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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)

• • • • • • Site Style 1 2 3 4
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 • Birmingham New Street

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Cholsey and Wallingford Railway - between Didcot Parkway and Reading « 1 2 3 »	Lee	34	19780	October 28, 2021, 21:11:04 by Oxonhutch
Rolling stock for sale?	stuving	3	2973	September 21, 2021, 18:42:24 by MVR S&T
Western Pathfinder (and others) will be very disappointed	PhilWakely	4	2801	September 19, 2021, 20:44:26 by RichT54
Steam engine 46100 'Royal Scot'	Clan Line	2	3235	September 14, 2021, 06:33:10 by GBM
Portishead rails heading for Avon Valley Railway, Bitton	infoman	0	1657	August 03, 2021, 06:56:14 by infoman
Midsomer Norton station incident	infoman	0	1474	August 03, 2021, 06:51:21 by infoman
Evesham Vale Light Railway	grahame	0	1726	August 01, 2021, 14:14:52 by grahame
Want to buy a railway?	onthecushions	0	1486	July 27, 2021, 18:49:51 by onthecushions
Drip, drip, drip - and perhaps, eventually, it WILL become common place	grahame	5	2568	July 26, 2021, 03:10:33 by Lee
Fantastic heritage railways to visit less than 45-minute drive from [Place]	grahame	11	3559	July 06, 2021, 10:56:44 by Witham Bobby
LSWR carriage found inside house	Marlburian	5	1965	July 03, 2021, 13:33:33 by Marlburian
Fuss over permissive path on MSWJR trackbed at Collingbourne Kingston	Marlburian	1	1482	July 02, 2021, 07:14:19 by CyclingSid
Midland Pullman - Eastleigh to Penzance via Reading West and Melksham, 29.5.2021 « 1 2 »	grahame	21	8279	May 30, 2021, 10:45:50 by GBM
Gala at Radstock	infoman	5	3374	May 18, 2021, 17:40:47 by rogerw
Staycation Express - how about something in the south? « 1 2 »	grahame	18	6428	April 25, 2021, 13:24:07 by johnneyw
Another new use for Old Faithful ?	PhilWakely	11	3008	April 21, 2021, 07:08:50 by CyclingSid
John Farrow, UK Railtours. RIP	grahame	4	4267	April 20, 2021, 19:57:01 by rogerw
Back in Business......	Clan Line	7	2511	April 15, 2021, 19:04:47 by broadgage
Exmouth Miniature Railway to return	bobm	5	2942	April 10, 2021, 14:11:48 by johnneyw
Looking after preserved stuff so that it really IS preserved	grahame	5	2286	April 09, 2021, 20:12:33 by broadgage