34016 'Bodmin' arrives at Ropley station with the 15.10 service from new Alresford. The Mid-Hants Railway was very much in its infancy at this time with the extension to Alton a pipe dream. Over the intervening forty years, it has emerged as one of the UK's premier heritage lines showing others how to do it! However, I write this during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic that has had a devastating effect on preserved lines with some unlikely to survive despite some support from the Government.
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