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    Apr 09, 2019 4 minutes

    Was a Fowler 2-6-4T really buried under the M1? I doubt it!

    FIRST off, congratulations are in order – 20 years is a significant achievement. I fully admit that when Heritage Railway first appeared, I had doubts about it lasting in the face of some fairly robust competition (‘oh ye of little faith!’). No looking back now – well done Heritage Railway. Keep on doing it!

    I am intrigued by Mr Newman’s account of No. 42325 (Track Talk). I doubt if the Fowlers were regularly capable of 90mph in view of their cruder front end characteristics, but I suppose given a

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