Fond farewell to Alan Moore, preservation’s philanthropist

ALAN Moore, who died on April 22 aged 84, did more for railway preservation in Britain than anyone. A lifelong railway enthusiast, he devoted much of the resources earned by his banking career to helping heritage railways, very often behind the scenes and never for his own aggrandisement.

I first met him in 2000 when he funded the purchase of GWR pannier No. 4612 for the Bodmin & Wenford Railway (BWR), and later sat next to him at a dinner in Bodmin celebrating its successful arrival. Half-joking, I said he