END the shambolic state of the railways by placing them back into public ownership.

Bring back steam, with all the benefits of collieries kept open, endless engineering jobs, yes, I know the drawbacks but further development was curtailed on the use of steam when steams trains were taken out of service.

We led the world in technology, just take a walk around the National Railway Museum to see how.

Bring back some of the things to make future generations proud to be English, instead of spending £6 billion on a war in Iraq without end.

R Uples,

Sycamore Avenue, Filey.

Updated: 10:16 Wednesday, December 17, 2003