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Railway Preservation Association Biography Biography
The Railway Preservation Association (RPA) was formed at a meeting in Leeds in October 1961 when several districts of the Railway Preservation Society (RPS) and the Bluebell and Middleton Railway Preservation Societies expressed a desire to create a national organisation to increase coordination between railway preservation schemes. The RPA formally commenced in January 1962. The RPA’s principal remit was to oversee and further the interests of all societies engaged in railway preservation and operation, rather than exclusively focus upon its own preservation and fundraising projects. Membership was to be drawn exclusively from railway preservation societies. The RPA was to provide a means of liaising with British Railways and the general public through publicity; provided a meeting place for all preservation societies; disseminated information on proposed and existing preservation schemes, as well as coordination on matters of railway ethics and publicity. The RPA’s publication, ‘Forum’, was published between January 1962 and January 1965, when the RPA was wound up and succeeded by the Association of Railway Preservation Societies (ARPS).

Scope and Content
The Heritage Railway Association archive consists of prospectuses, minutes, memoranda of association, reports, and surveys which detail the formation of the association in 1998 and its activities until 2001. The descriptions, activities and mergers of preceding associations between 1938 and 1998 feature prominently within this archive.
Extent
1 leaflet
Physical description
The condition of the collection is fair. Many of the items, including the minutes are loose or contain loose material.
Language
English
Archival history
The majority of the material in this collection was created and collected by officials of the Heritage Railway Association and its predecessors. The archive was deposited at the National Railway Museum by the Heritage Railway Association in 2003.
Level of description
SUB-FONDS
Repository name
National Railway Museum, York
Subject
Railways
Records and correspondence
Conditions governing access
Access is given in accordance with the NRM access policy. Material from this collection is available to researchers through Search Engine.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied of items in the collection, provided that the copying process used does not damage the item or is not detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the NRM's terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation.