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For me it was discussions with a school mate at the adjoining desk. We popped down to Sunderland station just after school to see the Liverpool come through. It was a Thursday and was hauled by A3 60086. Went down the next day too and naively expected any one of the 202 ex-LNER pacifics to turn up. Needless to say it was 60086 again. But on the Saturday we collected a treasure trove indeed at Newcastle. We boarded the Liverpool back to Sunderland - 60086 again! But from then on I was well and truly hooked. I lost interest with the demise of steam but had it rekindled by my son around 1990 who got hooked himself out here in NZ.
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