We’re heading into a momentous year for railway preservation as the Talyllyn Railway marks 75 years since it was saved from almost certain extinction to become the first heritage railway. But how did the concept of railway preservation emerge and develop? MARK PEARCE digs deeper.

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Overhauls, restorations and running notes

Some final thoughts from the team at RAIL

Do you ever find yourself away from home territory on a journey, by train or car, and across a field you spot the outline of what can only be an old railway embankment, and you start to muse as to its

Getting to the heart of the matter