30 DREAM WEAVERS OF THE WORTH VALLEY - Nearly four decades of volunteer graft has placed the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway not only in a commanding position at the pinnacle of preservation practices, but has created a unique 'time warp' scenarion in which so many of the different decades of the line's history have been recreated. Robin Jones witnesses the return to regular passenger traffic of Taff Vale Railway 02 class 0-6-2T No. 85 in late January and examines the line's past and present achievements and prospects for the future. 38 A RAILWAY JURASSIC PARK FOR THE MILLENNIUM - With more than 150 operational heritage lines and railway centres, proposals to set up still more appear each year - but apart from localised interest do any of them really have anything new to offer the preservation scene as a whole? Roger Melton, principal shareholder in the Fairbourne & Barmouth Railway, outlines some fresh possibilities for exciting schemes that really would be different from the rest. Any takers for a broad gauge line?

54 A HOME FIT FOR A KING.. AND TWO CASTLES - In the wake of the momentous decision by Rio Tinto plc to give GWR 4-6-0 No. 4079 Pendennis Castle to the Great Western Society, as revealed in Heritage Railway last month, Robin Jones visited Didcot Railway Centre. He followed in the footsteps of the firm's representatives who toured the Oxfordshire centre alongside the Paddington-Bristol main line and ran the rule over it late last year - before choosing it as the new home for their prize possession following its exile in Australia for the past 23 years.

60 BEST OF BRITISH - OVERSEAS: UK RAILWAY HERITAGE ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD - Brunel's Great Western Railway main line is seeking World Heritage Site status, but one British-built line has just been awarded it. Globetrotting John Titlow reports in words and pictures on India's fables Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and its heritage traction.

66 CARRIAGE & WAGON DEPARTMENT: NOT ONLY STEAM ENGINES RETURN FROM BARRY! - Hugh Madgin explores the painstaking restoration of Barry Railway coach No. 163 at the Severn Valley Railway following decades of use as a holiday home in the Clent Hills, and which has thrown new light on the practices of its parent company.

76 BUDDING STARTS, FUTURE KINGS - Robin Jones highlights superb submissions of five railway-mad youngsters who are already following in their fathers' footsteps as lineside photographers and who seem destined to become star names of the future. We sincerely believe that you'll be seeming much more of Alex and John Eyres, Andrew Stiles, Christopher Birmingham and Karl Heath in future years - but remember, you saw their work together in Heritage Railway first!