Our train service will be stopping short of the Sandford road bridge today due to a bridge strike earlier in the week. We are still running hourly from Warcop, but the journey is about a third of a mile shorter.
Devonshire Street, Carlisle update!
Check out these photos of the progress along Devonshire Street:
🚧 New kerbs installed
🚦 New traffic signal heads
📦 Loading bay complete
🚩 Laying more flags
We're at the last hurdle & nearly there! Keep watching for opening dates!
There is also a shuttle bus between Warcop Station and Brough today and tomorrow, connecting with the Classic Vehicle Rally at the Grand Prix premises. Full timetable can be seen at https://t.co/Umiu1sAo4l
FIrst day of our running season today. Trains are hourly from 11am until 4pm, the motive power today being the Thumper 205 009. Driver for a fiver using Fowler diesel shunter 21 is also available
Our friends down the road at the Stainmore Railway have a model railway exhibition on today and are running trains today, so why not visit Kirkby Stephen East as well as Warcop if you are in the area.
Third Sunday of the month, so it is an electric day at Warcop. Trains will be hauled by two Motor Luggage Vans (MLVs) running on battery power. Driver for a fiver will be using the 0-6-0 diesel Darlington. Trains depart hourly from 11am to 4pm.
It is an electric day at Warcop: Motor Luggage Vans running on battery power with a 4-CEP providing the passenger accommodation. Driver for a Fiver will be our 0-6-0 diesel loco "Darlington". Trains leave Warcop at 11am and hourly until 4pm.
This Sunday is an electric day at Warcop. Motive power will be a pair of our Motor Luggage Vans operating on battery power with 4-CEP 2315 providing the passenger accommodation. Driver for a Fiver will be using the 0-6-0 diesel shunter "Darlington"
Trains are running today, leaving Warcop at 11am and hourly until 4pm. Thumper 205 009 is doing the honours. Driver for a fiver is also available with our 0-4-0 diesel loco 21.
Our midweek running days start this coming Tuesday, 19th July. Every Tuesday and Wednesday until 24th August. Trains will run hourly from 11am until 4pm.
Third Sunday of the month, so our electric train is out today. 4-CEP 2315 hauled and propelled by MLVs 68003 and 68005 on battery power. Trains hourly from 11am until 4pm.
We are open and running trains every day of this long Bank Holiday weekend. First train is at 11am this morning and the last will be at 4pm on Sunday 5th June. Thumper 205 009 will be working these trains.
It's World Wickham Day, to mark the 100th Anniversary of Wickham Works No. 1 being dispatched from D. Wickham & Co. Ltd, Ware, Hertfordshire.
Here's a photo of our Wickham, works number 1724 of 1934.
#WorldWickhamDay#WickhamofWare#WickhamTrolley#TheRailTrolleyTrust
Passenger trains are running today, hourly from 11am until 4pm. Motive power is the DEMU 205009. Driver for a Fiver is also available, using our diesel shunter 21.
It's the third Sunday of the month, so today's service is in the hands of a 4-CEP hauled & propelled by two Motor Luggage Vans on battery power. Trains are hourly from 11am to 4pm.
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Trains today, leaving Warcop hourly from 11am to 4pm, with DEMU 205009 doing the honours. Driver for a Fiver with one of our diesel shunters is also available.
On Saturday and Monday the service should be in the hands of the DEMU 205009. On Sunday we will be running our MLV/4-CEP combination on battery power: this is what we call The Cumbrian Boat Train: https://t.co/7RGLVDmz67
As it the Easter weekend we are open and running trains on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The site opens at 10.30am and first train is at 11am, then hourly until 4pm. Driver for a Fiver is also available on all three days
Today is the first running day of the year. Trains leave Warcop at 11am and hourly until 4pm. Motive power today will be the Thumper, 205009. Driver for a fiver will also be available, using our Fowler diesel shunter 21.