A rail enthusiast has realised his boyhood dream after buying a 1970s commuter train for £1 – to save it from the scrapheap.
A rail enthusiast has realised his boyhood dream after buying a 1970s commuter train for £1 – to save it from the scrapheap.Robert Hampton, 41, felt like he now owned his own ‘massive’ Hornby locomotive after agreeing to take charge of the three-coach Merseyrail train in September.
But the preservation society he founded now needs to raise £10,000 to move the roughly 180ft long train to a heritage railway by road. Robert said his fascination for rail began as far back as his early childhood when he would watch Thomas the Tank Engine on the TV. “Once I assured them we had a plan and the train would be in good hands, they were actually very helpful.
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