The Main Line Preservation Group was an organisation formed in 1968,"Plan to preserve a main line", article published on Page 736 of The Railway Magazine for December 1968 "to acquire a suitable length of main line, for the operation of steam hauled passenger trains, at realistic speeds"."How You Can Help", a pamphlet printed for the Main Line Preservation Group by the Winfield Press, Rugby, in 1969 The organisation's contemporary literature and advertising claimed that it was negotiating with British Railways for 18 miles of the former Great Central Main Line between Leicester and Ruddington.Advertisement on page vii of The Railway Magazine for October 1969
In time, this stated ambition was largely achieved in the form of the Great Central Railway (heritage railway).
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External links Early days of the MLPG