The Epping Ongar Railway has confirmed that the Metropolitan Railway E Class 0-4-4T, “Metropolitan Number 1”, will be staying for another year. The locomotive will feature in a number of special events throughout the year as the Railway develops its commercial offering beyond ...
Read MoreFormer British Railways Standard Class 4 tank locomotive 80078 has returned to the Epping Ongar Railway to work Santa’s special trains throughout December. Built at Brighton works, and a former stalwart of the London Tilbury and Southend line, the local locomotive will also be ...
Read MoreDuring October the Penny Salon presented the first part of Geoff Silcock's trilogy of 'best of' photographs entitled And the Night Comes on. The public were asked to vote for their favourite three photographs from the forty on display and a competition was held to see who would come ...
Read More5,000th Visitor Set to Come to the Penny Salon It is expected that the 5,000th visitor will come to the Epping Ongar Railway’s Photo Gallery, The Penny Salon, on Saturday 13 October. The present exhibition, which was opened by the Railway’s General Manager, Dean Walton, on 6 October ...
Read MoreThe first part of Geoff Silcock's trilogy of his best photographic work - 'And the Night Comes On' starts this weekend in the Penny Salon Gallery at Ongar Station, and will continue until the end of October. This features black and white and later colour photographs spanning a ...
Read MoreAugust 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 ...
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