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Jerry O'Neill
 Post subject: Railroad at Duxford?
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I was looking at Duxford on Goggle Earth and noticed something that looks like a narrow gauge Railroad on the Southwest corner of the airfield, next to the runway.
Can anybody tell me about it?
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Wouldn't be the same tracks as seen at the end of this video, would it?

http://airshowbuzz.com/videos/view.php?v=7b2c4484

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Those be them!
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I believe the IWM had a steam engine on loan and decided to lay some tracks so the public could see the steam engine running up and down once in a while.
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I thought some RAF bases had them for moving munitions and such around the base. I believe it was during WWII.

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being in the UK shouldn't it be a railway :)
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I am pretty certain it was installed as a public attraction when a locomotive from an early era was on loan to the IWM
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