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On course for brake van rides at Fimber

THE next major stage of development at the embryonic Yorkshire Wolds Railway (YWR) will be to offer brake van rides – which it is hoped will be in place for the 2023 season.

Based near the village of Fimber, East Yorkshire, the YWR is rebuilding a section of the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway.

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