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The opposite effect of the runaway train coming over the hill......	chuffed	8	1804	April 11, 2018, 09:00:19 by stuving
British Senior Transport Manager Personally Apologises for Poor Service	trainer	3	1115	April 09, 2018, 18:26:04 by Timmer
And we thought we had problems with sh*t on the railway!	grahame	1	1175	April 07, 2018, 17:51:26 by Chris from Nailsea
23 dead in Italian railway crash - 12 July 2016	broadgage	11	6672	April 04, 2018, 10:54:37 by SandTEngineer
China builds station in 9 hours	lordgoata	8	1924	March 16, 2018, 10:19:06 by IndustryInsider
Class 153 - overseas	grahame	7	2170	March 11, 2018, 22:54:54 by Chris from Nailsea
Irish Rail - Iarnród Éireann shuts entire network	RailCornwall	2	1755	March 02, 2018, 10:50:42 by didcotdean
Eurostar to Amsterdam	grahame	5	1300	February 23, 2018, 22:56:38 by trainer
Jumping fishplates!	stuving	3	966	February 23, 2018, 13:39:00 by patch38
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3 Killed in Milan Train Derailment 25 January 2018	SandTEngineer	1	1268	January 25, 2018, 17:25:04 by SandTEngineer
Italian experience for the UK?	grahame	2	932	January 24, 2018, 22:47:01 by stuving
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India's first all-women railway station in Mumbai	grahame	2	1353	January 13, 2018, 04:12:03 by Chris from Nailsea
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