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I can't say I was bothered about railways at all when I was a kid, though I did have a small Hornby train set that had a circle of track and a 3 car DMU in BR blue, but I broke that by leaving it on the fireguard in front of the fire and the wheels melted.
Years later I was told to write an essay on something to do with local history, so I plumped for finding out about the railway that ran along the bottom of the school field which was the line from Middlesbrough to Whitby. I read several books on the subject and from then on I was hooked on all things railway.
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