Having given railways to the World, Britain now leads in preserving the very best of its railway heritage. Over 100 privately operated lines carry some 5 million visitors a year, eager to savour the steam railway atmosphere of more leisurely times.

The talk features a wide variety of the very best of the restored railways, their lovingly rebuilt locomotives and carriages, their stations, and the many, mostly volunteer, staff who help to keep them 'steaming on'.