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frame with the gate mechanism at this box was inadequate because of worn bearings so the repaired spare frame from
Kingussie was installed by Westinghouse. It remained in service until the NS signal box closed. The frame was then sold to the South Tynedale railway and installed at its present location.
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The timetable shows three return trips from Alston to
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Trains are made up daily depending on predicted passenger numbers. There are four all-steel open-ended gallery coaches built by a contractor in Alston, two wooden-bodied coaches and two brake vans constructed in the railway workshops. Additions to the fleet in 2011 were an all-steel buffet coach,
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made an award that allows development work on a full bid for the
Slaggyford extension to proceed. The bid also included innovative 'green' initiatives to update the railway's buildings, equipment and infrastructure in and around Alston. The final outcome of the bid is anticipated in January 2014.
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December 2012 a serious wash-out of a retaining wall about 50 metres (160 ft) north of Alston Station threatened to stop the popular Santa trains. Quick work by the railway's track gang to skew the main running line saved the day. The STR was left with a significant fund-raising issue to
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December each year. Although no Santa trains ran in 2011 as volunteer efforts were put into completing the extension to Lintley in time for the 2012 season, they ran again in 2012 on two successive weekends, 15–16 and 22–23 December. In 2013 Santa trains ran on 14–15 and
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The frame had developed a crack and had to be sent to
England to be repaired by Westinghouse, which had taken over McKenzie and Holland in 1920. The frame was then installed on the North Staffordshire Section of the LMS when a road at a level crossing was realigned to cross the railway. The old
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fully repair the 160-year-old wall, restore the lineside footpath and return the line to use. Temporary repairs were completed by mid-January 2013 whilst fundraising efforts continued to achieve a full repair. The main line was moved back to its proper alignment before the 2013 season began.
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November 2009 that a grant of £100,000 had been awarded by the Groundwork UK Community Spaces programme which will be used to fund the restoration of three historic railway bridges on the former Haltwhistle to Alston line. Northumberland County Council's west area
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Lintley and the new extension to Lintley opened to traffic on 1 April 2012. Rails extend across Lintley viaduct for a distance of about 200 metres (650 ft) from the new station to form a headshunt for works trains.
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and Haltwhistle to the society. They were formerly owned by the now defunct North Pennine Heritage Trust. This important acquisition lays down further building blocks towards the society's aim to eventually reopen the full length of the branch line.
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and in September 2020 the operating company, South Tynedale Railway Ltd, went into administration. The attraction was awarded emergency funding from the Government, and resumed operations in July 2021, initially at weekends only.
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Passenger trains operate on the railway from Spring to Autumn and attract 40,000 people to the district every year. Information about exact dates are on the railway's web site. Special trains operate including
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The signals are standard BR ones using a former LMS design, although the signal to the carriage sidings is an unusual semaphore ground signal mounted onto a conventional signal post.
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handed over documents confirming a Community Asset Transfer of the Society's leased land in Cumbria. Work to gain a similar status in Northumberland is ongoing with
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for agreement to use its land alongside the platform and the platform itself. Additionally a small parcel of land that allows access to the station area from the
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No. 10 of 1957 - undergoing overhaul. Side tanks and a new boiler have been constructed as part of the overhaul. Forecast for completion later in 2020.
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The extended line from Kirkhaugh to Lintley Halt was officially opened in Saturday 12 May 2012 by
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No. 441 of 1908 – in ticket and operational, restoration completed in 2015.
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South Tynedale Railway opens to the Public, for the very first time.
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Thomas, Cliff (October 2015). "Heading Towards Haltwhistle".
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16:Narrow gauge railway in Northern England
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2273:Railways of the Eastern Region volume 2
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3367:Derbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway
3115:Coleford Great Western Railway Museum
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2110:No. 6 of 1918 - (Returned to Germany)
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2475:"Case Study: South Tynedale Railway"
1624:Map this section's coordinates using
1506:by McK&H and first installed at
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1449:adding citations to reliable sources
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215:Former branch line to Alston closed.
3465:Heritage railways in Northumberland
2903:Keighley & Worth Valley Railway
2682:Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
2602:Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway
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3155:London Museum of Water & Steam
2727:Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
2355:Kotwall, Amber (29 January 2020).
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2913:Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
2505:"Moving Pictures – Inside Motion"
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2485:from the original on 2 July 2022
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3110:Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
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2652:Leighton Buzzard Light Railway
1381:Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
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2732:West Lancashire Light Railway
2667:North Gloucestershire Railway
2662:Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
2642:Hythe Pier, Railway and Ferry
2041:No. 18 of 1961 – operational.
2022:No. 11 of 1967 – operational.
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2958:North Tyneside Steam Railway
2908:Kent and East Sussex Railway
2838:Derwent Valley Light Railway
2717:Steeple Grange Light Railway
2003:No. 9 of 1952 – operational.
1987:No. 4 of 1952 – operational.
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269:STR latest extension granted
3363:(mainline service restored)
3190:Nottingham Heritage Railway
3145:Hollycombe Steam Collection
3140:East Anglian Railway Museum
2978:Nottingham Heritage Railway
2938:Midland Railway – Butterley
2898:Isle of Wight Steam Railway
2858:Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
2202:740 at its old home on the
1654:GPX (secondary coordinates)
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2923:Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
2798:Cambrian Heritage Railways
2783:Bodmin and Wenford Railway
2763:Appleby Frodingham Railway
2687:Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
2657:London Post Office Railway
2632:Hastings Miniature Railway
2190:Polish locomotive 'Nakło'.
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3283:Lea Bailey Light Railway
3230:Tyseley Locomotive Works
3105:Bressingham Steam Museum
2773:Battlefield Line Railway
2647:Launceston Steam Railway
2204:Leighton Buzzard Railway
1632:Download coordinates as:
1487:, on the branch line to
1266:Valley, via Gilderdale,
3288:Norfolk Orbital Railway
3215:Southall Railway Centre
3180:National Railway Museum
3160:Mangapps Railway Museum
3125:Crowle Peatland Railway
3068:Yorkshire Wolds Railway
2848:East Lancashire Railway
2828:Dartmouth Steam Railway
2793:Bristol Harbour Railway
2722:Volk's Electric Railway
2637:Hayling Seaside Railway
2622:Great Whipsnade Railway
2597:Amberley Museum Railway
2271:Body, Geoffrey (1989).
2211:Passenger rolling stock
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3298:North Somerset Railway
3195:Rutland Railway Museum
3185:North Ings Farm Museum
3100:Barrow Hill Roundhouse
2818:Churnet Valley Railway
2707:South Tynedale Railway
2119:Orenstein & Koppel
1949:Thomas Green & Son
1561:British Railways Board
1547:In September 2012 the
1538:Cumbria County Council
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1216:South Tynedale Railway
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321:South Tynedale Railway
243:STR reaches Gilderdale
117:South Tynedale Railway
24:South Tynedale Railway
3392:Wells Harbour Railway
3263:Berkeley Vale Railway
3235:Yeovil Railway Centre
3170:Moseley Railway Trust
3135:Didcot Railway Centre
3120:Crewe Heritage Centre
3063:West Somerset Railway
3043:Telford Steam Railway
3008:Severn Valley Railway
2998:Rother Valley Railway
2953:North Norfolk Railway
2888:Great Central Railway
2853:East Somerset Railway
2712:Southend Pier Railway
2617:Gartell Light Railway
2479:Power to Change Trust
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1569:Alston Arches Viaduct
1549:Heritage Lottery Fund
1262:in Cumbria, down the
1033:Alston Arches Viaduct
411:Alston Railway Bridge
172:5 miles (8.0 km)
109:Commercial operations
3356:Cadeby Light Railway
3351:Ashford Steam Centre
3313:Tarka Valley Railway
3293:North Dorset Railway
3130:Devon Railway Centre
2993:Ribble Steam Railway
2873:Epping Ongar Railway
2823:Colne Valley Railway
2742:Yaxham Light Railway
2692:Ruislip Lido Railway
2627:Great Woburn Railway
2575:Operational railways
2409:The Railway Magazine
2086:No 22 - operational.
2067:No 21 - operational.
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1500:McKenzie and Holland
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1298:which was closed by
1252:narrow gauge railway
207:Preservation history
156:Preserved operations
3346:Abbey Light Railway
3175:Mountsorrel Railway
3150:Hopetown Darlington
3090:Centres and museums
3058:Wensleydale Railway
3013:South Devon Railway
2988:Plym Valley Railway
2948:Nene Valley Railway
2943:Mountsorrel Railway
2928:Mid-Norfolk Railway
2863:Eden Valley Railway
2833:Dean Forest Railway
2768:Avon Valley Railway
2607:Bure Valley Railway
2429:. 12 September 2020
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3278:Don Valley Railway
3018:Spa Valley Railway
2803:Chasewater Railway
2758:Aln Valley Railway
2737:Whistlestop Valley
2672:Perrygrove Railway
2357:"South Tyne Trail"
2310:. 20 November 2009
1881:Slaggyford Station
1870:54.8653°N 2.5065°W
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1769:54.84033; -2.47479
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715:Burnstones Viaduct
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2199:
2187:
2175:
2164:Thomas Edmondson
2160:
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2130:
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2109:
2107:
2097:Thomas Edmondson
2085:
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2066:
2064:
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1889:
1888:
1886:
1885:
1884:
1882:
1877:
1876:
1875:54.8653; -2.5065
1871:
1866:
1863:
1862:
1861:
1858:
1836:
1835:
1833:
1832:
1831:
1829:
1824:
1823:
1822:54.8536; -2.4882
1818:
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1810:
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1783:
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1711:54.815°N 2.442°W
1707:
1704:
1703:
1702:
1699:
1664:
1588:
1587:
1583:
1580:
1536:On the same day
1504:Highland Railway
1493:How Mill Station
1476:
1469:
1465:
1462:
1456:
1425:
1417:
1398:national trail.
1392:South Tyne Trail
1374:
1370:
1368:
1367:
1363:
1360:
1348:
1347:
1343:
1340:
1331:
1330:
1326:
1319:21–22 December.
1248:heritage railway
1242:
1237:
1233:is a preserved,
1172:Tyne Valley Line
1168:
1159:
1158:
1137:
1136:
1118:
1117:
1111:
1110:
1082:Tyne Valley Line
1078:
1069:
1068:
1062:
1061:
1041:River South Tyne
1029:
1020:
1019:
1013:
1012:
1006:
1005:
984:
983:
977:
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954:
948:
947:
926:
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919:
918:
895:
894:
888:
887:
881:
880:
860:River South Tyne
848:
839:
838:
832:
831:
825:
824:
796:Brampton Railway
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783:
782:
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775:
769:
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747:
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511:
510:
504:
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482:
481:
475:
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468:
467:
446:
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439:
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418:River South Tyne
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351:
314:
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291:
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93:54.840°N 2.474°W
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33:
21:
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3484:
3480:
3479:
3478:
3476:
3475:
3474:
3450:
3449:
3446:
3441:
3437:Channel Islands
3396:
3337:
3322:
3254:
3239:
3091:
3072:
3048:Watercress Line
3028:Swanage Railway
2893:Helston Railway
2746:
2592:Amerton Railway
2576:
2565:
2559:
2522:
2521:
2518:
2513:
2512:
2503:
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2270:
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2239:
2232:
2228:
2225:
2223:
2222:2 ft
2221:
2217:
2213:
2206:
2200:
2191:
2188:
2179:
2176:
2167:
2161:
2140:
2121:
2100:
2093:
2076:
2057:
2048:
2031:
2029:Hudswell Clarke
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1993:
1977:
1975:Hudswell Clarke
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1951:
1931:
1915:
1914:– Polish built
1908:
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1880:
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1874:
1872:
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1466:
1460:
1457:
1442:
1426:
1415:
1372:
1365:
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1358:
1356:
1355:4 ft
1354:
1345:
1341:
1338:
1336:
1328:
1324:
1323:
1308:
1284:
1240:
1235:
1228:
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1187:
1160:
1138:
1119:
1112:
1097:
1070:
1063:
1048:
1021:
1014:
1007:
991:Plenmeller Halt
985:
978:
956:
949:
927:
920:
905:
896:
889:
882:
867:
852:Lambley Viaduct
840:
833:
826:
811:
784:
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770:
748:
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704:
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675:
668:
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654:
632:
631:
624:
623:
614:
599:
588:Lintley Viaduct
577:
570:
563:
541:
534:
512:
505:
490:
489:Gilderdale Burn
483:
476:
469:
447:
440:
425:
400:
393:
386:
364:
345:
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186:
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177:Preserved gauge
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88:
83:
80:
78:
76:
75:
65:
44:
17:
12:
11:
5:
3483:
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3405:
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3398:
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3328:
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3320:
3315:
3310:
3305:
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3259:
3256:
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3212:
3207:
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3197:
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2825:
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2800:
2795:
2790:
2785:
2780:
2775:
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2754:
2752:
2751:Standard-gauge
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2744:
2739:
2734:
2729:
2724:
2719:
2714:
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2699:
2697:Seaton Tramway
2694:
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2679:
2674:
2669:
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2516:External links
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2336:. 25 July 2017
2334:Chronicle Live
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2023:
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1849:
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1796:
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1722:Alston Station
1716:54.815; -2.442
1690:
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1531:Lord Inglewood
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986:
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477:
470:
463:
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405:
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394:
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372:
367:
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358:
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294:
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262:
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253:
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225:reconstruction
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166:
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149:standard gauge
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122:Original gauge
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98:54.840; -2.474
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3365:
3362:
3361:Dartmoor line
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3329:
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3131:
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1671:Coordinates
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1396:Pennine Way
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1282:Former line
1241:610 mm
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187:610 mm
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3454:Categories
3273:Combe Rail
2453:RailAdvent
2258:References
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