Editorial

Authors who write articles for Backtrack or books for publication will often have need to consult ‘archives’ of one sort or another to obtain the basic information or fine details required for the completion of their work. These might be ‘official’ formal centres in record offices, museums or libraries, some of which might be excellent, others perhaps less so. Fortunately, a growing number of ‘unofficial’ resource centres has developed, some inspired by specialist railway societies, others established in conjunction with local authority museums, which have worked hard and diligently to organise their collections and make them ‘accessible’ to as many DAVE HARRIS