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« on: December 08, 2011, 23:53:22 »
Prompted by member 'chuffed', whose original post may unfortunately have been overlooked, amongst all the levity on that 'light-hearted topic', I'm taking the liberty of repeating his suggestion that these programmes are worth viewing:
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Whilst on the subject of Welsh railways. Has anyone caught up with the 4 programmes broadcast on BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) 2 Wales at 730pm on Tuesdays ?
Living in Portishead I get my Freeview from Wenvoe. Called Beating Beeching'  they feature footage never seen before on TV.Unusually The earlier programmes are ALL available on i player. A browser  search for Beating Beeching will bring them up.

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01875ph/Welsh_Railways_Beating_Beeching_Part_1/ for part 1, available until 13 Dec 2011:
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The steam railways of Wales seemed lost forever with the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, but this series celebrates their revival with wonderful colour archive film combined with the memories of passengers and railwaymen from the age of steam.

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« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2011, 21:34:37 »
I've just enjoyed watching part 2 - available until 20 December 2011.

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b018gs4c/Welsh_Railways_Beating_Beeching_Part_2/

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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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