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Nene Valley’s Danish tank ‘Tinkerbell’ returning to steam

A DANISH steam locomotive at the Nene Valley Railway that has not run for more than three decades is now being returned to action by a group of primarily younger volunteers.

Work to overhaul the Danish State Railways Class F 0-6-0T has resumed at Wansford shed after receiving the go-ahead from the Board. Withdrawn in 1986, No. 656 has fortunately been stored undercover for much of that time.

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Stripping began in 2005, when a volunteer-led project tackled the overhaul in earnest. However, it stalled in the

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