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    New Grange boiler passes steam test at Tyseley

    Dec 17, 2019 3 minutes
    By Paul Appleton
    PAUL APPLETON
    LYNN MOORE
    LYNN MOORE

    NEW-BUILD GWR 4-6-0 No. 6880 Betton Grange passed its steam test on Friday, December 6 – paving the way for the locomotive to be reassembled at the Llangollen Railway, where it could make its debut in 2020.

    A project landmark was reached on Friday, November 15 when the boiler passed its hydraulic test at Tyseley Locomotive Works, coinciding with the 6880 Betton Grange Society Ltd’s annual meeting there the following

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