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Title: Nothing much happens in late November ... Post by: grahame on November 16, 2023, 10:14:42 The "on this day" diary is looking a little thin for the rest of this month. What can members offer me as "it happened on THIS day in a previous year" for ...
17th November 19th November 20th November 21st November 22nd November 24th November 25th November 26th November 27th November 29th November 30th November 31st November. p.m., post, or pop by and have a coffee. I already have MUCH better coverage for December, though the final days are marked with a melancholy series of closures Title: Re: Nothing much happens in late November ... Post by: ChrisB on November 16, 2023, 10:26:14 Little or nothing at all for November 31st! ??? 8)
Title: Re: Nothing much happens in late November ... Post by: Clan Line on November 16, 2023, 12:18:03 The "on this day" diary is looking a little thin for the rest of this month. What can members offer me as "it happened on THIS day in a previous year" for ... ........................... ..................................... I already have MUCH better coverage for December, though the final days are marked with a melancholy series of closures My father's oft (mis)quoted favourite piece of poetry: https://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=2815 Title: Re: Nothing much happens in late November ... Post by: froome on November 16, 2023, 15:32:51 Little or nothing at all for November 31st! ??? 8) I thought November 31st was when they will be trying out the new hourly service to Pilning just for one day. ;D Title: Re: Nothing much happens in late November ... Post by: grahame on November 16, 2023, 18:55:01 Not many of these rail
17th November 1869 - Suez Canal Opened 17th November 2022 - Post from Wuppertal - http://gwr.passenger.chat/26883 19th November 1847 - Montreal and Lachine Railroad Opened 20th November 1902 - Tour de France created 21st November 1950 - Canoe River Train Crash 21st November 1787 - Samuel Cunard Born 22nd November 1869 - Cutty Sark launched Title: Re: Nothing much happens in late November ... Post by: Alan Pettitt on November 17, 2023, 14:05:56 19th November 2011 Last Boat train to Stranraer ran.
Title: Re: Nothing much happens in late November ... Post by: grahame on November 18, 2023, 09:26:00 19th November 2011 Last Boat train to Stranraer ran. I have added that to the "on this day" diary - also learned that "According to Herald Scotland, the Stranraer Sleeper ceased on 14th May 1990.". (Railforums Thread (https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/last-stranraer-sleeper.120521/)). Very interesting read from Hansard (https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1970/jan/29/euston-stranraer-boat-train) in defence of the sleeper in 1970. Stranraer is just about as obscure from GWR territory as you can get on the UK mainland ... From RailScot (https://www.railscot.co.uk/news/10/344/): Quote The very last "boat train" to Stranraer will run on Saturday 19th November 2011. This will be the 1704 service from Kilmarnock arriving at Stranraer at 1852 for the 1955 sailing of the Stena Voyager to Belfast. The 1945 ScotRail service to Glasgow Central will be the last ever boat train from Stranraer. Although ferry sailings will not cease from Stranraer until the following day, with the last sailing to Belfast being the 1955 HSS, ironically after 150 years buses ... Title: Re: Nothing much happens in late November ... Post by: RichardB on November 18, 2023, 10:19:38 20 November - Dartmoor Line reopened in 2021.
Title: Re: Nothing much happens in late November ... Post by: grahame on November 18, 2023, 10:26:13 20 November - Dartmoor Line reopened in 2021. Love that and similar stories. Far too many accidents and closures come up by date, and far too few openings! On Monday, headline link on the forum will take you to Okehampton! This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |