SIR - I duly thank Harriett Baldwin, Conservative candidate for West-Worcestershire, for her reply (Letters, June 6) to my earlier letter.
While I am pleased to hear of the imminent celebration of Elgar's birth at Whitley church, she fails to answer my original question.
For the record, I do not disapprove of Britain's small-scale heritage railways at all.
However, to run such a service on the main line between London and Malvern would have been quite different.
Despite the massive disruption to normal services and huge costs it would have incurred, it would have burned unnecessary volumes of carbon for no particular reason.
If people wish to indulge in the nostalgia of such journeys, they can do so - but why add to it on such a vital route without good reason?
My original question asked what specific relevance such a journey would have to Elgar and his life? Perhaps Mrs Balwin can clarify this for me and any other readers bemused by such an idea.
Joe Moran, Droitwich.
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