Big job at Drusillas removing 3.5 tonne Thomas

A crane will be needed to remove Thomas the Tank Engine from Drusillas Park, Alfriston, on Monday (January 9).
Imagine this in reverse ... Thomas arrives at the park in 2007Imagine this in reverse ... Thomas arrives at the park in 2007
Imagine this in reverse ... Thomas arrives at the park in 2007

The popular attraction runs for the last time there on Sunday.

Thomas will then bid his final farewell in a two-hour operation also involving the passenger carriages Annie and Clarabel.

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The crane will lift the 3.5 tonne engine from the rails, marking the end of 10 years of Thomas at Drusillas.

He is being replaced with a safari-themed new attraction.

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