English Exercises: The Bluebell Railway

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The Blue Railway

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Ian Wright is a�. He teaches Science at� in Sussex in the South�of England. He teaches� days a week, and he� his job. But in , Ian has another� . He's .

This is the Bluebell Railway.� a private railway.��only have� steam�engines here�and �carriages. About �people work here, they work here in . Not for money, but they love the old trades.�In right work at weekends.�

�Weekends I�get up at . I� and I from my home Staine to the station. it takes about� minutes. I arrive at the station at . I meet my farm in Roussel. He cleans the engine and lights the fire. I check all the controls. The fire heats the and makes steam. it takes �to make enough�steam to drive the engine.

Michael: � are the engines, Ian? Ian: . This one's . Michael: does it cost to mend an engine like this? Ian: Thousands of . Michael: Where does the� come ? Ian: . Michael: How long does it take? Ian: About .

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Michael: this �engine ? Ian: Yes. . It's called�Baxter. It's a tank . Michael: ? Ian: A hundred and� . Michael: Does it go very fast? Ian: No, it travels at about� kilometres per �. Michael: Ian, �to drive a steam engine?� No, it isn't. It's� . It takes a� time to learn.

Michael:�are these controls? Ian:There it's the break. It stops . This is the signal and this makes� get faster. And it measures the fire. Oh It .

Over��thousand passengers travel on the Bluebell Railway every year. They go� Sheffield Park Station to Horsted Keynes and back again. That�s about� kilometres. The journey there and back takes . The tickets cost � for and ��for .