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Mangapps Railway Museum buys Network Rail ‘31s’ for preservation

THE pair of Class 31s put up for sale by Network Rail in July, Nos. 31105 and 31233, have been purchased by father and son team John and James Jolly of Mangapps Railway Museum. Both locos were quickly moved from Derby

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