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Vintage Trains hires Duchess of Sutherland

ITH GWR Castle 4-6-0 No. 5043 still waiting for a replacement super heater header (its original was used to return sister engine No. 7029 back into traffic last year), Vintage Trains has to provide cover until it is fit for main line work again.

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