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NRM's Taff Vale tank to return to steam after 30 years

THE National Railway Museum has signed a three-year overhaul agreement with the Gwili Vintage Carriage Group to bring the last surviving Welsh-built standard gauge locomotive back into steam at an estimated cost of £160,000.

Originally agreed in October 2019, plans to begin the overhaul ofTaff Vale Railway 0-6-2T No. 28 were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, but the easing of restrictions now has

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