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Colas Rail Freight (Log Train)

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Jacob Porrett

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The log train that runs on a Sunday from Chirk to Carlisle normally runs via Wellington but the lest few weeks I've noticed it has ran via Wem insted and I'm just wondering why this is please? Could anyone shed any light on this please?
 
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Jacob Porrett said:
The log train that runs on a Sunday from Chirk to Carlisle normally runs via Wellington but the lest few weeks I've noticed it has ran via Wem insted and I'm just wondering why this is please? Could anyone shed any light on this please?
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May be worth asking in the following thread. There is a lot of people in there who are knowledgeable on this sort of thing.

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