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Tribute to 'driving force' behind Lincolnshire Coast Light who made Princess smile

Tribute to driving force behind Lincolnshire Coast Light who made Princess smile
Tributes have been paid to the driving force behind the restoration of the historic 1903 steam locomotive Jurassic on the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway.
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Paul Walkinshaw shares a joke with HRH The Princess Royal, Princess
Anne, after driving the locomotive No. 1 Paul, on the Royal Train operated by the LCLR
during her visit to the line and the Skegness Water Leisure Park in 2017. Paul Walkinshaw shares a joke with HRH The Princess Royal, Princess
Anne, after driving the locomotive No. 1 Paul, on the Royal Train operated by the LCLR ....

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Tribute to Grimsby-born light railway expert who has passed away aged 59

Tribute to Grimsby-born light railway expert who has passed away aged 59
Paul Walkinshaw had knowledge like no other
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Paul Walkinshaw shares a joke with Princess Anne (Image: David Enefer)
A Grimsby man who devoted his life to light railways in Lincolnshire has died at the age of 59.
Paul Walkinshaw was the driving force behind the restoration of the historic 1903 steam locomotive Jurassic on the railway, treasurer of its charitable Historic Vehicles Trust and owner of steam locomotive Effie on the Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway.
Born in Grimsby, Paul was the younger son of Jack and Jill Walkinshaw, reports Lincolnshire Live. ....

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Exhibition to mark 50 years since Horncastle railway closed

May 16, 1954 and the only through train to Horncastle ever to run from Donington on Bain and the line across the Lincolnshire Wolds via Louth, is greeted by an enthusiastic group of Horncastle station staff and the public. Photo: Wm. Woolhouse collection/LCLR Historic Vehicles Trust
For Horncastle and Woodhall Spa, it was the end of the line for a service that had begun in 1855.
Despite opposition, daily passenger services ceased on September 13, 1954.
A special service, organised by railway enthusiasts, ran 10 years later, bringing the largest steam locomotive ever seen in Horncastle to the branch. From then, only goods trains ran, with the crew opening and closing level crossing gates and changing the points on the seven-and-a-half mile run from Woodhall Junction. ....

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