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May 07, 2012

26 Days to Railfest 2012! 7th May 2012




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26 years ago (in 1986) Class 59 Co-Co Diesel Locomotives ,built by EMD for Foster Yeoman, introduced into heavy freight service on BR, the first US-built (and privately-owned) diesel locomotives to operate regularly on the English network.


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Cranmore station 59001 brings up the rear of a special Westbury-Cranmore shuttle just after its arrival(21 June 2008..) (C) Gareth James
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