Date: 03/05/2018

And friends and colleagues have expressed shock at the sudden death in Aberdeen of David Clucas, aged 72. Just last week, the former helicopter pilot and current secretary of the Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust was relishing the installation of a new £86,000 turntable in the city and talking excitedly about the prospect of future steam charter services boosting tourism in the region.

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Railway stalwart David Clucas dies suddenly at 72 | Press and Journal

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He was one of the north-easts most enthusiastic railway aficionados, a man with a deep-rooted passion for steam engines.

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Looking across the turntable at Ferryhill MPD, 03 June 1973, with the coaling stage road up on the right.
Location: Ferryhill MPD
Company: Aberdeen Railway
03/06/1973 John McIntyre

Austerity 2-8-0 90020 of 62A Thornton Junction backs off the turntable at Ferryhill shed in July 1963.
Location: Ferryhill MPD
Company: Aberdeen Railway
12/07/1963 Colin Miller

4472 Flying Scotsman on the turntable at Ferryhill during its 4 hour stopover in Aberdeen on 16 May 1964. The A3 had arrived in the city from Edinburgh with the Queens College RTS 'Flying Scotsman Railtour'.
Location: Ferryhill MPD
Company: Aberdeen Railway
16/05/1964 John Robin