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tomorrow - Melksham TUG / AGM
14/05/25 - West Wiltshire RUG
17/05/25 - Summer Timetable Starts
18/05/25 - Portishead RNLI 10 anniversary

On this day
12th May (1945)

First "Thomas the Tank Engine" book published (link)

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No support for the More Train Less Strain group from the people that matter! « 1 2 »	12hoursunday	24	12860	January 29, 2009, 21:42:13 by Timmer
Driver-only operation « 1 2 ... 9 10 »	inspector_blakey	137	49914	January 29, 2009, 21:32:21 by Chris from Nailsea
More TOCs are now worse than FGW	northwesterntrains	2	2040	January 28, 2009, 21:53:23 by Timmer
Automated Announcements	thetrout	10	3513	January 26, 2009, 22:41:51 by Chris from Nailsea
Reading station escalators closed and INCREDIBLY annoying announcements	IndustryInsider	6	2741	January 25, 2009, 15:49:25 by IndustryInsider
Minehead reconnected to National Rail network with a new regular service « 1 2 3 »	martyjon	34	12822	January 21, 2009, 21:22:27 by thetrout
Signalling Problems	Lee	2	1641	January 21, 2009, 13:16:18 by Jonathan H
Unused Train carriages to stay in depot « 1 2 »	northwesterntrains	21	8579	January 20, 2009, 19:27:16 by Btline
Bomb alert « 1 2 »	chrisoates	15	4158	January 20, 2009, 19:06:05 by oilengineer
Reading station gateline « 1 2 »	Jonathan H	16	5216	January 20, 2009, 18:42:33 by vacman
Diagrams	marky7890	12	3679	January 19, 2009, 10:13:29 by slippy
Better performance	willc	6	2404	January 19, 2009, 07:34:47 by Lee
Fri 16 Jan Signalling Problems Didcot area	miniman	3	2102	January 16, 2009, 18:19:20 by Ollie
MTLS Fare Strike to go National?	Timmer	6	3448	January 16, 2009, 17:48:45 by Btline
Timetable distribution	devon_metro	12	4487	January 15, 2009, 23:40:36 by paul7575
48 Hours Only: Why I hate fgw.	smokey	12	5165	January 15, 2009, 10:19:54 by Mookiemoo
Signalling Problems...?	thetrout	0	1524	January 12, 2009, 14:54:02 by thetrout
exeter central	6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01	5	4004	January 11, 2009, 12:43:58 by The SprinterMeister
Second Loco Hauled set « 1 2 »	devon_metro	16	5574	January 09, 2009, 22:18:00 by 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01
HELP - need urgent advice - will my ticket be accepted	Mookiemoo	14	4147	January 08, 2009, 18:13:25 by Btline

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