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Saturday 10th December 2005, a nice crisp sunny morning
and I decide to visit
this railway, just 15 miles from my home. Yes, it is Christmas time and like
most preserved railways the Santa Specials were running. I arrived early, just as
5374 Vanguard was coming off the siding ready for
duty. This 0-6-0 side tank spent it's working life in Poland at the Huta
Ostrowiec Steel Works. It was transported overland from Poland via Berlin to Ostende and landed at
Ramsgate, Kent then on to the N.L.R. arriving 1st August 1992. After a great deal of hard work the first fire was lit on
19th September
1995. The railway operates a push-pull train and facing south, was Class 45 No.118. The
Brampton Valley Way footpath runs alongside the whole length of the track
so it is very easy to view and photograph the trains.
For more information visit their
website at:
http://www.nlr.org.uk/welcome.htm |
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