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03/10/23 - 40th Anniversary TMC reopening
07/10/23 - Fareham Model Rail exhibition
22/10/23 - Wimborne 'O' Gauge show
29/11/23 - WWRUG meeting

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"On this day" - Master thread	grahame	1	4077	January 16, 2022, 09:51:42 am by grahame
New board - for history and models	grahame	3	6499	October 04, 2021, 08:11:06 am by grahame
Standardisation of Time and the Railway Clearing House	grahame	3	197	September 22, 2023, 06:36:01 pm by Electric train
Isle of Wight - first closures 70 years ago	grahame	1	91	September 21, 2023, 06:57:04 am by CyclingSid
On this day - 19th September 1997 - Southall Rail Accident	grahame	2	146	September 19, 2023, 10:26:30 pm by grahame
Stations closed a very long time ago	grahame	3	246	September 17, 2023, 05:01:30 pm by stuving
Trips to Europe as they used to be	grahame	3	682	September 02, 2023, 01:47:35 pm by johnneyw
Hope and Anchor, Midford	Mark A	5	662	August 28, 2023, 06:26:44 pm by bobm
British Mail Train Robberies	grahame	13	1071	August 08, 2023, 03:54:10 pm by TonyK
What's the link?	grahame	11	736	July 29, 2023, 02:35:05 pm by Fourbee
Final run - Drumm Battery Train - 12th July 1949	grahame	1	621	July 10, 2023, 09:02:22 pm by MVR S&T
Swindon Tramway, 1901 - 1929	grahame	0	230	July 10, 2023, 08:31:41 pm by grahame
Bleeding edge technology	grahame	1	528	July 03, 2023, 07:22:10 am by CyclingSid
Pensford viaduct	infoman	3	391	June 28, 2023, 09:44:36 am by Witham Bobby
[otd] 9th June 1958 - Closure of Chudleigh Flood Platform	grahame	0	554	June 09, 2023, 02:21:19 am by grahame
Longest thing ever to travel on a railway	grahame	4	510	June 03, 2023, 10:00:09 pm by Oxonhutch
[otd] 9 May 1928 - Traffic lost to rail - feathers « 1 2 »	grahame	21	1137	June 01, 2023, 05:41:05 pm by Bmblbzzz
[otd] 31st May 1886 - Southern Railways Gauge Change	grahame	0	235	May 31, 2023, 01:57:15 pm by grahame
[otd] 20th May 1892 - last through broad gauge train Paddington to Penzance	grahame	1	510	May 21, 2023, 07:01:45 am by grahame
[otd] 18th May 2011 - Report of horse refused transport by rail	grahame	0	265	May 17, 2023, 01:23:53 pm by grahame

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