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Electric Railway Museum wins major national award

LONDON.- One of the highest accolades given to recognise railway preservation in the UK and Ireland has been awarded to Electric Railway Museum. The Coventry-based attraction has received the prestigious Small Groups Award from the Heritage Railway Association. The award identifies the work done by Electric Railway Museum since its creation in 2008 as ‘an outstanding contribution to railway preservation’, specifically ‘in recognition of its excellence in the preservation of less fashionable stock outside the scope of most heritage railways’. As an umbrella organisation, the Heritage Railway Association represents the interests of the majority of heritage and tourist railways, tramways and railway preservation groups within the UK and Ireland – with over 250 members. Their Small Groups Award is judged annually by a committee comprising representatives of the HRA Board and Committees and