Re: UK millionaire's Xmas train set!


"Robin Jones" <robinjones@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Multi-millionaire railway enthusist Jeremy Hosking has agreed in the same
> week to buy a British Railways Standard 9F 2-10-0 as well as Britannia!
> Full story now on www.heritagerailway.co.uk
>

This is the bit that tickled me:

"Jeremy......tried to buy Britannia in 1999 ? until Pete nipped in and beat
him to it with a higher bid".

Nice to see eBay-style sniping is alive and well in the full-scale railway
world as well as the model one! Wonder how much the postage was and if Pete
thought it was a rip-off?

Cheers,
Steve


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