Steam trains could be forced off the tracks by new tougher safety rules, heritage railway boss warns

  • 📰 The Telegraph
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 1 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 4%
  • Publisher: 63%

United Kingdom Headlines News

United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom Headlines

Historic steam trains - like the 'Harry Potter' Jacobite Express in Scotland - could be forced off the tracks

Historic steam trains - like the "Harry Potter" Jacobite Express in Scotland - could be forced off the tracks unless they fork out millions to comply with tough new health and safety laws, a railway boss has warned.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

BTPLancs The Telegraph are presumably so busy paying the new PM £275Kpa that they haven't spotted that it's the carriages not the locomotives - steam or diesel - giving the problem. Par for the course on accuracy, I suppose.....

This is like demanding the owners of veteran cars install airbags and seatbelts.

Aw love sound smell too bad times change .

Pesky 🇬🇧 regulations, trying to stop commuters dying.... It’s worth their sacrifice, because common sense!!!! ‘Elf n safety gone mad!!! Like Political Correctness has also gone mad!!!! 🇪🇺’s fault, and anyway, we won the war Twice! 😡😡😡😡

A typical H&SaW over-reaction! Screw the windows shut! How would central locking prevent the guy sticking his head out of the window? If they can’t spoil one thing, they’ll move on & spoil something else! After all, we can’t let people have fun if there’s a way of stopping it!

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 41. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

National Weather Service bakes biscuits inside hot car in safety warning amid US heatwaveTemperature in car reaches 175F (80C) extraordinario Dash biscuits heck, just getting into a car that's been sitting in the sun and driving away is dangerous !
Source: The Independent - 🏆 80. / 59 Read more »

B&Q issues Whoosh ceiling fan safety warning over fears blades could break and injure youB&Q shoppers who’ve purchased a Whoosh fan from the DIY chain are being warned to stop using it as there are concerns the blades could break off and injure you. The safety warning involve…
Source: TheSun - 🏆 64. / 61 Read more »

Police search called off after false reports 'girl, 7, was forced into van'A HUGE police search was called off this morning after false reports of a seven-year-old girl being bundled into a van sparked panic. The child was allegedly seen being snatched outside a church in…
Source: TheSun - 🏆 64. / 61 Read more »

Space Force: The long and bumpy road to getting Trump’s pet project off the groundAggressive rhetoric, scepticism in congress and orbits full of satellites are just some of the problems president faces in his bid to ‘dominate’ space He needs help, medical help. It will never fly I can't wait. We should have had a Space Force Long Ago. Humans have waged War on every medium we have entered, Space Will be no different. However the winner of a war fought in Space will likely never need fight another Man Made Army again.
Source: The Independent - 🏆 80. / 59 Read more »

Employers could be forced to offer staff flexible working under new plansEMPLOYERS could be forced to offer all staff flexible working hours from the moment they take on a new job. The proposed changes have been put forward by Conservative MP Helen Whately who says it w… Bothered Flexible working for everyone then. Nothing special about anyone with a child. Everyone wants flexible hours. In my opinion, if you have children then 1 parent should be at home to care for that child not to push onto grandparents or childcare facilities. Why not encourage people to be self employed, where they can own their businesses and enjoy flexible hours?
Source: TheSun - 🏆 64. / 61 Read more »

Last living man to walk on moon warns new lunar missions of 'risks of deep space'On the 50th anniversary of the first moon landings, Harrison Schmitt also tells Sky News he is confident humans will visit Mars. Deep Space 69, was one of the 1st porn movies i seen, found a VHS tape one day, stuck it on..........Deep Space 69, a classic Don’t worry about it, apparently there’s a bunch of virgins waiting there What I always think about is sailing to another country was very dangerous. Won't be long before space is just a holiday thing. The revival of 'club 18 - whatever you can get away with, bouncy moon rave hotel' in 2080 will be something to look forward to. 🙄
Source: SkyNews - 🏆 35. / 67 Read more »