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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
Stanier Black Five, 44871 to Sherborne and Yeovil Junction, 6th December 2022	JayMac	4	946	December 06, 2022, 18:36:53 by grahame
Lyn cliff railway to get top engineering award (North Devon Gazette)	JayMac	1	2552	September 25, 2014, 18:31:41 by stuving
'A new platform for trainspotters' (The Telegraph 2/09/2014)	JayMac	5	4048	September 15, 2014, 10:18:43 by IndustryInsider
'The Flying Banana' GWR HST charity railtour, 1st June 2019 « 1 2 3 4 »	JayMac	50	16058	September 22, 2019, 10:57:53 by Western Pathfinder
A bit of 1980s nostalgia at Crewe, September 2022	JayMac	11	1604	September 15, 2022, 18:35:22 by grahame
Steam train takes to London Underground in test run (BBC News 17/12/2012)	JayMac	3	3408	December 17, 2012, 19:59:14 by old original
Worker dies on North Yorkshire Moors heritage railway (BBC News 21/05/2012)	JayMac	4	6075	February 01, 2013, 23:01:53 by Chris from Nailsea
Exhibition of historical landscape railway posters in Portishead	JayMac	8	5779	March 23, 2012, 20:32:32 by Chris from Nailsea
LNER HST charity rail tour 18th-21st December 2019	JayMac	3	2737	December 04, 2019, 12:42:12 by rogerw
Clifton Rocks Railway, Bristol - Open Days « 1 2 »	JayMac	24	10399	May 12, 2019, 00:54:35 by Western Pathfinder
^1m Heritage & Tourism Rail Competition	John R	14	6902	May 25, 2016, 22:29:16 by TonyK
Royal Duchy Failure 2nd August	John R	10	10301	August 06, 2015, 23:45:02 by Chris from Nailsea
Another attack on a heritage line	johnneyw	0	2281	October 31, 2019, 11:39:10 by johnneyw
Vale of Berkeley Railway	johnneyw	5	10192	November 16, 2018, 08:26:54 by Lee
Somerset and Dorset in Midsomer Norton purchase new trackbed.	johnneyw	2	568	November 11, 2023, 10:16:21 by Mark A
Bluebell Line Extension	johnneyw	2	994	July 07, 2022, 12:32:45 by Electric train
Somerset & Dorset - heritage line - the remains and possible resurrection « 1 2 »	Kingfisherdart	24	19886	November 28, 2018, 13:18:53 by Lee
Pattern Church in former GWR Swindon pattern store holds inaugural service	Lee	5	2366	December 05, 2018, 11:48:35 by Lee
Mobile App Mapping Swindon's Heritage Sites To Launch	Lee	0	1548	January 23, 2019, 09:27:35 by Lee
Cholsey and Wallingford Railway - between Didcot Parkway and Reading « 1 2 3 »	Lee	34	16357	October 28, 2021, 21:11:04 by Oxonhutch