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Railwaymen and enthusiasts talk about the project to build a working replica of a Patriot class LMS steam locomotive. Recorded in 2009 at the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire. The locomotive will be named The Unknown Warrior recognizing its role as a National Memorial Engine, in memory of servicemen and women lost in the First World War and all subsequent wars. This special role was performed by the first of the original Patriot class - named Patriot - in honour of railway employees who fell in the 1914-1918 war.