Editorial

To boldly go …

ailways have been transforming their sphere of activities for as long as they’ve been around – a couple of months ago we told of how the pioneer Liverpool & Manchester Railway promoted its new and revolutionary form of passenger transport by offering exploratory excursions to the inquisitive in what the author portrayed as self-promotional ‘public relations’ exercises. Between the wars the grouped railway companies moved into the world of holidaymaking by installing camping coaches at attractive seaside and inland sites to cater for the growing market for ‘getting away from it all’ and at the same time deriving additional income from the required