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TV star Swanscombe back in action at Fifefield site

‘PLAYSCHOOL Engine’Barclay0-4-0ST No. 699 of 1691 Swanscombe has found a new home – and following a successful post-overhaul boiler test is now available for hire to heritage lines.

The oldest-surviving standard gauge Barclay in the world, was delivered to the Northfleet Coal & Ballast Co. in Kent in 1891, where it ran

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