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02/06/24 - Summer Timetable starts
17/08/24 - Bus to Imber
27/09/25 - 200 years of passenger trains

On this day
19th Apr (1938)

Foundation, Beatties of London (link)

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"On this day" - Master thread	grahame	2	6705	December 31, 2023, 07:33:24 by grahame
New board - for history and models	grahame	3	8889	October 04, 2021, 08:11:06 by grahame
Interview from LNER with Harry Wilson, who had a 50 year career with the railway	Mark A	0	158	April 08, 2024, 18:10:57 by Mark A
Somerset and Dorset Devonshire Tunnel flood	Mark A	0	214	January 03, 2024, 10:23:37 by Mark A
Faringdon - closed to passengers from 31st December 1951	grahame	0	222	December 31, 2023, 07:01:13 by grahame
The two extinct rail lines serving Lagonegro, Italy.	Mark A	0	245	April 11, 2024, 16:23:54 by Mark A
Travelling post offices: 20 years gone	Mark A	0	293	January 09, 2024, 18:15:27 by Mark A
Railway Reorganisations - mostly 1st January in various years.	grahame	0	306	January 01, 2024, 06:37:34 by grahame
24th November 1960 - runaway freight train	grahame	0	309	November 24, 2023, 05:11:21 by grahame
Liverpool Overhead Railway 6 March 1893 to [otd] 30 December 1956	grahame	1	314	December 30, 2023, 16:08:22 by Oxonhutch
OTD - 6th March (1966 & 2024)	Mark A	1	334	March 06, 2024, 17:27:46 by bradshaw
Pilning Low Level to Severn Beach - closed 23rd November 1964	grahame	1	340	November 23, 2023, 06:59:15 by grahame
St Ives station building materials	Mark A	0	349	December 18, 2023, 19:19:27 by Mark A
The Darjeeling Tank Locomotive Trust	CyclingSid	0	358	April 21, 2023, 09:34:09 by CyclingSid
from Quarrying and brick making on the Isle of Wight	grahame	0	385	August 26, 2022, 21:25:39 by grahame
25.11.1899 - Reading station works "almost complete"	grahame	1	439	November 25, 2023, 14:25:03 by stuving
Thursday 30th November 2023 - GWR Railwayana Auction.	grahame	5	480	November 28, 2023, 13:05:34 by IndustryInsider
OTD - 27 February - Ashwellthorpe in Norfolk	CyclingSid	0	482	February 27, 2022, 07:27:46 by CyclingSid
Ghost Train: Bath Green Park to Templecombe.	JayMac	0	482	February 11, 2023, 21:37:09 by JayMac
OTD - 22nd June 1948 - Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury	grahame	0	486	June 22, 2022, 10:11:08 by grahame