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  • April launch date for Didcot’s ‘Saint’ No. 2999

    April launch date for Didcot’s ‘Saint’ No. 2999

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    RE-CREATED GWR ‘Saint’ No. 2999 Lady of Legend will be officially launched at Didcot Railway Centre during a celebratory three-day event on April 5-7. The Churchward 4-6-0 has taken the Great Western Society (GWS) more than 14 years to complete. No. 2999 made its public debut in unlined black last November, but the April weekend will provide…

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  • ‘Ton up’ for A1 Tornado

    ‘Ton up’ for A1 Tornado

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    A1 Pacific No. 60163 Tornado has officially joined an elite band of steam locomotives in the 100mph club in the early hours of April 12, 2017.  The last time a loco reached 100mph in the UK was 50 years ago in 1967. On an evening shrouded in secrecy and where the train path on Real…

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