Charitable objects
1. TO PRESERVE, RESTORE AND OPERATE THE DEAN FOREST RAILWAY
2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RAILWAY HISTORY AND IN PARTICULAR THE PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOREST OF DEAN RAILWAY, THE FORMER SEVERN AND WYE JOINT RAILWAY AND OTHER RAILWAYS IN OR AROUND THE FOREST OF DEAN, INCLUDING THE HISTORY OF ASSOCIATED CANALS, PLATEWAYS AND TRAMWAYS AND CONNECTED INDUSTRIES
3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY TRAINING IN CRAFT, ENGINEERING, BUSINESS AND ALL OTHER SKILLS PERTINENT TO THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF A HERITAGE RAILWAY AS THE TRUSTEES CONSIDER APPROPRIATE
