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18/05/24 - BRTA Westbury
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On this day
3rd May (2018)

~ Just one working lower quadrant distant signal left (link)

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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
Launceston Steam Railway robbed at knifepoint	Palfers	1	1909	September 01, 2015, 14:36:53 by alexross42
last heritage coal mine supplier to close in November 2023	infoman	0	896	August 22, 2023, 06:51:49 by infoman
Jungle Express, Paignton Zoo, closes	grahame	10	1612	January 26, 2022, 12:12:23 by Oxonhutch
John Snell - Railway Preservationist	bobm	2	2421	February 18, 2014, 23:48:38 by JayMac
John Farrow, UK Railtours. RIP	grahame	4	3612	April 20, 2021, 19:57:01 by rogerw
items stolen from Avon Valley railway	infoman	1	303	December 31, 2023, 06:06:08 by grahame
Isle of Wight travels	CyclingSid	0	2298	September 08, 2019, 14:17:04 by CyclingSid
Industrial steam locomotive 'Newstead' rediscovered in convent shed in Cambridge	Chris from Nailsea	7	6203	April 22, 2016, 15:14:46 by TonyK
Incident at Babbacombe Cliff Railway - 04 Sep 22	bobm	5	1355	December 23, 2022, 17:32:07 by stuving
In celebration of remote junctions of time gone by ...	grahame	11	6146	November 27, 2016, 21:42:32 by eightf48544
Imagine you are responsible for a heritage railway - poll	grahame	12	3897	April 17, 2020, 18:54:44 by broadgage
Hythe Pier Railway	grahame	3	1610	January 29, 2018, 09:13:09 by CyclingSid
HSTs - main line operational into the future « 1 2 3 »	grahame	32	7648	September 16, 2020, 21:45:13 by southwest
How many APTs still exist?	BerkshireBugsy	3	2342	August 15, 2014, 11:49:43 by BerkshireBugsy
Historic railway maps - from 1882	grahame	5	1755	October 07, 2020, 18:15:10 by old original
Hermitage-Hampstead Norreys Active Travel Route on DNS line	Marlburian	5	3888	December 07, 2020, 08:15:30 by Marlburian
Heritage transport - a reminder of the safety needs.	grahame	0	2353	October 02, 2019, 23:50:42 by grahame
Heritage railways and trains keep Britain's golden age of steam alive	Chris from Nailsea	9	3864	June 06, 2017, 11:41:06 by Red Squirrel
Heritage Railway using Donkeys to help maintain track	grahame	0	1897	May 10, 2020, 19:33:38 by grahame
Heritage railway dangers	grahame	12	2692	August 29, 2018, 18:06:08 by Chris from Nailsea