46464 Up For Two Awards
46464 has been nominated for both the HRA Steam Locomotive Award and the Steam Railway Readers Award for steam restoration in 2024.
Both awards are an acknowledgement of the significant input of the Strathspey Railway Company and Association and its staff and volunteers as well as the efforts of the Carmyllie Pilot Company members (who are all SRA members). Details of the HRA award can be found here (link to an external website which the SRA has no responsibility for).
You can vote for 46464 by visiting the Steam Railway magazine’s award page here (link to an external website which the SRA has no responsibility for). Voting closes at 23:59 on Friday 10th January 2025.
Railway Update August 2024
August’s update from the Interim Chairman of the SRC can be viewed here (you will need a pdf reader to view).
46464 Back in Steam
In a milestone for railway preservation, the Strathspey Railway welcomes the return of Ivatt Class 2 46464 back into steam. The “Carmyllie Pilot” was the first engine to operate on the railway back in 1978 and her return is the result of many years hard and dedicated work by her owning group The Carmyllie Pilot Company Ltd. Work started at Bridge of Dun with the later work carried out at Aviemore after she moved back in 2018. She was completed thanks to a joint effort by the group’s members and the Strathspey’s engineering team.
The Carmyllie Pilot Company Ltd maintain a Facebook page here with interesting articles about 46464. The BBC carried the story on 8th July and it can be read here.
Railway Update June 2024
June’s update from the Interim Chairman of the SRC can be viewed here (you will need a pdf reader to view).
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