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Peter sent the pictures to the LCLR, which has nowbeen asked if it will check old drawers, files and cupboards for any photographs taken in the 1950s and 1960s when the CCLR was the Cleethorpes Miniature Railway, run by the erstwhile Cleethorpes Borough Council, using parallel 10 ¼ in. Back then, its trains were hauled by model locomotives based on the designs of Britain’s two pioneering main line diesel electrics, LMS Nos. 10000 and 10001.

LCLR spokesman John Chappell said:“We’re hoping our older volunteers, many of whom vividly recall the original Cleethorpes miniature line, will have some neverbefore- seen photos of it tucked away somewhere and we can let today’s Cleethorpes line have them to help publicise their planned reopening.

“We’re working on our own plans to reopen the LCLR when we can, in line with guidance fromHM Railway Inspectorate, Government regulations and the implications of being part of our site in the Skegness Water Leisure Park, with its variety of facilities.

“Some of the LCLR volunteers are working on restoration projects at home, and in the meantime, all are waiting patiently for when they can get back to the site to prepare the railway for when it can reopen.”

The CCLR has, like many other UK heritage railways, launched an appeal to cover day- to- day costs during lockdown and also its reopening. Donations are invited at: www. crowdfunder. co. uk/ keepusontrack

The LCLR has been forced to cancel its 60th anniversary celebrations because of Covid- 19, but aims to hold them at a later date.

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