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CAPTAIN SCOTT DISCOVERS THE DEEP SOUTH

Making a surprise appearance at a private steam-up of local engines near Piltdown, East Sussex, over the August Bank Holiday weekend was McLaren 8nhp DCC road loco No. 1421 of 1913 Captain Scott, visiting from Cheshire, reports Colin Tyson.

Owned by the Woodward family of Buglawton, the engine was low-loaded to the Searle’s yard at Horsham

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