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From the Archives: When Class 37s Hauled 100 Tons of Molten Iron Across the North East in 1969
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Archive: The Railway Magazine, October 1969 In August 1969, a new British Railways service began carrying molten iron between Middlesbrough and Consett using specially-designed torpedo cars. This original report from The Railway Magazine describes the locomotives, rolling stock, route and early operating difficulties. FOR the first time over an appreciable distance on British Railways, a…
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