Heritage rail sector ‘must become carbon neutral’

IT IS very positive news that, despite mine closures in the UK, the supply of steam coal looks assured for the foreseeable future. One dark cloud has lifted from our horizons – but, potentially, an even bigger related threat is not far away.

For a year, Covid-19 has largely swept away other items normally top of the media and national agenda. The eventual passing of Brexit attracted relatively little comment compared to the all-pervasive bitter national and international in-fighting that dominated the news from the referendum until March 2020.

However, once the pandemic