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Trespasser delays Sir Nigel Gresley

THE Steam Dreamstourfrom Ealing Broadway via Finsbury Park to Lincoln headed by No. 4498 on December 2 was delayed by 37 minutes due to trackworkers at Conington Brook, just south of Peterborough, reporting a lineside trespasser. The trespasser, who was believed to be a steam enthusiast, had parked their car and blocked a Network Rail access gate before going lineside to photograph No. 4498.

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