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OLD LOCOS RUN OUT OF PUFF UP A SLOPE (S&D Railtour story

Discussion in 'On Track.' started by LSWR, Mar 24, 2006.

  1. LSWR

    LSWR Part of the furniture

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    (yes its in the local Exeter news.)
    More than 500 steam train fans found themselves shivering on Exeter St David's station after their charter stalled on the climb to Exeter Central. Two elderly steam engines huffed and puffed to pull 13 fully-laden carriages up the one in 37 gradient, one of the steepest in the country, but could not make it.
    Exeter Echo & Express
    Forum Discussion here.
    http://www.national-preservation.com/fo ... php?t=3082
    Please keep it restrained. [-o<
     
    LSWR, Mar 24, 2006
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