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HOW TO TWEAK A ‘J70’ TRAM ENGINE

Inspired by one of this month’s layouts, George Dent whiled away a few evenings by titivating a Model Rail exclusive LNER ‘J70’ locomotive.

OO GAUGE MODEL MR-210 Model Rail/Rapido LNER ‘ J70’ No. 7139, LNER lined black

What George used

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