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A VISITING CREW MEMBER’S PERSPECTIVE

“Great fun and another memorable experience.”

I WAS fortunate to accompany Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society-owned Quarry Hunslet 0-4-0ST (No.542 of 1891) Cloister to Hunslet 125.

I’ve been a heritage railway volunteer since the age of 11 at Hayling Seaside Railway and in addition to the

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