Tynedalesman - AGM Report & Society Officials

Reproduced from Tynedalesman issue No. 133 dated December 2002:-

Annual General Meeting 2002 report

The nineteenth Annual General Meeting of the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society (in its present form as a company limited by guarantee) took place on Saturday 9th November 2002, in the Masonic Hall at Alston. The meeting was opened promptly at 1.30 p.m. by the Chairman, John Sutton, who welcomed those attending. There were 30 members present - an increase over the figure of 26 at the two previous A.G.Ms - and apologies for absence were received from 11 members. The minutes of the 2001 A.G.M., copies of which had been circulated to members previously, were adopted as a correct record, on a proposal by Trevor Tattersall, seconded by Ian Howatt.

Written reports from the Chairman, Secretary, Membership Secretary and Heads of Departments had been circulated to members in advance. At the meeting, there was an opportunity for questions relating to the content of the reports, but none were raised.

Copies of the written reports are reproduced below:-

Chairman�s Report

The Chairman, John Sutton, said in his written address that:-

�When you elected me as chairman in November 2001, my aims during my term of office were:-

To pay off the loan and for the finances to remain in the black;
To increase passenger numbers;
Have six carriages in service;
Start work on the Slaggyford extension;
And to see a 10% increase in the numbers of members and volunteers.

I believe that the foundations are in place for us to achieve these aims, perhaps in November 2004 you can let me know how we have done.

Throughout the year we have continued to attract new members, some of whom have become new volunteers. It is always nice to see new faces and to make new friends. They also bring new ideas and enthusiasm coupled with a variety of expertise. Unfortunately we have also lost some of our active volunteers in Bob Harmer, Tom Hill and Arthur Belshaw. I say to all three - thank you for your dedication to the railway over the years and on the Council of Management.

To celebrate our 150th Anniversary we had, on the 21st May, a special event celebrating the �150th Anniversary of passenger trains to Alston�. On the 3rd and 4th August we had the �Family Gala Weekend�. I would like to thank everyone who helped to make these two events such a success.

We saw the launch of the Slaggyford extension appeal and the equipment obtained for the present line and for future extension. The Polish steam locomotive, Naklo, came back into service with a great deal of positive feedback from members and other heritage railways.

I will finish now, it only remains for me to say yet again, thank you to all of the members for your hard work, support and advice. Most importantly, however, for your time and energy to manage, operate and maintain our railway.�

Secretary�s Report

The Secretary, Steven Dyke, said in his written report: �For me, the most significant aspect of the past year has been the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Alston branch. When the 125th anniversary occurred, it was at what might well be regarded as the nadir of the line�s history, after the unsuccessful final attempt to save at least part of the standard-gauge track. That year, however, also saw the first tentative moves towards the aim of a new narrow-gauge line which paved the way for the 150th anniversary to be celebrated on the well-established working railway that has been created by the efforts of our Society members. Some of us will recall that the Society was involved in events during 1985-88 to mark the 150th anniversaries of various sections of the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, so our celebrations this year represent a natural progression from those of the Alston line�s parent company. I take this opportunity to express my thanks to all of the members who have contributed in any way to the success of the anniversary ebents and the launch of the Slaggyford Extension Appeal.

Although business considerations mean that I can only very occasionally visit Alston, I continue to do all I can to provide administrative support for the Council of Management. I am especially grateful to Tom Bell, in his role as Assistant Secretary, for servicing the Council of Management meetings and liaising with me so efficiently. In the past year, there have been only six Council meetings; two of the scheduled meeting dates proving to be unnecessary in view of the lack of business on these occasions. The fact that fewer meetings have been required should not be taken to imply that nothing is happening; it is simply that the arrangements for delegating day-to-day matters to be various Departments are working well and the Council meetings are able to concentrate more effectively on policy matters and financial control. The main items of business dealt with at Council meetings, except where confidentiality is necessary, are reported in Tynedalesman and in the On Track newsletter for working members, so I will not prolong this report by repeating them here. There are however, two changes to mention as a matter of record. Firstly, the Council�s appointment of Mike Ryan to the post of Treasurer, as successor to Jonathan Lovell, who had indicated his wish to relinquish that role, and secondly, the resignation of Arthur Belshaw from Council membership. The Council have expressed their appreciation of the contribution made by Jonathan and Arthur in their respective roles.

The Council are grateful to Richard Graham for continuing to host their meetings. Recently, however, there was a very rare occasion when this was not possible and an alternative had to be found - but I think Richard�s cosy dining room will win hands down over the Carriage Works as a meeting venue!

It remains only for me to conclude by thanking Council members and officers for the assistance which they have given me, and thanking all of the members who have supported the work of the Society in any way during the past year.�

Membership Secretary�s Report

The Membership Secretary, Kathy Aveyard, advised that at the 2001 A.G.M. the Society had 260 members and that this had remained unchanged, with 260 members in 2002.

In 2001 there were 16 new or rejoined members with 20 members lost from figures from non-renewal etc.
In 2002 there were 20 new and 4 rejoined members, with 21 non-renewals and 3 members deceased.
Out of the 20 new members, 9 are from the North West and 6 are from the North East. 8 (40%) having expressed an interest in becoming actively involved in the Society�s activities.

From the total membership, 39% of members are from the North East, 24% from the North West and 6% from the West Midlands.� Of these 33% (87) are life members, 37% (97) are full annual members. There are 3 complimentary members in recognition of services to the Society. The remaining members pay reduced rate (66%) subscription (junior, senior citizen or subsequent member at same address as a full member).

The recommendation of the Council of Management is that subscription rates remain unchanged for 2003.

Members who may be interested in converting to Life Membership were reminded that the Council of Management had agreed that this may be done over four years in equal installments, based on the rate in the first year of payment.

Forum Conveners� Reports
Infrastructure Department (Forum 1)

Richard Graham commented in his report, that the Territorial Army didn�t come in October has he had anticipated in last year�s report. He said �You would not believe the final reason for the job being cancelled. I shall say no more as this might prove an embarrassing revelation affecting national security! Later in the year, however, a group of R.E.M.E. men came and did some useful repair work on our plant and machinery. The re-laying of the Loco Shed road that the T.A. were supposed to have been doing was postponed for our owbn staff to do during the May Work Week.

At the November quarterly meeting of Forum 1, the proposal was put forward and accepted that no more money should be spent on second-hand sleepers. Any donated ones could be used for minor sidings, but any critical works should from now on use only new sleepers and that any new main line track should be fixed using chair screws, rather than dogspikes.

One of the first jobs we found ourselves doing before winter set in was to remove the debris from inside of the Shield Wall Culvert, which, at one end, had accumulated to a depth of about 3 feet. Having completed this task, we were concerned that a flash flood of the burn would block it all up again. Mercifully, the winter was very forgiving. In the spring, however, we dug into where the 2 foot pipe carrying the burn from the Manor House had collapsed, and re-built it using old oil drums encased in concrete. Of course it then didn�t rain properly for weeks! Eventually the work proved itself in those abnormal storms in August.

Upgrading of the main line continued in the early part of 2002 with the help of a hydraulic rail bender, supplied for evaluation purposes by railway contractor, Jarvis. This allowed us to work through the sections where, in previous years, we had de-staggered the joints, and take the dips out of the rail ends. People walking past may have wondered why 6�s, 8�s, 15�s and even 20�s were chalked on the rails - we�d got it down to a fine art estimating how many pumps on the handle brought the joint back up to level. Final packing, levelling and ballasting of this section is scheduled for the coming winter.

Following our decision to buy new sleepers, a load of 400 was ordered in the spring and 150 of them were drilled ready for the replacement of the Loco Shed road, scheduled for May Work Week. Unfortunately, when the time came, the weather was not always as good as it might have been, but we battled on, first by moving the Carriage Sidings No. 4 points some 15 feet southwards to give better clearance from the Ground Frame hut for the coaches, then by lifting the siding, digging out the muck with the newly acquired Massey Ferguson digger and hired mini-digger, before re-laying eith new sleepers and ballast and ex-stock 15 feet 50 lb. rails. Over a few weeks prior to this, a trench was dug northwards from No. 2 signal between the main line and shed roads to carry drainpipes and a water pipe to supply the loco shed. To complicate matters, the special 150th Anniversary event was due to take place on the Tuesday of that week, so we had to make track available to get locomotives out to run the trains, hence the need to work in all weathers to ensure that things were back in place for the following weekend. The water pipe is still only temporarily connected to the mains at the south end, which we did to make sure that there was a supply at the shed for the Gala Weekend at the beginning of August. The drainage manholes and final ballasting are only just being completed in September.

Further work was carried out at Slaggyford Station during Work Week, though this was limited by variable weather. We are pleased however to acknowledge thre interest taken by the new occupants of the Station House, who are keeping an eye on the general tidiness of the Station.

Naklo was due to be running for the Gala Weekend, but its rebuild caused unplanned work, when it was discovered that it would not negotiate the inside points at Kirkhaugh, because of the rearranged footplate, cab and tender. Fortunately we had several bits of 60 lb. points that we could use to prefabricate a new pair to replace the existing short ones. Actual replacement took only a weekend to complete.

Having re-laid the loco shed road, we were able to make it available to the Operating Department to run a passenger shuttle between Alston and the shed, during the Gala Weekend. This is done with a set of simple instructions that ensure that all facing points are clamped and train movements are allowed using a Ticket system. The �Drive a Diesel� events that have proved so popular can be allowed to run again, now that the track is back up to scratch. The remaining new sleepers are to be used during the winter to do further much needed �spot replacements� from overbridge 56 to Kirkhaugh.

Two redundant jacker-packers (standard gauge) have been acquired, along with a variety of other power tools. One of them is largely complete, whilst the other is little more than a chassis. The plan is to �cut-and-shut� the chassis to re-gauge it and then rebuild the power, packing and levelling units into it, from the �complete� machine. As the line extends, it is essential that we have good mechanical means to maintain it to a high standard, because �the few� are not getting any younger and our capacity to do everything manually is diminishing rapidly! This does not mean that we don�t need more young and enthusiastic apprentices to learn their trade. We cannot always guarantee to lay on major works; some days are quiet odd job days, but still, please get involved and take home the reward of a job well done, whatever it is.�

Operating Department (Forum 2)

Robin Alderson said in his written report that he would like to start by saying a big Thank You to all of our operators and members for giving their time and effort to enable the railway to run its scheduled services this season. No train services had been cancelled so far this year (during 2002) and that only six steam days had to be cancelled, which then ran as diesel-hauled trains! The new rostering system that he had put in place for 2002 had proved to work very successfully so far. Thanks must go to the few members who have the time and are able to put in those extra shifts when there are gaps on the roster sheet.

Robin remarked that congratulations must go to Louis Dittrich for passing out as a diesel driver on locomotive No. 4; to Sean Wilson and Richard Graham for obtaining their shunting certificates for diesel locomotive No. 9; to Norman Cook for passing out as a steam driver; to Mike le Marie, Mike Smith and David Drinkald for passing out as a diesel driver for locomotive No. 11 (Cumbria); again to David Drinkald also to Chris Shaw, Mike le Marie, Ian Howatt, Ian Hughes, Dave Kirkhouse, Mike Smith, Norman Cook and John Sutton for passing out as drivers for locomotive No. 17, (battery-electric); and finally to Duncan Wheeler for passing out as a guard.

During the year, Robin had, with much appreciated help, reclad the wooden coach No. 2. The framework was found to be in much better condition than expected so with a sigh of relief, much rejoicing, line dancing, popping of corks and opening of wooden casks - the coach was reclad and repainted!

Robin thanked Maureen Johnson again this year for all of the effort she has given throughout the season in providing a much valued facility for our customers and crews at Kirkhaugh on the catering van. Due to her accident, Robin had to take over the catering for a number of weekends and he quickly realised the amount of preparation work that was involved. Thanks should also go to those members who have helped Maureen during the season with the running of the catering facility.

Robin had installed a public address system earlier in the year which works well and he thought that it had proved very useful. Later in the year, he was commissioned to build a model for the set of the new film going into production next year, �The Steam Engines of Sherwood Forest and Their Merry Men! Castles and Carriages�. Well, he has built the model in the carriage shed, but he was just waiting for permission to built the full size version using the river as a moat, still the small version should please the kiddies and if they are not pleased , there�s always the rack or the boiling oil.

To conclude his report, Robin wished all of the members all a Merry Christmas and hoped that they would all have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Engineering Department (Forum 3)

Alan Blackburn started his report by saying: �Every year when I come to write the annual report, I find myself asking �What did we do?� I know that everyone worked very hard all year, through the frosts of winter and the rains of the summer, but it is all a blur. The reason, when I consider it, is that there is simply no time to look back. Apart from small repairs, nearly all of our work has to be forward planned for at least a year. I try and give myself options, should plans not work out, so that there is always a project ready to go. It is a rare day when there is nothing important to do in the engine shed!�

Alan continued, �The major project for this last year, has been the conversion and rebuild of Naklo, our 0-6-0 Polish tank and tender steam locomotive. At the start of the last A.G.M., the boiler was being fitted up ready for the hydraulic test. This was completed in December 2001, and a big push was made to get the steam test over as soon as possible. This was done in late January 2002, and after a very busy session of plumbing, when you couldn�t move for copper and steel pipes and valves, we managed to get her out, in works primer, to run on the 150th Anniversary special train in May 2002. The final target was a finished locomotive four our Gala Weekend in early August. We did it, but not many people know that the final piece of paper allowing us to run did not arrive until three days before the Gala Weekend!

During the year we also had to keep Helen Kathryn running, and despite rather thin tubes which I would only allow to be cleaned when she stopped steaming properly, she has served us very well over the last ten years, and is now due for a major overall.

The diesel fleet has remained reliable, only requiring minor attention.

We have recently been stripping one of two �tracker packers� which the railway has managed to obtain, thanks to the stirling efforts of one of our regular workers. These are standard gauge machines, and we hope to convert them to 2 foot gauge. To be frank, this will be difficult, but hopefully not impossible! By the time you read this report, I hope to have our initial plans completed.

Our machine tools are getting much more use, and we continue to get equipment for them when we can afford it. My thanks here for anyone who has given us surplus engineering tools or equipment, it is always welcome.

Last year saw the refurbishment of the seating in one of our steel bodied coaches, which was a big improvement in line with modern expectations. Eventually new doors will be fitted to these coaches. The Carriage and Wagon Department also assisted with the re-clad of the outside of the disabled compartment coach No. 2, which now looks much improved. Members also managed to repaint and repair four of our bogie wagons, giving us a smart goods train. We remain, however, short of people to do the necessary repairs to some of our goods wagons.

During the year, the old bogie well wagons were sold and a 2 foot 6 inch gauge box van (Ex Gunpowder van) was obtained. This is receiving attention, and has already been regauged. It is hoped it will be ready to use as a tool van for Infrastructure use next season.

My final comments remain to thank all concerned for a very busy but very productive year. We can be justly proud of the standard of work that we are now producing, and I have received many favourable comments about Naklo. It is my personal view that people are just beginning to realise that the South Tynedale Railway is an exciting railway to visit, with quality locomotives and rolling stock, excellent ride and lots of things happening. Let�s aim to keep it there!�

Commercial Department (Forum 4)

Ivan Ward said in his written report, �My report for the 2001 A.G.M. covered the problens that the 2001/2002 financial year had brough as a result of the foot and mouth disease. With that all behind us we were able to look forward with optimism to the 2002 season. How right we were: from the start of the 2002 operating season our visitor numbers were up. More visitors meant more shop sales, and so the season continued with passengers numbers up by 14%, ticket sales income up by 17% and shop sales up by 11% (as at 17th August 2002), and I am confident that this trend will continue through October and December.

The advertising policies put in place in 2001 have continued into 2002 and these must, in no small way, be accounting for our increased visitor numbers. We have also continued to receive good coverage in the local newspapers and on television and radio, particularly with tregard to our 150th Anniversary celebrations.

We have maintained our policy of only opening the railway shop at Alston on operating days and this course of action has not seriously affected the shop turnover.

The financial controls now in place continue to be of benefit with regard to cash flow and, as a consequence, we have had very little recourse to make use of our overdraft facility at the bank.

As always, I look forward to the remaining months of the season and the coming year with confidence.�

The following items were read out and discussed at the 2002 Annual General Meeting:-

Treasurer�s Report

The Treasurer, Mike Ryan, presented the statutory reports and accounts for the year ending 31st March 2002, in respect of the Society and its subsidiary trading company, copies of which were circulated at the meeting. A financial summary had been issued to members in advance, and the full accounts are available to any member upon written request to the Treasurer. The accounts had been drawn up by Dodd and Company, who had confirmed that, with the exemption available to small companies, there is now no requirement for a formal audit or for presentation of consolidated accounts. The Council of Management had agreed that, as the accounts had been prepared professionally, there was no necessity for an independent examination. The Treasurer explained that there were minor changes in the presentation of the accounts this year, because of changes in the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities, and said that he would endeavour to answer any questions from members, either at the meeting or later. No questions were raised at the meeting and the Chairman express thanks to the Treasurer for his work. The meeting agreed to accept the statutory reports and accounts on a proposal by Phil Aveyard, seconded by Dave Kirkhouse.

The Treasurer then presented a summary of the financial situation for the first half of the current year, explaining that although there is no formal requirement for this, it has become traditional to give members attending the A.G.M. an indication of the current year�s progress. Compared with the same period in 2001, passenger numbers were up by 11% and shop sales income by 12%. Recognising that last year�s results had been affected by the foot and month disease crisis, a comparison with 2000 was also made, which still showed increases of 5% and 7% in the respective figures. Because of the increase in fares, this year�s fare income was substantially higher than in 2001: a 24% increase. An extra attraction this year (2002) had been the Family Gala weekend, attracting 1,150 visitors, as part of the programme of Alston Branch 150th Anniversary events that had been supported by grants totalling �5,750. The Extension Appeal had raised �6,097 up to the end of September, less a small amount of expenditure, chiefly for prizes in the �100 Club� scheme, leaving a balance of �5,754. Finally, as grant administrators consider volunteer work to be worth �50 per day when costing a project, this gave an indication of the value of volunteers to the Society.

Council of Management Elections

The next item on the agenda was the election of members to serve on the Council of Management. As the present Chairman (John Sutton) and Deputy Chairman (Alan Blackburn) had only completed one year of their three-year terms of office, elections for those posts were not held.

The ordinary members of the Council of Management retiring by rotation and eligible for re-election were Steven Dyke and Colin McIntyre, but no new nominations had been made this year. A ballot was requested by Roly Johnson and the meeting agreed to Mike le Marie and Trevor Tattersall acting as tellers. The result of the ballot was that Stephen Dyke was re-elected unanimously, and Colin McIntyre was re-elected with 14 votes in favour and 13 votes against.

Arrangements for examination of the Society�s Accounts

As the requirement for a formal audit no longer applies, the meeting was asked to ratify the appointment of Dodd and Company as reporting accountants and to authorise the Council of Management to re-appoint them on a similar basis for a further year, at a remuneration to be agreed by the Council of Management. This was approved on a proposal by the Deputy Chairman, seconded by Geoff Lumsden.

Adoption of Subscription Rates for the Ensuing Year

The final item on the agenda was the adoption of subscription rates for 2003. The recommendation of the Council of Management, that subscription rates should remain unchanged from their present levels, was adopted on a proposal by Duncan Wheeler, seconded by Trevor Tattersall.

Having concluded the formal business in record time, the Chairman closed the meeting at 1.59 p.m.

N.B. For avoidance of any doubt, all references to Alan Blackburn in this report relate to the present Deputy Chairman and not to his namesake who manages the Alston Station shop.

Report compiled by Steven Dyke.

Informal Meeting Report

The Annual General Meeting was followed by the now customary informal meeting for discussion of matters that do not fall within the formal business on the A.G.M. agenda. No questions or subjects for discussion had been submitted in advance, but a variety of topics were covered in the course of the meeting, as follows:-

The intention of Ivan Ward to relinquish his post as Head of the Commercial Department, so that he can concentrate on the Slaggyford Extension project, about which he is already liaising with our consulting engineers regarding costings. It is hoped that various members might become involved in some of the tasks at present undertaken by Ivan.

Implications of the discontinuation of licences for �Friends of Thomas� events (as distinct from those that feature an approved �Thomas� clone.) Suggestions for substitute events were put forward but their is still likely to be a significant loss of profit, so the Council of Management were to consider increasing fares to try to compensate for this.

Re-establishment of the Health & Safety Commitee, under the guidance of Duncan Wheeler, with each Department nominating a representative to serve on it. The need to ensure full implementation of the medical self-certification system was also emphasised.

The possibility of a restoration project for carriage No. 1. This is regarded as a long-term job that is not a current priority, unless someone offers to take the project forward. The main requirement was felt to be volunteer input, although any proposed expenditure would first have to be approved through the annual budget process.

Progress of the Slaggyford Extension Appeal. On behalf of the Appeal Commitee, Norman Cook said that progress with small-scale fund-raising had been satisfactory and various possibilities of larger-scale grants and support from businesses are being pursued. The outline �design� for the extension is contained in a document developed from discussions at the post-A.G.M. informal meeting two years ago, with work now under way to prepare more detailed plans and costings.

The Heritage Lottery Fund grant bid for the restoration of Thomas Edmondson. It was hoped that the outcome of this would be known before Christmas 2002. The Chairman expressed appreciation of the work put in by volunteers involved in preparation of all grant applications.

Proposals for a publicity poster, following the suggestion made at last year�s informal meeting. The Chairman outlined discussions that had taken place regarding two designs submitted, which, after some consideration, were not felt to be suitable.

This year�s (2002) members� Christmas Meal. Details were given of the arrangements made for this event, to be held on 14th December (as notified in the September 2002 issue of Tynedalesman.

The informal meeting closed at 4.00 p.m.

Report based on notes taken by Steven Dyke.

SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Registered Charity No. 514939
Limited by Guarantee: Company Registration Number 1850832 (England).
Member of the Heritage Railway Association.
Registered Office: The Railway Station, Alston, Cumbria, CA9 3JB
Tel. 01434 381696.��Talking timetable tel. 01434 382828
Web address: www.strps.org.uk

Patron: Lord Inglewood M.E.P.
Hon.Vice-President: Jim Foster-Smith.

Council of Management:-
Robin Alderson, Alan Blackburn, Norman Cook, Steven Dyke, Richard Graham,
Colin McIntyre, Mike Ryan, John Sutton, Ivan Ward.

Society Officials:-
Chairman: John M. Sutton.
Deputy Chairman: Alan Blackburn. � Send e-mail to Alan Blackburn
Secretary: Steven Dyke.
Assistant Secretary: Dr. Tom Bell. � Send e-mail to Tom Bell
Treasurer: Mike Ryan. � Send e-mail to Mike Ryan
Membership Secretary: Mrs. Kathy Aveyard. � Send e-mail to Kathy Aveyard
Publicity Co-ordinator: John Gillott.
Safety Liaison Officer: Duncan Wheeler. � Send e-mail to Duncan Wheeler
Rostering Officer: Robin Alderson. � Send e-mail to Robin Alderson
Volunteer Liaison Officer: Mike Rapp. � Send e-mail to Mike Rapp
�Tynedalesman� Newsletter Editor: Robin Alderson. � Send e-mail to Robin Alderson
Archivist and Webmaster: Daniel McIntyre.� Send e-mail to Daniel McIntyre

S.T.R. Departmental Structure:-

Forum 1 - Infrastructure:-
Head of Department & Forum Convener - Richard Graham;� Deputy Forum Convener - Sean Wilson.

Forum 2 - Operating:-
Head of Department & Forum Convener - Robin Alderson;� Deputy Forum Convener - Tom Bell.

Forum 3 - Engineering:-
Head of Department & Forum Convener - Alan Blackburn;� Deputy Forum Convener - (Post vacant).

Forum 4 - Commercial:-
Head of Department & Forum Convener - Ivan Ward;� Deputy Forum Convener - (Post vacant).

Tynedalesman Newsletter:-
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SOUTH TYNEDALE RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Registered Office: The Railway Station, Alston, Cumbria, CA9 3JB
Tel. 01434 381696.��Talking timetable tel. 01434 382828
Registered Charity No. 514939.

E-mail addresses - click on links below:-
South Tynedale Railway information - Send e-mail to South Tynedale Railway
STRPS membership information only - Send e-mail to Kathy Aveyard
Tynedalesman information only - Send e-mail to Robin Alderson

Mission Statement for the South Tynedale Railway:-
�To provide satisfaction for our customers and volunteers by operating a friendly, safe and efficient narrow-gauge railway.�

� South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society, September 2003.

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