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LIKE the Class 08 shunters last issue, trainmen were not ordinarily involved with HSTs on shed – which, unlike Class 08s, I do regret. They are appealing trains and somehow always manage to draw the eye, even when engaged in the mundane, such as being cleaned or refuelled.

One of the fitters in the

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