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Stamps celebrate the age of steam engines

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    The six stamps have been released to mark 50 years since the last steam engine was built by British Railways, the precursor to British Rail. The final engine, the Evening Star, rolled out of Swindon in 1960, ending 130 years of steam locomotive building for Britain's mainline railways.

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