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Article: Full steam ahead for the Torbay express
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- Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
- Article date:
- July 26, 2006
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The golden age of steam captured the imaginations of the region
this month when a classic railway returned by popular demand.
The Torbay Express, run by Past-Time Rail, is made up solely of
1950s carriages, giving visitors a flavour of train travel from a
bygone era.
The railway proved extremely popular last year and has returned
this summer with a larger programme which sees it run on ten dates
throughout in the run-up to September. Passengers are able to travel
between Bristol and the English Riviera, in South Devon, taking in
the sights and sounds of Somerset and Devon along the way.
The excursions, which run on Sundays until September 3 and on this
Saturday and August 12, are hauled by ...