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"Americans don't understand passenger trains"	grahame	4	1628	May 24, 2021, 18:08:23 by grahame
Freight train derailment in Iowa, USA.	broadgage	2	1492	May 18, 2021, 07:46:36 by CyclingSid
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Sweden reopens to the Finnish border	grahame	7	3058	April 16, 2021, 08:59:19 by ellendune
Wuppertal 'suspended'.....in more ways than one !	chuffed	4	1705	April 10, 2021, 18:37:22 by grahame
French trains go veggie	Hal	3	1248	April 06, 2021, 20:05:18 by broadgage
"Many dead" in rail crash, Taiwan.	broadgage	5	1500	April 03, 2021, 07:22:13 by Electric train
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St Patrick's Day quiz	grahame	9	1478	March 19, 2021, 07:33:08 by grahame
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Russian diplomats leave North Korea on hand-powered rail trolley	eXPassenger	4	901	February 27, 2021, 10:30:11 by ellendune
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Silence on Barcelona's transport.	Surrey 455	0	483	January 25, 2021, 19:59:44 by Surrey 455
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