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A successful restoration project |
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1917: Baldwin-built War Department Light Railways No 854 is seen |
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2007: WDLR No 778 prepares to depart from Page’s Park station with a test train, shortly after its arrival on the Leighton Buzzard Railway on completion of its major overhaul. |
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Central to the war in the trenches was the massive network of narrow-gauge railways, which was built to supply the front lines on both sides. Among the companies providing equipment to the War Department Light Railways was the Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Philadelphia, USA. |
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A working First World War Baldwin steam engine was last seen in Britain in the 1940s. Now War Department Light Railways No 778 is back in working order, and was launched into public service on 19th August 2007--almost 60 years to the day since the last time an engine of this type hauled passengers in Britain. |
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www.baldwinproject.org.uk |

