The
Lakeside Railway Society is the voluntary supporting body to the Lakeside
& Haverthwaite Railway, and its members have the chance to do all the operational
jobs on the line - from gardening to actually driving the locomotives.
The Society's Chairman is Alan Middleton. Alan was in his 40th year as the society's General Secretary when he took on the role in 2007, but swapped roles with Linda Weldon, who stepped down from the top job. Details of who's who in the LRS can be found here.
The Society paid tributes to its President, Jim Kay Senior, Vice President Norman Gard, member Cyril Smith, and the Chairman of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway Austin Maher in a minutes silence at the Annual General Meeting in 2007.
Running
a railway is hard but very satisfying work - please come
and help us!
For an online application form, click here. If you have any enquiries, please contact us.
Membership of the Lakeside Railway Society brings a variety of benefits, including automatic, free, membership of the Furness Railway Trust.
All members are entitled to three free return trips a year on the line, and
all Senior and Junior members receive a free copy of the award-winning "The
Iron Horse" magazine, published Spring, Summer and Autumn.
Every winter we organise a series of talks and slide shows in Furness and Preston. The two branch groups provide a valuable social gathering when the Railway is not operating its passenger services. Please note there is a new venue for Preston branch talks.
Cheap overnight accommodation is available on site, and the Station Restaurant at Haverthwaite offers hot meals and refreshments at a substantial discount to working members.
The Society has its own members badge, and its own tie, which features the badge on a plain background. Both items may be purchased from the Membership Secretary.
Subscriptions are used to finance the Society, to produce the Society's award-winning Magazine "The Iron Horse", and to assist individual Society projects. Our Society Officers give their services free and do not receive honoraria.
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