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Alan Pepper
Robert A.Riddles, CBE

DateThu 26 NovThu, 26 Nov 2026
TimeFrom 19:30

Last checked 27 Oct 2026

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A talk by Alan Pepper on Robert A. Riddles, the last steam locomotive engineer on British Railways.

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