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FROM THE CHAIRMAN’S DESK

in with Rob Clifford-Wing, Chairman of the National Traction Engine Trust (NTET), starts with Rob talking about the “Herculean” journey being made by fellow Cornish engine owner Alan “Pasty” Caple on his 1923 Aveling & Porter E Type piston valve roller No. 10594 says . Pasty, a committee member of West of England Steam Engine Society (WESES), is roading his engine with his team around the coast of Cornwall in a clockwise direction raising money for Cornwall

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