Mr Robert Peel, who has just died at Brighton, aged 91, was the driver of the first train from Newcastle to London, on the York section in 1847. He drove expresses for 20 years.' retiring in 1888
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Otago Witness, Issue 2934, 8 June 1910, Page 70
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37Page 70 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Witness, Issue 2934, 8 June 1910, Page 70
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