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Old 8th October 2007, 21:18
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Originally Posted by swisstrains View Post
Trev,

Nowadays I think most smaller locos (and even some larger ones) are moved by road.
Just been looking at latest issue of Railway Herald showing movements by road - its madness.They should be using the rails for which they were made.

Also - modern traction is made with a cab at each end. So why all the Top & Tailing with class xx - well practically everything? Pictures usually show about 3/5 wagons of various sorts being topped/tailed when 1 loco is quite enough.

John
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