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‘Green coal’ proves to be a winner as Bure Valley pioneers biofuel trials

WITH serious questions being asked about the future of coal supplies in an ever-increasingly environmentallyconsciousUKand the desire for a carbon-freeworld, theBureValley Railway held themost extensivetrials of bio-coal onaheritage steamline in the UKto date.

The tests, a cooperation between members of the Advanced Steam Traction Trust, the 15in gauge Norfolk line and the Heritage Railway Association, took place on

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