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Old 27th November 2020, 10:58
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Originally Posted by boilersuit View Post
The railway sequences in Heartbeat were filmed at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. A look at the NYMR's Wikipedia page shows that a wartime Austerity 2-8-0 loco, no. 90775, was based there at one time. Could this have been the one you saw?
That's the one, based at the NYMR and named Dame Vera Lynn. Moved to the North Norfolk Railway in the early 2000's, currently in traffic and carrying the name The Royal Norfolk Regiment.
The number it carries is the next one in sequence, the British Railways ones went up to 90774.

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