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Am I the only one happy when my car ticks over 50000 miles and I can spend the next 50 naming 50s?
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Having enjoyed the original 1976/77 GW and ECML HST formations last year, I'm now just about to experience the 1938-built Czech delight that is 259.001.
Only one is left, having been heavily rebuilt over 10 years (outshopped 2016) from the sole survivor that fell out of use in 1953, was then used as a parts store, before in the 1970s being 'discovered' and bought for a planned model railway clubhouse (the layout was never built), until it passed to a museum in 1999, by now very heavily deteriorated.
The rebuild cost around £1m, and it's used on the main line
BTW, my car is petrol..., and we're talking miles, not km. Just do the regular oil/filter changes every 10,000 and use manufacturer's spec oil/parts.