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LOCAL HERO: On June 10, No. 47749 approaches the statue on Maidenhead station’s platform 3 of long-time resident Sir Nicholas Winton (who helped evacuate 669 children away from the Nazis by train in the Czech Kindertransport), working the 5Q80 Cricklewood-Eastleigh Works with No. 360115 in tow. An equivalent statue can be found on platform 1 at Prague’s main railway station (Praha hlavní nádraží).

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