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Wilston Samuel Jackson

Wilston Samuel Jackson Born 17 May 1927 Jamaica. First Black British Train Driver. Fireman & Driver of Steam and Diesel Locomotives out of King's Cross & St Pancras 1952-1967 Fireman & Driver of the locomotives 'Mallard' and 'The Flying Scotsman' and the train "The Elizabethan" Died 15 September 2018 aged 91

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