“They all thought I was off the beam.” He tapped his temple with a long, shaking finger. “But they come around.”

The remainder of the station had undergone a sympathetic restoration completed by NR in 2014 as part of the station's 150th anniversary celebrations, while the waiting shelter on Platform 2 will shortly be reroofed.

Promptly came the reply that there was no record on the books of father's owning any stock.

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