John Alcock – a thoroughbred diesel ‘first’
Jul 10, 2020
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KEITH TERRY/NATIONAL TRAMWAY MUSEUM, CRICH
WHILE steam will forever remain the defining image of the railway heritage sector, it is often overlooked by the public at large that in its early years, modern traction hauled two landmark first trains.
On July 23, 1955, First World War Simplex petrol tractor hauled the first heritage-era
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