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Posted: **Sat Dec 07, 2019 8:59 am**

Here are the preparations of 487, a little bit of a late start today:

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Then passes the tank without stopping for water.

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487 comes past the tipple and once again heads into the south yard.

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487 brings an extra coach put of the south yard...

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...and backs it onto the train.

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Posted: **Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:17 am**

Departure of the first 2019 Christmas train: 487, 7 coaches: Good thing we don't have the open gon this year!

It was great seeing 487 on her first train for exactly a year; I could even hear the whistle as she passed the tipple.

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Return of the first run:

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Posted: **Sat Dec 07, 2019 11:39 am**

The second run:

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Posted: **Sat Dec 07, 2019 1:07 pm**

The third run:

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When the train returned 487 stopped at the tank to finally take on water.

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Posted: **Sat Dec 07, 2019 2:08 pm**

I will post the third train's arrival and the fourth' s departure in the morning as it is almost bedtime for me.

Posted: **Sun Dec 08, 2019 6:56 am**

The fourth run:

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