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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
New board - for history and models	grahame	3	8949	October 04, 2021, 08:11:06 by grahame
"On this day" - Master thread	grahame	2	6754	December 31, 2023, 07:33:24 by grahame
[otd] Thursday 11th May 1911: last commercial boat - Thames and Severn summit	Mark A	2	832	May 11, 2023, 13:46:54 by grahame
[otd] 9th June 1958 - Closure of Chudleigh Flood Platform	grahame	0	881	June 09, 2023, 02:21:19 by grahame
[otd] 9 May 1928 - Traffic lost to rail - feathers « 1 2 »	grahame	21	2102	June 01, 2023, 17:41:05 by Bmblbzzz
[otd] 8th May 1964 - New scheme kills fish traffic by rail	grahame	0	939	May 08, 2023, 09:07:46 by grahame
[otd] 5th February - closures Alton to Fareham (1955) and Winchester (1973)	grahame	5	533	February 06, 2024, 14:58:47 by grahame
[otd] 31st October 1980 - last run of night ferry	grahame	1	1606	October 31, 2023, 13:47:09 by eightonedee
[otd] 31st May 1886 - Southern Railways Gauge Change	grahame	0	526	May 31, 2023, 13:57:15 by grahame
[otd] 21 April (1958) - First battery powered electric train in public service	grahame	2	672	April 21, 2023, 12:47:29 by Electric train
[otd] 20th May 1892 - last through broad gauge train Paddington to Penzance	grahame	1	894	May 21, 2023, 07:01:45 by grahame
[otd] 1st October 1971 - last run of the 4DD	grahame	0	948	October 01, 2023, 07:20:31 by grahame
[otd] 19.4.1938 - Foundation of Beatties of London	grahame	2	734	April 19, 2023, 16:36:12 by grahame
[otd] 18th May 2011 - Report of horse refused transport by rail	grahame	0	581	May 17, 2023, 13:23:53 by grahame
[otd] 16.04 - Arrival of Tulyar at the Swanley Barn Railway	grahame	4	1153	April 16, 2023, 21:18:04 by grahame
[historic] - fatality at Melksham - call for footbridge	grahame	1	3544	April 22, 2019, 09:32:14 by SandTEngineer
Why can't we have trains at Christmas?	grahame	7	1237	December 25, 2023, 18:43:43 by JayMac
Where was this - Aerials from the local history centre « 1 2 »	grahame	26	2644	October 04, 2022, 10:40:46 by stuving
Where are there still semaphore signals?	grahame	10	1535	May 09, 2023, 12:14:38 by Bmblbzzz
When did the last slammers leave?	grahame	13	3329	November 22, 2018, 11:01:58 by eightf48544