- [talking about Dr Beeching who is notorious for recommending the closure of so many of Britain's railways]
- Peter Smith: The feeling was that they *wanted* it to close.
- Gwyn Richards - Narrator: They *did*. The man who wielded the famous axe, Dr Beeching, said years later, "People ask me now if I'm sorry I closed so many branch lines. But I'm not. I wish we'd been able to close *more*."
- Donald Beale: Instead of electrifying the railways, he electrocuted them.