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Thu 07 Jul 2009Restored steam engine back on the tracks after 57 years
AFTER A gap of 57 years, the 117- year old Slieve Callan steam engine is set to once again power a train on the west Clare railway.
Thirteen years ago in dramatic circumstances, the 40-tonne Slieve Callan was lifted off a plinth at Ennis railway station despite the efforts of protesters and brought back to Moyasta in west Clare.
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