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>David Bennetts wrote:
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>> For those interested in British steam railways, the next episode of
>> 'Heartbeat' next Tuesday night has a storyline based around sabotage on the
>> railway. The series is set in Yorkshire, and features the North Yorkshire
>> Moors Railway, which is a well run preserved line.
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>> Enjoy watching it.
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>The above is episode 10 or series seven and is titles "Playing with trains".
>The review says "the police investigate thefts from a fur factory and
>trespassers on a railway line". I suspect that loco 90775 a war department
>2-10-0 will be seen as it has featured throughout series seven.
>Cheers
>Bob
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With the tacky, tacky name of "Vera Lynn" ..... God, UK railway
preservationists are pathetic (90775 and other WD locos were primarily
goods/freight locos - only top link passenger steam locos were named,
and usually in a group based on a naming convention).
But, that's TV (even UK TV can be bad sometimes)