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    DRIVING A DELTIC!

    Nov 19, 2019 5 minutes
    CHRIS NEW TON

    At the end of August my brother Brian celebrated his 60th birthday. Like most people when they get older, he can be very difficult to cater for when it comes to presents. I say this as for his 50th I bought him a Western diesel driver experience course on the Severn Valley Railway. I couldn’t possibly think how I could top this for his 60th.

    All was not lost, however. As a regular reader of Heritage Railway magazine, I happened to come across an advert in issue 255 for Deltic Driver Experience courses which were being held at the Nene Valley Railway. I thought that this would be perfect and just like the Western Experience, it was better to be able to share it with someone you know and who has a passion for the same things.

    This was good as it meant that I could go

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