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WAGONS disappear from the railway network seemingly without a ripple, unlike locomotives where almost every component removed is closely documented.

Wagons are quickly disposed of, sometimes in a quiet corner of a yard somewhere, in a couple of days’ work for two men armed with a cutting torch. A good example is the humble MGR wagon – where did they all go?

Taking photographs of routine, run-of-the-mill

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