OS OpenSpace

Making good use of the OpenSpace mapping from Ordnance Survey which brings a range of OS mapping to websites. No OS imagery (yet) but the mapping is much better than the stuff served up by Google Maps. All station pages now have new OS maps to help visitor find the location. Still work in progress but several new maps being prepared including a guide to lineside photography locations.

No electronic live information at Spring Gala

The web-based Gala information system will not operate during the Spring Steam Gala. Although the system was successfully trialled at the Winter Steam Festival, it has not been possible to gain permission to run a similar process during the forthcoming Spring Steam Gala. Arrival and departure times, along with comments, are added by the Controller to a web-based database, which in turn presents basic current information to a webpage viewable by the public or staff on a standard browser or web-enabled mobile phone. Additionally the Controller is able to selectively send emails and text messages of current information to staff or subcribers. It is hoped to run the system at a future special event.