We walked east along the route of the line from New Alresford to a point close to where the A31 went under the track. 196 'Errol Lonsdale' approaches with the 12.00 Ropley to New Alresford hauling a trio of mixed stock in three different liveries. With its 4ft 3ins driving wheels the locomotive looks purposeful and these helped towards its designed specification to get a train of over one thousand tons away on level track.
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