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| Three-legged dog loves train ride | Three-legged dog loves train ride |
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| A three-legged dog with a passion for locomotives has become a regular attraction on board a steam train. | A three-legged dog with a passion for locomotives has become a regular attraction on board a steam train. |
| Despite losing a leg in a car accident Peggy the Jack Russell often walks six miles (9.7 km) from her home in Rhewl, Denbighshire, to Berwyn station. | |
| She joins tourists on the train and can ride up to seven-and-a-half miles (12 km) of track through the Dee Valley. | She joins tourists on the train and can ride up to seven-and-a-half miles (12 km) of track through the Dee Valley. |
| Owner Dilys Lloyd regularly gets phone calls from the guards, asking her to collect Peggy from Llangollen station. | Owner Dilys Lloyd regularly gets phone calls from the guards, asking her to collect Peggy from Llangollen station. |
| Mrs Lloyd, a retired teacher, said: "She loves going for a walk and appears fascinated by the trains, especially if she can have a free ride. | Mrs Lloyd, a retired teacher, said: "She loves going for a walk and appears fascinated by the trains, especially if she can have a free ride. |
| "I miss her and start calling out her name. When she doesn't come, I know she has gone again. | "I miss her and start calling out her name. When she doesn't come, I know she has gone again. |
| "She has probably followed walkers to the train station and got on board. The next thing I get a call from the station. | "She has probably followed walkers to the train station and got on board. The next thing I get a call from the station. |
| She's a little monkey...I don't know when she is going to go next Dilys Lloyd, owner | She's a little monkey...I don't know when she is going to go next Dilys Lloyd, owner |
| "Sometimes, if the walkers are doing a circular route, then she will arrive back with them." | "Sometimes, if the walkers are doing a circular route, then she will arrive back with them." |
| She added: "She's a little monkey, she is honestly. | She added: "She's a little monkey, she is honestly. |
| "Peggy is perfect in every other way. | "Peggy is perfect in every other way. |
| "I don't know when she is going to go next." | "I don't know when she is going to go next." |
| Peggy was hit by a car as a pup and had a leg removed during surgery. | Peggy was hit by a car as a pup and had a leg removed during surgery. |
| But Mrs Lloyd said she still loved to walk long distances. | But Mrs Lloyd said she still loved to walk long distances. |
| Sometimes, she said Peggy jumped on the train at Berwyn station and got off at the next stop at Glyndyfrdwy. | Sometimes, she said Peggy jumped on the train at Berwyn station and got off at the next stop at Glyndyfrdwy. |
| But often, she rides all the way to Carrog before the train changes direction and returns to Llangollen. | But often, she rides all the way to Carrog before the train changes direction and returns to Llangollen. |
| The Llangollen Railway Society's track is seven-and-a-half miles long and runs from Llangollen to Carrog. | The Llangollen Railway Society's track is seven-and-a-half miles long and runs from Llangollen to Carrog. |
| The society wants to extend the track by about two-and-a-half miles (four kilometres) to Corwen. | The society wants to extend the track by about two-and-a-half miles (four kilometres) to Corwen. |
| The plans are due to be discussed at a public meeting in Corwen on Monday. | The plans are due to be discussed at a public meeting in Corwen on Monday. |