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Cultivating the growth in leisure travel

Model Rail

Heat ‘on’

When their working lives were over, a small fleet of Pilot Scheme diesels found life anew as carriage pre ‐heating units. Chris Gilson takes a closer look at these unusual survivors.

Railways Illustrated

Splendid isolation

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Steam Railway Magazine

18 July 2024

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