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Mid-Hants Standard 4 to make SVR debut

THE first-ever visit of BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 No. 76017 to the Severn Valley Railway for its September 19-22 autumn steam gala will make a contrast with the line’s own recently-restored Standard 4MT 4-6-0 No. 75069, provided repairs to the latter can be completed in time.

Mid-Hants Railway-based No. 76017 will be the first example of

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