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Aw, I loved the old chuffer trains. Preferred the look of those with the round front boiler rather than the bullet shaped trains.

Such marvellous beasts of the track. My brother and I used to love going onto the iron bridge just off King Street to watch them come through on their way to Southport, and would giggle when the chimney blew white smoke up, making us choke.