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GWR branch line from Legacy station	XenophonPCDGS	5	1653	July 15, 2021, 20:52:05 by XenophonPCDGS
Moving pictures of slip coaches	grahame	4	1686	July 24, 2021, 13:19:50 by stuving
Retractable Bridge(s) at Barry Docks	grahame	1	855	August 16, 2021, 10:49:59 by eightf48544
Langport Railway Hotel Swing Bridge	grahame	5	2170	August 18, 2021, 17:53:18 by bradshaw
Charlton Halt Aqueduct	oldshire	4	1513	September 15, 2021, 23:38:17 by stuving
Scotland's Oldest Railway	johnneyw	0	1248	September 20, 2021, 17:31:44 by johnneyw
Horse drawn stagecoach to Minehead. « 1 2 »	broadgage	16	3868	October 07, 2021, 12:10:08 by froome
Former BR WR Chief Mechanical & Electrical Engineer - RIP	Electric train	2	1679	October 17, 2021, 11:26:13 by Gordon the Blue Engine
New TV Series - Hornby: A Model World	RichT54	3	2756	October 18, 2021, 10:10:16 by REVUpminster
Petitioning for continuation of train services - 1884 style.	grahame	9	2945	November 23, 2021, 16:10:06 by rogerw
Fascinating video - Southern Steam - Ian Docwra	grahame	0	499	December 21, 2021, 08:30:12 by grahame
Attracting custom, 99 years ago	grahame	1	955	December 22, 2021, 11:34:29 by stuving
On this day - 28th December - 1879	grahame	2	558	December 28, 2021, 19:56:22 by stuving
On this day - 30th December (1927)	grahame	2	501	December 31, 2021, 08:15:18 by stuving
On this day - 1st January (1923, 1939 and 1948)	grahame	1	757	January 01, 2022, 17:02:42 by stuving
OTD - 2nd January (1960) - Bala (northward) closes	grahame	4	1110	January 03, 2022, 15:17:05 by Richard Fairhurst
On this day EXTRA - Railway Grouping, 1st January 1923	grahame	0	895	January 05, 2022, 11:12:39 by grahame
Sidmouth Harbour Railway 1836	Marlburian	0	576	January 05, 2022, 18:24:44 by Marlburian
OTD - 5th January (1960) - Swansea and Mumbles tram closes	grahame	2	951	January 06, 2022, 00:26:30 by johnneyw
OTD - 6th January (1968) - Hixon Accident	grahame	1	1140	January 06, 2022, 22:44:57 by stuving

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