The Paignton & Dartmouth Railway is the subject of a clash of ideologies with its directors engaged in a bitter struggle to prevent the company's largest shareholder from gaining a seat on the board. Thwarted for the time being, David Barry says he will fight on in his bid to replace the 'old guard' with younger blood - but the directors fear he wants to close the line and sell off its stations. It's a dispute that has worrying implications for heritage as a whole at a time when preservation's pioneers are growing ever older. DAVID WILCOCK talks exclusively to the man at the centre of the row to get an answer to the question that's baffling the entire steam railway movement -just why has a non-rail enthusiast snapped up so many of the company's shares?
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