Date: 06/01/2023

The mystery of construction work and clearance going on at Hackney railway sidings near Newton Abbot Racecourse can now be solved. Its so that a new freight service can begin, taking trees from across the South West by rail to sawmills in the north. [The article is illustrated with a photograph taken at Georgemas. -RS]

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