The Ashover Light Railway Society

(A) TO ACQUIRE PRESERVE AND RESTORE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ITEMS OF HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING OR SCIENTIFIC VALUE IN CONNECTION WITH NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAYS IN GENERALAND THE ASHOVER LIGHT RAILWAY IN PARTICULAR, AND TO RESTORE AND THEN OPERATE A SECTIONOR SECTIONS OF THAT RAILWAY.(B) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL OF THE INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE OF NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE ANDTHE PART WHICH THIS RAILWAY, AND ITS OPERATORS THE CLAY CROSS COMPANY, PLAYED IN THEDEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITIES, AND OF THE SOCIAL HISTORY, OF THE AMBER VALLEY ANDCLAY CROSS..(C) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, SOCIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY OFNARROW-GAUGE RAILWAYS AND RAILWAYS IN GENERAL BY THE ACQUISITION, RESTORATION,PRESERVATION, CREATION AND EXHIBITION OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES, CARRIAGES, ROLLING STOCK,EQUIPMENT, ARTEFACTS, DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS, TOGETHER WITH ANY APPROPRIATE LAND,BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE OF THE FORMER ASHOVERLIGHT RAILWAY IN DERBYSHIRE AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING FACILITIES TO THOSEENGAGED IN THE RESTORATION AND OPERATION OF THE RAILWAY OR RAILWAYS GENERALLY.