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On this day
29th May (2021)

Final passenger service of a Pacer (link)

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"On this day" - Master thread	grahame	1	3273	January 16, 2022, 09:51:42 am by grahame
New board - for history and models	grahame	3	5708	October 04, 2021, 08:11:06 am by grahame
[otd] 20th May 1892 - last through broad gauge train Paddington to Penzance	grahame	1	223	May 21, 2023, 07:01:45 am by grahame
[otd] 18th May 2011 - Report of horse refused transport by rail	grahame	0	100	May 17, 2023, 01:23:53 pm by grahame
[otd] Thursday 11th May 1911: last commercial boat - Thames and Severn summit	Mark A	2	192	May 11, 2023, 01:46:54 pm by grahame
[otd] 9 May 1928 - Traffic lost to rail - feathers « 1 2 »	grahame	15	311	May 10, 2023, 02:09:34 pm by Bmblbzzz
Where are there still semaphore signals?	grahame	10	468	May 09, 2023, 12:14:38 pm by Bmblbzzz
Locomotive speed records	grahame	1	106	May 09, 2023, 09:47:56 am by stuving
[otd] 8th May 1964 - New scheme kills fish traffic by rail	grahame	0	121	May 08, 2023, 09:07:46 am by grahame
Model Railway shows - half a dozen for 2023	grahame	0	132	May 03, 2023, 05:17:20 pm by grahame
Lydbrook Junction north to east curve	Mark A	3	170	April 30, 2023, 03:23:05 pm by Bmblbzzz
St Blazey Turntable	Kernow Otter	8	2518	April 29, 2023, 11:34:46 pm by Kernow Otter
Fire @ Bath Green Park, 23/04/2023	DaveHarries	1	178	April 23, 2023, 06:33:29 pm by infoman
[otd] 21 April (1958) - First battery powered electric train in public service	grahame	2	148	April 21, 2023, 12:47:29 pm by Electric train
The Darjeeling Tank Locomotive Trust	CyclingSid	0	95	April 21, 2023, 09:34:09 am by CyclingSid
[otd] 19.4.1938 - Foundation of Beatties of London	grahame	2	190	April 19, 2023, 04:36:12 pm by grahame
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The great lost trains stations of Wiltshire and what remains of them	grahame	1	153	April 15, 2023, 07:02:36 pm by ellendune
Minor lines in the far north	grahame	0	338	April 03, 2023, 03:23:17 pm by grahame
On this day / 28th March 1988 - formal end of carrying coffins by train	grahame	5	415	March 31, 2023, 09:40:43 am by Mark A