The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway has received a boost in its efforts to overcome the coronavirus shutdown in the form of a five-figure lottery grand.
The narrow gauge steam railway has already raised more than £40,000 from public donations to help keep it going through the lockdown.
And now it has been awarded £25,200 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to help it to get through the period, which has fallen over what would have been a key tourist season.
A message posted on the railway's official Twitter page read: "Thank you to National Lottery players who made it possible for the National Lottery Heritage Fund to award us £25,200 in funding towards unavoidable expenses borne by us at this difficult time.
"From the bottom of our big railway heart, we say thank you."
The suspension of steam-hauled passenger trains on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway is to continue until at least June 5.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here