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    From the footplate: Princes Risborough track buckled as the UK hit a new record high temperature

    Aug 27, 2019 3 minutes
    Words and pictures by Phil Marsh

    THE Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway (CPRR) like many other heritage lines, operated an advertised service on July 25, the day when a new temperature record was set in the UK. And not only did driving a steam engine prove far hotter than normal for the footplate crew, but the track buckled in the heat!

    The footplate crew on GWR prairie No. 5526 at Chinnor added a thermometer

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