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« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2025, 22:23:58 »

Thanks for your 'like', Timmer.

There are many words of wisdom in that 'quoted' post.

None of them from the Department for Transport spokesperson, who is merely spouting their usual rhetoric. Lips sealed

Sorry, I'm getting political here.  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #16 on: November 26, 2025, 23:09:22 »

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Volunteers rebuilding a section of railway ripped up in the 1960s are celebrating after witnessing a locomotive cross the station bridge for the first time in nearly 60 years.

Shillingstone station in Dorset closed in 1966 but, in 2005, a group of locals took on the lease and began restoration work, initially opening a museum and cafe.

In July, North Dorset Railway completed a four-year project to double the length of the track to half a mile (0.8km), with the aim of one day offering brake van rides to museum visitors.

On Saturday, volunteers braved the rain to see the Hudswell Clarke diesel cross the newly renovated bridge over Bere Marsh.
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