UNVEILING OF HRA PLQUE AT RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF IRELAND'S HEADQUARTERS AT WHITEHEAD

A special event took place at RPSI Whitehead on Saturday April 2 when the President of the Heritage Railway Association, Lord Faulkner of Worcester, unveiled a plaque which had been awarded to the Society in the broadcast material section of the annual HRA Awards. The award was in recognition of Mike Beckett’s RPSI 50 DVD which was produced in 2014 to mark the Society’s Golden Jubilee. The award was announced in September 2015 and now the plaque has been unveiled at Whitehead Excursion Station. Read more....... Pictured beside the cab of steam engine No. 85 Merlin at the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland’s headquarters in Whitehead after the unveiling of a plaque on April 2 are (from left) Robert Guinness, RPSI vice-president; Denis Grimshaw, RPSI chairman; Sammy Wilson, MP for East Antrim; Lord Faulkner, President of the Heritage Railway Association, and Lord O’Neill, RPSI President. The locomotive crew are (from left) RPSI volunteers Ryan Downey, Matthew Crockett and James Friel

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