HERITAGE RAIL FOR DUMMIES

As so much rolling stock heads for the scrapheap, Modern Railways readers may be tempted to the world of heritage railways to see the trains they know and love. This handy guide will be a great help to the nouveau-gricer

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Going hippy: Peter Riisnaes and Ian Walmsley at the South Devon Railway during the line’s sixties celebration.

Heritage lines already find their diesel galas are better attended than steam days, although the clientele have a very different look, more Rab C. Nesbitt than Revd W. Awdry. When they are joined by Networker Nutters, Pacerphiles and Dusty Binners it’s best we all understand the unwritten laws.

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