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Alex Coomber Alex Coomber on Train Siding: The BLS/SLS special arrives at Alston behind an Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0 No. 43121 of Carlisle Kingmoor Shed closed to steam at the
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Alex Coomber on Train Siding: The BLS/SLS special arrives at Alston behind an Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0 No. 43121 of Carlisle Kingmoor Shed closed to steam at the
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The BLS/SLS special arrives at Alston behind an Ivatt Class 4MT 2-6-0 No. 43121 of Carlisle Kingmoor Shed closed to steam at the end of the year. By then. Alston was just a shadow of its former self served only by a DMU shuttle from Haltwhistle until closure on 3rd May 1976.