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Title: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb. Post by: grahame on February 27, 2022, 21:47:21 Last day of service, Acton Town to South Acton - 28th February 1959
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Acton_railway_station_(England) First order place for Brush 47 locomotives - 28th February 1961 https://worldwiderails.com/br-class-47-brush-type-4/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_47 Moorgate Tube Disaster - 28th February 1975 https://www.railmagazine.com/trains/heritage/moorgatethe-unresolved-tragedy https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/history-and-stories/historical-fires-and-incidents/the-moorgate-tube-crash-1975/ http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/24727 Greta Thunberg in Bristol - 28th February 2020 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-51663632 http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/22947 A day of extremes - closure of a tiny line operated by one single carriage train and the first order for what became the largest main line class with 512 built (though there were 996 class 08 shunters) - the utter disaster of Moorgate, and the awakening of many to concerns as to the environment Title: Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb. Post by: ellendune on February 28, 2022, 12:14:20 South Acton link is broken
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Acton_railway_station_(England) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Acton_railway_station_(England)) Title: Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb. Post by: Electric train on February 28, 2022, 12:28:50 South Acton link is broken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Acton_railway_station_(England) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Acton_railway_station_(England)) That's because in closed 63 years ago ;D ;D ;D ;D Title: Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb. Post by: Mark A on March 01, 2022, 11:58:24 Midland and Great Northern Railway network closed 28th February 1959?
Mark Title: Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb. Post by: Western Pathfinder on March 01, 2022, 13:46:16 Shelby / Great Heck rail accident on this day also.
Title: Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb. Post by: grahame on February 28, 2023, 07:15:34 48 years since Dad came home and described the thump / earthquake he had heard in the basement office he works in on Finsbury Square, just a shortish distance from Moorgate Station. Time passes, but some of those memories do not.
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