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Burrell Special Scenic showman’s road locomotive

Win’s award-winning Burrell Special Scenic showman’s road locomotive has featured in Australian and English model-engineering magazines and been compared to the 1921 Lord Lascelles, regarded as one of finest on the UK rally circuit. The four-inch (103mm) model of the early 20th-century English traction engine is about eight feet long, or one-third

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