Nick Pallant joined the scheme to preserve the Kent & East Sussex Railway a few months after the line closed in 1961. He has been a member ever since. During that time he has been a volunteer, an 'armchair' member, a volunteer again, a part-time employee, Company Secretary and editor of the house journal. In addition he has written books and articles on railway and aviation subjects. His main employment was in local government, finally as a writer and researcher for a London Borough prior to taking early retirement.