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Josh, 8, rides to the aid of crisis-hit Llangollen

“We discovered the Vintage Trains operation at Tyseley through your magazine so have become shareholders in that venture and were able to go up and visit before the pandemic.”

EIGHT-YEAR-OLD enthusiast Josh Davies has joined the battle to save the Llangollen Railway – by raising nearly £500 by cycling, walking and running 60 miles over his Easter holiday.

Josh, the son of former National Railway Museum head Steve Davies, now chairman of The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, has been an avid steam fan since he was very young,

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