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« on: April 13, 2023, 08:56:36 »
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On 13 April 1854, a broad gauge train travelled the entire length of the main line between Oxford and Wolverhampton

What is the Cotswold line these days, though the Northern section has not all survived
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« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2023, 19:57:35 »
The official engineers code for the North Cotswold Line is still OWW▸ (Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton) as I understand it (also the line north of Worcester) as I understand it. 
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« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2023, 07:31:24 »
Many of the current ELR▸ (East Lancashire Railway, or Engineers Line Reference, depending on context)'s still refer to their original railway even after there was a tidy up of the ELRs a while back examples are Maidenhead - Bourne End still has and ELR of WBB (Wycombe Branch) and the Bourne End - Marlow MWB (Marlow Wycombe Branch)
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