Well, they said it was impossible. The Railway has gone. You will have heard that before. The track bed has been sold. The track bed has been built on. The bridges have been demolished/are unsafe/will need replacing. The Council will demand an Environmental Impact Assessment. The Planners will put all sorts of obstacles in your path. You will need a Transport and Works Order in Parliament. Yes all these are possible obstacles but if the will is there and there is sufficient local support it can be done. I know because I've done it. Twice. I will explain in this presentation how the obstacles can be overcome. In the current climate (and the emphasis on climate change) it is getting easier to overcome the obstacles to railway reinstatement. Cutting to the quick - and going to the top - avoiding the jobsworths who will do everything in their power to stop you - it is possible. I am happy to look at specific cases - of which there are many - where proposals for reinstatement have been made sometimes over a protracted period. The lack of someone to push these through has meant that they've languished in limbo. Yes you need the politicians, both local and national to back you - you won't get very far without that backing - but by presenting a professional business case, backed up by well documented civil engineering knowledge and experience it is possible to convince the powers that be that your proposal can go ahead.