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to 2428: Tracks to the Isles

issue 26 October 2019

The unclued lights are stations along the Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh train line, the pairs being 8/9 and 29/39. The title suggested a railway version of the ‘Road to the Isles’.
 
First prize A.T. Lymer, Edinburgh
Runners-up Brenda Widger, Bowdon, Cheshire; Jeffrey Frankland, Milnthorpe, Cumbria

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