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Colliery engine steams again in North East 42 years on

THE Aln Valley Railway (AVR) now has two operational steam locomotives for the first time.

Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 3686 of 1948 entered public service on the line over the bank holiday weekend of May 5-7 during a Branch End 50 steam gala, marking 50 years

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