Alstom is planning a major event in August to help celebrate the 200th anniversary of the railways. The ‘Greatest Gathering’ will take place at the company’s Litchurch Lane factory in Derby, and it will be one of the biggest events during the year-long celebrations. Peter Plisner has been finding out more.

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