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WOLSZTYN R.I.P.

Events here have been dominated by the very sad passing of Howard Jones MBE on 25th June after an illness, aged 71. Our thoughts are with his Polish wife Alexandra and his brother Trevor.

Wolsztyn depot had seen a resurgence of steam on four return tightly timed trains on the Poznań line (and one turn each to Leszno and Zbąszynek) from the 1993/94 timetable under the auspices of the Wolsztyn Depot Master,

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