1. Wendy West, HLF Development Officer, May 2018
SRPS Steaming Ahead
Wendy West, HLF Development Officer, May 2018

2. Steaming Ahead Summary
New steam shed
New museum entrance
New level crossing
New interpretation and signage
New activities
Funding

3. New Steam Shed

4. New Museum Entrance

5. Level Crossing

6. New Interpretation and Signage

7. What this means for the site
New publicly accessible facilities
A new visitor flow across the site
New directional signage
New interpretation in the steam shed and on the visitor trail
New activities
Proposed new visitor entrance point on both running and non- running days – all visitors will start at the station building and make their way to the site from the platform across the level crossing

8. A sketch of what this will look like

9. Interpretation Themes
The Big Idea
The railway industry in Scotland not only transformed Scotland’s society and economy but played a key role in the railway development throughout the UK and the world

10. Interpretation Themes
The Scottish Railway Preservation Society’s unique combination of museum, nationally recognised collection and running heritage railway at Bo’ness demonstrate the vital contribution that dedicated and passionate volunteers can make to preserving and sharing Scotland’s heritage
Theme 2
The Steam Shed provides visitors with opportunities to appreciate firsthand the expertise required to build, maintain and conserve steam locomotives and understand the SRPS’ leading role in ensuring that endangered skills and knowledge remain a living part of Scotland’s intangible heritage into the future.

11. Interpretation Themes
The uniquely accessible working railway site at Bo’ness offers visitors opportunities to experience firsthand sights, smells and sounds once common throughout Scotland, inspiring them to remember and share personal or familial stories of the railways.

12. New Activities
A range of new activities will be programmed as part of the Steaming Ahead project. We are currently working with consultants to develop the detail of the programme. Focus groups and user surveys will establish what visitors and volunteers would like to see take place in the steam shed and throughout the site.

13. New Activities
The Inspiring Young Futures Programme will create opportunities for young people pre-school through to age 25.

14. Dementia Friendly Groups
New Activities
The Railway Memories Programme will provide opportunities for engagement with older people and an opportunity to capture the many tales and experiences of current volunteers.
Railway Memories
Dementia Friendly Groups
Reminiscence Groups
Inter-generational
Oral History

15. Funding Overall cost for this project is just over £2 million
Grant request from HLF is £741,500
The rest of the project costs will be covered by:
Trusts, charities and foundations £231,034
Museums Galleries Scotland £60,000 – awarded £75k
BP donation £50,000 - awarded
SRPS reserves - around £400,000
SRPS membership donations £40,000
SRPS volunteer time £12,000
Full cost recovery £516,645
SRPS member funding is currently sitting at £13,320
Although SRPS are committing a substantial sum from reserves, there is still a shortfall of funding that needs to be in place before HLF will grant the project.