STAFF and volunteers at the Spa Valley Railway are enjoying a double celebration as 2022 draws to a close – the end of an exceptional year that helped to banish, or at the very least minimise, painful memories of the Covid lockdowns, and news that SR Battle of Britain No. 34072 257 Squadron has become a permanent member of the railway’s fleet.
Jonnie Pay, the Tunbridge Wellsbased line’s commercial and finance manager, said at the beginning of December, with another month to go before 2022 bowed out: “It has been
