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    Another U-turn as WSR plc sells 4110 to Dartmouth line

    Mar 04, 2019 2 minutes
    COMPILED BY GARY BOYD-HOPE
    J N FAULKNER/
    RM
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    PETER NICHOLSON

    THE saga surrounding the sale of West Somerset Railway (WSR)-based GWR 2-6-2T No. 4110 took another unexpected turn on February 3 when it was revealed the unrestored Large Prairie had been sold to the Dartmouth Steam Railway (DSR) at Paignton.

    The surprise announcement came just three weeks after the loco’s owner

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