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"ref": "1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 87",
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"ref": "2021 January 13, David Clough, “Trans-Pennine transport transformers”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 58",
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