Discovering our ancestors’ work on the tracks

So much of Britain’s diverse wealth of historic railway infrastructure still exists in one shape or another -if you know where to look. TIM DUNN goes exploring

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Some final thoughts from the team at RAIL

Back in the 1960s and ’70s ‘get the army in’ felt like a regular retort for heritage rail projects. However, it might surprise many to learn that even today, the army gets hands on with preservation schemes and is making some major contributions.

Rail’s architectural legacy reaches further than where the rails go -and far beyond the lineside fence or the station walls. TIM DUNN reports

W elcome to the latest issue of Railways Illustrated and I start with a bit of housekeeping – my email has changed and is now pip. dunn@kelsey.co.uk; however, nothing in life is simple, and due to con