Swindon to Gloucester / Cheltenham

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today - TWSW General Meeting, Taunton
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17/10/26 - Flying Scotsman - Wiltshire
24/10/26 - Industrial Heritage

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9th Oct (1897)

First drive Lands End to John o-Groats (link)

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Next departures • Bristol Temple Meads • Bath Spa • Chippenham • Swindon • Didcot Parkway • Reading • London Paddington • Melksham
Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Testing!

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