TRACKING DOWN THE TRUST
It was two days after the death of Sir William McAlpine Bt that I was due to visit the headquarters of The Railway Heritage Trust of which he had played a major role as chairman since it was formed in 1985.
“His leadership has been invaluable to me and both my predecessors,” said the trust’s executive director Andy Savage to me in an email revealing the sad news. Andy and I were due to meet at Euston and we did as planned. The reason for our meeting was that I felt I should be more aware of what the organisation was all about. I was not alone as I discovered talking to others who had been following railway matters for a very long time.
However, this is no criticism of the trust for it has been quietly getting on with what it does well, securing the built heritage of Britain’s national railway system and anything remotely connected
