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Default 05-03-2011, 12:24

Great info and photos, thanks
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Default 12-03-2011, 01:24

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I think it was a WW1 armoured Simplex that they restored on Salvage Squad
I photographed a derelict one of those on St.Kitts in the caribbean in 2009 - http://nwex.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3866 - 15th pic down
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Default 17-03-2011, 14:19

Heres one we made in a few weekends. Simplex esque..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nub6RIWJ8U
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Default 17-03-2011, 19:18

That's really ace. Anyone reported tales of ghost trains? lol

I'm lucky to have a hundred yards of an old LNWR line in my garden, no rails though but plenty of ballast 6" under my lawn.

Let's hope they reopen this one, and don't build a bloody cycle path on it.
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