A coachbuilder. Mr Neville Wills, right, and an apprentice titter. Mr Dallas Rodgers, check a series DE locomotive for “roadworthiness” at the Addington Workshops yesterday. The loco, a full-scale model, is mounted on a Bedford truck chassis, but cannot be driven because of Ministry of Transport restrictions. It will be towed instead. The model will be a focal point at the wide range of projects during the Railways promotion campaign. “Operation Garden City.”
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73A coachbuilder. Mr Neville Wills, right, and an apprentice titter. Mr Dallas Rodgers, check a series DE locomotive for “roadworthiness” at the Addington Workshops yesterday. The loco, a full-scale model, is mounted on a Bedford truck chassis, but cannot be driven because of Ministry of Transport restrictions. It will be towed instead. The model will be a focal point at the wide range of projects during the Railways promotion campaign. “Operation Garden City.” Press, 22 October 1980, Page 3
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