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    The RCTS: then and now

    Nov 29, 2021 2 minutes
    RCTS

    ARGUABLY two of the most interesting volumes of the Railway Observer are those for 1957 and 1958. Chronicled within their covers is the beginning of the implementation of the Modernisation Plan and the great transition from steam to diesel.

    Meticulously recorded are the building programmes and technical specifications of what would had run over 100,000 miles in 30 months with minimum attention.

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