By Katie MacFarlane, Reporter, The Northern Echo; October 3, 2017
A HERITAGE railway which became embroiled in a $3m legal dispute over the biggest event on its calendar – The Polar Express – has dropped the name to avoid further royalty costs.
Uncertainty struck Weardale Railway volunteers in April when a disagreement erupted between Iowa Pacific Holdings, which owns British American Rail Services, and Rail Events Inc, the company which licences the festive treat, which has proved a big hit with families from across the North-East and beyond.
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