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TEMPERED NAMING

I do not know if it has come to your attention, but while I was waiting at Barnham Station in Sussex back on January 19, parked in the engineering sidings behind the station was this tamper which had been named by a child at the Rockcliffe Primary School.

Colin Smith By email

WHERE THERE’S A WILL…

LEADING rail charities Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) and Railway Mission (RM) have come together to provide ‘Make a Will Month’ this March. The event, kindly supported by the Retired Rail Officers' Society (RROS), will offer everyone in the rail industry the opportunity to create a free will throughout March.

The service is available to both current and retired workers and their families, including those who work for TOCs, are part of the supply chain, and everyone in between. The charities have teamed

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