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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
OTD- 11th March (1893) - Opening of Clifton Rocks Railway	grahame	0	619	March 11, 2022, 06:51:22 by grahame
The great lost trains stations of Wiltshire and what remains of them	grahame	1	628	April 15, 2023, 19:02:36 by ellendune
Fire @ Bath Green Park, 23/04/2023	DaveHarries	1	633	April 23, 2023, 18:33:29 by infoman
OTD - 29th January (1977) - Excursion, Paddington to Crewe via Hereford	grahame	0	644	January 28, 2022, 21:46:21 by grahame
AQ23 - 17th December. Some oddities	grahame	6	653	December 17, 2023, 10:18:00 by grahame
[otd] 21 April (1958) - First battery powered electric train in public service	grahame	2	681	April 21, 2023, 12:47:29 by Electric train
OTD - 4th February (1996) - First rail franchises take over	grahame	0	693	February 03, 2022, 22:36:41 by grahame
OTD - 16th February 1965 - Beeching	CyclingSid	5	696	February 17, 2022, 02:33:07 by grahame
Cirencester branch line	XenophonPCDGS	0	701	July 15, 2021, 20:45:45 by XenophonPCDGS
The new gold standard for telling the story of a branch line.	chuffed	1	712	September 01, 2022, 20:44:34 by Marlburian
OTD - 3rd March 2012 - 2nd edition of GRIP published	grahame	0	725	March 03, 2022, 02:22:08 by grahame
OTD - 14th March (1947) - Start of construction, Baku Childrens Railway	grahame	0	726	March 14, 2022, 04:50:54 by grahame
Old Irish Pictures - and a note on copyright	grahame	1	751	December 28, 2022, 20:08:38 by grahame
[otd] 19.4.1938 - Foundation of Beatties of London	grahame	2	752	April 19, 2023, 16:36:12 by grahame
Falmouth branch in 1976	JayMac	7	753	January 04, 2024, 20:25:14 by bobm
Pictures of first and last journeys of GWR bus in Weymouth	Lee	0	759	February 27, 2021, 04:01:31 by Lee
OTD -1st March 1905 - Defiance Halt opens	grahame	0	763	February 28, 2022, 21:45:50 by grahame
On this day - 1st January (1923, 1939 and 1948)	grahame	1	777	January 01, 2022, 17:02:42 by stuving
Railing against restrictions	CyclingSid	2	782	July 14, 2022, 11:41:51 by Bmblbzzz
OTD - 22nd January (1985) - Commemorative Stamps	grahame	2	782	January 22, 2022, 04:29:02 by infoman