Heritage Railway

Lottery £234k grant boosts Bo’ness engineering facility

THE Scottish Railway Preservation Society’s Steaming Ahead project to build a new engineering facility has been boosted by a £234,000 grant fromThe National Lottery Heritage Fund.

So far, £975,800 has been raised for the project at the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway. It will also provide a new entrance to the Museum of Scottish Railways.

The facility will be used to care for the society’s

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