened,in1951.Therailwaycelebratesitssixtieth
anniversarythisyear.
Today,GreatBritainandIreland continuetoaccountforthelargest
memberswithover150heritage railways,tramwaysandmuseums.
Attracting10millionvisitorsper annum
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ParliamentaryReception
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Aspartofourprocessofpresentingourcasetoministersand
MPs,followingtheelectionofthenewcoalitiongovernment
HRAhostedaParliamentaryReceptionattheHousesof
ParliamentonJune21st2011
Over40Parliamentarians, includingthreeMinisters,many
withaheritagerailwayintheir constituency,attendedandmet
over150representativesofour railwaysandmuseums.
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EuropeanVisitors&Revenue
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StaffandVolunteers
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AUKlineclosedand abandoned
Thesamestationfully restoredandoperational
asaheritagerailway
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ThankyouforlisteningAnyQuestions?
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HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION (UK)Slide Number 2Slide Number
3Slide Number 4European Federation of Museum and Tourist Railways
FEDECRAIL ACHIEVEMENTS SO FARThe Riga Charter.Slide Number 8Slide
Number 9Slide Number 10The UK and its Heritage RailwaysSlide Number
12Parliamentary ReceptionEuropean Visitors & RevenueStaff and
VolunteersSlide Number 16Slide Number 17