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    Jun 16, 2022 2 minutes

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    Locomotives of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway

    A Definitive Survey 1854-1966 by Tim Hillier-Graves, published by Pen & Sword Transport, hardback, 246 pages, £35. ISBN 978-1-52674-835-5.

    ‘Slow and Dirty’ or ‘Serene and Delightful’, the old Somerset & Dorset never seems to fail to provoke a reaction –

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