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stunsworth

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Nice one. :)

 

.... dons anorak...... did you know.... when these things were new, none of the roads in the UK were tarred; they were made of crushed stone. The wheels of the "locomotives" would not have had those rubber tyres shown in your shot, they would have run on the metal wheel with its diagonal treads, which can be seen beneath the tyres. Of course if they ran those steel wheels on today's roads, they would just rip 'em up. Not many people know that. :cool:

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