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Revolution tackles a big fish

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WITH several models now coming to fruition, Revolution Trains has added another project to its ‘N’ gauge slate. This sees the company select a member of the BR engineers’ fleet for the first time in the form of the YBA/ YBO ‘Sturgeon’, these lengthy wagons being best known for carrying track panels, rail and sleepers.

Constructed between 1952-60, more than 900 examples were built and also featured removable dropside doors to allow ballast to be carried. During the 1980s, those wagons that still retained

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