The team pulled Cholsey and Wallingford Railway's 22-tonne Peckett engine and a carriage, which brought the total weight to 60 tonnes.

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Engineers and aircrew from RAF Benson's 230 Squadron managed the feat at Wallingford Railway Station on Saturday.

BBC: RAF Benson team complete Comic Relief steam engine pull

Like Brown, Thomas Strom, a 39-year-old salesman from Wallingford, Connecticut, who described himself as a conservative, couldn't grasp the committee's decision.

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