Tim Dunn tweeted this morning about this collection - there's 4m46sec of video report too

https://x.com/MrTimDunn/status/1981690080986321209

 
Caught the same item on the BBC lunchtime news. The BBC's John Maguire, along with railway historian and TV presenter Tim Dunn, were investigating the private collection of Peter Rampton, whose family ran the Freeman's catalogue business. He had links with the Brecon Mountain and Vale of Rheidol railways. His collection of rolling stock is mostly narrow guage. He passed away in 2019.

I can't find online links to the news items broadcast today, so BBC iPlayer may be your best bet to watch the item. It was broadcast toward the end of the BBC's main lunchtime bulletin, at around 1.55pm on 24th October 2025.

I have found one article about Peter Rampton written shortly after his death. An extract from the September 2019 issue of The Railway Magazine:

https://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/11993/the-lasting-legacy-of-preservations-mystery-man/

 

The Strategic Reserve has been found?

Shame we stopped digging up coal, then

 
BBC1 breakfast news at 07:00am on Friday 24th October 2025,
are reporting on a news story to come about a hidden steam engine train shed.