‘RAILWAY OSCARS’ SHORTLIST ‘SKEGGY SIMPLEX’ TWICE
The near 30-year restoration of a small diesel locomotive on the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway has been shortlisted for two national awards in the 2021 ‘Railway Oscars’.
It is the third consecutive year in which the railway in the Skegness Water Leisure Park has been shortlisted by the Heritage Railway Association (HRA) for an award (not to be confused with the National Railway Heritage Awards on previous page). It was a joint winner with neighbours, the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway at Ludborough near Louth, for its achievement in re-opening in 2009. The LCLR was the very first heritage railway in the world to be built by enthusiasts on its original greenfield site when it opened on
