"Clive D. W. Feather" wrote in message
...
In article , John Rowland
writes

Most railway companies were created by specific Acts which overrode
previous generic Acts and Common Law. For example, by creating Compulsory
Purchase powers.

(snip)

IIRC, the current Severn Valley Railway used powers from the original 19th.
c. Act only a few years ago, to gain access over a neighbour's land

PH