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Irish steam breaks new ground

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OVER an eight-day period in early May, the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland operated almost 750 miles of steam haulage around the Iarnród Éireann network for Steam Dreams – the ‘Emerald Isle Explorer’.

This was the first Steam Dreams tour in Ireland since September 2019, and

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