Railway volunteers get it covered for latest renovation of carriage
A Skegness upholstery firm had it covered when volunteers renovating a near century old railway carriage called for help.
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A Skegness upholstery firm had it covered when volunteers renovating a near century old railway carriage called for help.
May 16, 1954 and the only through train to Horncastle ever to run from Donington on Bain and the line across the Lincolnshire Wolds via Louth, is greeted by an enthusiastic group of Horncastle station staff and the public. Photo: Wm. Woolhouse collection/LCLR Historic Vehicles Trust For Horncastle and Woodhall Spa, it was the end of the line for a service that had begun in 1855. Despite opposition, daily passenger services ceased on September 13, 1954. A special service, organised by railway enthusiasts, ran 10 years later, bringing the largest steam locomotive ever seen in Horncastle to the...