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05/05/25 - Walk to Pilning
10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railway Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM

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1st May (1928)

Inauguaral non stop "Flying Scotsman" London to Edinburgh (link)

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Exeter St Davids • Taunton • Westbury • Trowbridge • Bristol Parkway • Cardiff Central • Oxford • Cheltenham Spa • Birmingham New Street

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Sign(s) of the times ?	Clan Line	0	993	November 15, 2022, 08:46:35 by Clan Line
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NRM's Vision 2025 building programme	stuving	8	4323	August 08, 2022, 12:53:07 by stuving
Anyoe fancy a remote home by the railway	grahame	2	1414	August 07, 2022, 21:34:30 by paul7575
Steam tRAIN excursion	Clan Line	2	1529	July 03, 2022, 14:25:22 by Clan Line
Belmond British Pullman	Clan Line	4	1714	June 16, 2022, 21:42:37 by Clan Line
Older types of fluorescent lamp now hard to find.	broadgage	8	4890	June 02, 2022, 11:29:51 by Electric train
11th June 2022: Melksham to Kingswear by steam anybody?	PhilWakely	0	1258	June 02, 2022, 07:28:26 by PhilWakely
Crich Tramway Museum	grahame	0	1135	May 19, 2022, 11:11:29 by grahame
Epping Ongar Railway	bobm	8	2492	May 16, 2022, 11:46:15 by Witham Bobby
The Worcester Sauce DEMU (Hastings Diesels Limited)	RichT54	1	1489	May 07, 2022, 11:51:20 by grahame
4079 Pendennis Castle	Hal	0	1307	April 06, 2022, 14:04:25 by Hal
Swanage Railway - return of passenger services and reopening to Wareham « 1 2 ... 8 9 »	Conner	134	79312	March 19, 2022, 13:40:16 by Timmer
OTD - 1st March 1888 - opening of Listowel and Ballybunion	grahame	1	2229	February 28, 2022, 22:20:25 by Robin Summerhill
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Railways on private land - no long term guarantee.	grahame	3	2695	February 10, 2022, 20:48:10 by Surrey 455
Jungle Express, Paignton Zoo, closes	grahame	10	2642	January 26, 2022, 12:12:23 by Oxonhutch
Bennerley Viaduct re-opens (but not to trains), 13th January 2022	grahame	0	1547	January 13, 2022, 17:24:45 by grahame
Llangollen Railway: heritage line, Llangollen to Carrog - and Corwen « 1 2 3 4 »	Chris from Nailsea	45	31156	October 28, 2021, 23:02:10 by Lee

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