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Moors debut for Witherslack Hall at September gala

THE North Yorkshire Moors Railway has announced the first of its expected visitors for its September 27-29 steam gala, in the form of WR Modified Hall 4-6-0 No. 6990 Witherslack Hall from the Great Central Railway.

This locomotive, which spent several weeks running in on the line when first restored, and subsequently visited for Harry Potter filming duties at Goathland in its now world-famous red livery.

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