Why can't the government fund for our current railways without having this monstrousity which is this HS2 build. There are many disused routes in the UK, like the Monsal Trial in Derbyshire, The Woodhead Route in the Pennines, GCR, etc etc, which is in desperate need of returning to mainline use to free up the roads and the current rail system to extend the freight and passenger usage. Call me old fashioned (not that old by the way) but I rather prefer having these old routes and our current rail services extended upon rather than being neglected in years to come if HS2 does get built, especially if it does, and I mean if it does, what about the communties and houses in the firing line of this purposed route.
And whenever I see pictures or read about locomotives, still operational locos getting scrapped even in preservation, it disguses me that such things still happen.
What has happened to this country's heritage of British built locos, and rolling stock, and buildings etc.