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    Locomotive Services Ltd operates first passenger train

    Nov 12, 2018 2 minutes

    By Cedric Johns

    IN a move which took many by surprise, Locomotive Services (TOC) Limited operated its first passenger train – albeit a private charter – on Saturday, March 24.

    Hauled by a pair of the company’s Class 47 diesels, the charter departed Crewe and travelling north, crossed the border at Berwick heading for the Highland Line and Kingussie.

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