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Falmouth branch in 1976	JayMac	7	741	January 04, 2024, 20:25:14 by bobm
OTD - 3rd January (1966) - Cheltenham St James closes	grahame	7	1796	January 04, 2024, 09:40:53 by Electric train
Railway Reorganisations - mostly 1st January in various years.	grahame	0	310	January 01, 2024, 06:37:34 by grahame
Faringdon - closed to passengers from 31st December 1951	grahame	0	229	December 31, 2023, 07:01:13 by grahame
Liverpool Overhead Railway 6 March 1893 to [otd] 30 December 1956	grahame	1	319	December 30, 2023, 16:08:22 by Oxonhutch
AQ23 - 21st December - some wartime openings	grahame	9	1177	December 27, 2023, 06:10:37 by grahame
Why can't we have trains at Christmas?	grahame	7	1232	December 25, 2023, 18:43:43 by JayMac
St Ives station building materials	Mark A	0	356	December 18, 2023, 19:19:27 by Mark A
AQ23 - 17th December. Some oddities	grahame	6	633	December 17, 2023, 10:18:00 by grahame
52 ghost railway stations across Wiltshire	Marlburian	2	1277	December 04, 2023, 14:06:31 by grahame
HST photo question: is this Weston Super Mare	Mark A	6	779	November 29, 2023, 14:52:43 by Mark A
Thursday 30th November 2023 - GWR Railwayana Auction.	grahame	5	490	November 28, 2023, 13:05:34 by IndustryInsider
25.11.1899 - Reading station works "almost complete"	grahame	1	446	November 25, 2023, 14:25:03 by stuving
24th November 1960 - runaway freight train	grahame	0	314	November 24, 2023, 05:11:21 by grahame
Pilning Low Level to Severn Beach - closed 23rd November 1964	grahame	1	346	November 23, 2023, 06:59:15 by grahame
Garden Railway - clearing the leaves	grahame	0	884	November 07, 2023, 08:28:06 by grahame
[otd] 31st October 1980 - last run of night ferry	grahame	1	1604	October 31, 2023, 13:47:09 by eightonedee
Bradshaw's timetable - first published 19th October 1839	grahame	1	2373	October 19, 2023, 09:00:36 by ChrisB
Built but never opened ... « 1 2 »	grahame	17	3267	October 13, 2023, 14:51:45 by Mark A
Milk by rail - [otd] 12 Oct 1978 - last tankers from Torrington	grahame	0	913	October 12, 2023, 08:52:51 by grahame