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Patriot cylinders and frame fittings removed for attention

ALL three cylinders and all fittings on the frames of Patriot No. 5551 The Unknown Warrior will have to be removed for remedial work to the frames.

The announcement in the latest issue of the LMS-Patriot Project’s house magazine follows the discovery that the frame plates of the Fowler 5XP

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