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‘Spaceship’ lands again at the Moors!

A‘SPACESHIP’– the now-unique single-chimneyed BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 No. 92134 – is to be based on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for at least its 10-year boiler ticket.

Class members were so nicknamed by some enthusiasts for the amount of daylight visible under their boilers, which was a rare phenomenon in British-designed locomotives.

The ex-Barry scrapyard locomotive has moved from the East Lancashire Railway to the NYMR for its final assembly after which it

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