"preservationist" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, pages 48–49:",
          "text": "Last, but very much not least, are the portals of the Ffestiniog Railway's Moelwyn Tunnel. The tunnel's story itself is well told - it was part of the preservationists' deviation required to get around a reservoir that had flooded the earlier route. But the reason for its inclusion here is that it is probably the most recently constructed, properly architected tunnel portal in Britain.",
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