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Radio Solent,56 mins

The South's Last Day of Steam

Richard Cartridge

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On the 9th of July 1967, the last scheduled steam train ran on British Railway's Southern Region. To mark the 50th anniversary we've been speaking to historians, enthusiasts and those who worked on the main line at the time the railways changed forever. BBC South Today's Tom Hepworth narrates "The South's Last Day of Steam"

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