==1967==
*January 1967: The deposit is paid and the Society has access (the balance of the purchase price is paid shortly after the official opening in May 1974).
*March 1967: The first locomotive, [[GWR 2251 Class 3205 | 3205]], arrives on 25 March.
*April 1967: [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443 | 46443]] arrives on 22 April.
*May 1967: The procedural steps necessary to create the heritage railway are established with the then Ministry of Transport: