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IN BRIEF

‘CHOPPER’ BACK IN ACTION

AFTER rectification of brake and electrical faults by HTRS (Heritage Transport Restoration & Supplies), No. 20087 made a test run at the Battlefield Line during December. Last used at the East Lancashire Railway, it was bought by HNRC in 2016 and

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