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THE official presentation of an MBE toTalyllyn Railway pioneer John Bates on October 26, awarded inThe King's Birthday Honours, was a glowing tribute to the entire heritage railway sector. In 1951, during the latter days of post-Second World War austerity, John and a group of likemined visionaries set about rescuing a remote

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