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Steam train `Camelot` 73082. Bluebell Line, Sussex #144625513
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Steam locomotive `Camelot`, number 73082 as it travels through Sharpthorne on the Bluebell Line, in Sussex, UK. 73082 Camelot is a British Railways Standard Class Five locomotive, which was built at Derby in 1955 and ran on the Southern Region of British Railways until 1966. After withdrawal, it was removed to Woodham Bros. scrapyard at Barry, near Cardiff. However, it was not scrapped and, along with many other withdrawn locomotives, remained in the yard, where its condition slowly deteriorated. After many years of fund raising and restoration effort, 73082 Camelot returned to steam in 1995, and was in regular service on the railway for nearly ten years.The Locomotive was withdrawn for a general overhaul in June, 2005, but returned to service on 31 October 2015
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