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		The nuclear flasks from Trawsfynydd on the horseshoe curve, 21 April 1995 The power station had finished generating by now; the trains were taking away the remaining spent fuel. This stretch of line, the former GWR route from Bala, was built to 2ft gauge initially.
		47 853 heads a southbound "Inter City" liveried rake through Didcot North Junction, 28 May 1997 ...nice to see a matching loco and train...
		37 422 heads an eastbound service away from Llandudno Junction, 21 April 1995 ....and another matching set, this time in the attractive "Regional Railways" livery.
		59 103 "Village of Mells" heads a train of stone empties through Great Bedwyn, 6 August 1998 The railway here passes the neatly restored locks of the Kennett and Avon Canal
		56 105 powers a lightweight freight away from Newport, 25 October 1995 The bridge over the tidal river Usk rumbles just the same...
		47 752 accelerates a parcels train away from Bristol Parkway, 6 August 1998 ....still looking tidy despite its advancing years...
		60 034 nears the summit at Little Stretton with a northbound steel train, 7 June 1998 The long climb to Church Stretton taxes these trains, though the 60s give little outward sign of effort.
		60 089 approaches Llanwern steelworks with a train of iron ore, 25 October 1995 Like its classmate, the loco bears the Transrail livery
		66 029 hurries through Newark Northgate with a southbound container train, 3 July 1999 ...how they'll all look soon.
		50 031 chugs up Eardington bank on the Severn Valley Railway, 28 August 1995 Lastly, a reminder of earlier years, now in preservation.