August 2018 will be marked at many heritage railways throughout Britain as the 50th anniversary of the end of main line steam on British Railways on 11 August 1968 and the steam ban that was placed on BR tracks following this. At the EOR, we are remembering this by an exhibition in the Penny Salon ...
Read MoreArranged to coincide with the historical nature of the forthcoming Victorian Weekend of 30 June and 1 July, the latest photographic presentation in the Penny Salon Gallery at Ongar station is "On the trail of Great Eastern steam..." by resident ...
Read MoreOver a hundred passengers travelled on the Epping Ongar Railway’s first steam-powered Real Ale Train on 9 June 2018. Along the way the passengers managed to work through the 7 different casks drinking 303 pints and consuming 50 portions of fish and chips. For the duration of the service ...
Read MoreTo mark the first anniversary of "The Penny Salon" at Ongar Station, Malcolm Root F.G.R. A. unveiled his latest painting at Ongar Station on 9 June 2018. The painting was inspired by the Epping to Ongar line in the early 1950s, when the line to Ongar was connected by the steam ...
Read MoreThe Epping Ongar Railway 2018 Steam Gala line up has been confirmed as United States Army Transportation Company S160 Class, 5197 GWR 813 0-6-0 Saddle Tank Hunslet Austerity Lord Phil Metropolitan Number 1, and Hawthorn Leslie locomotive ‘Isabel’ This is the first ...
Read MoreTo mark the first anniversary of "The Penny Salon" at Ongar Station, Malcolm Root FGRA will be alongside many of his own favourite paintings on 9 and 10 June. This will also showcase Malcolm’s latest painting due to released in early June which is inspired by the Epping to ...
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