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10/05/25 - BRTA Westbury
10/05/25 - Model Railsay Show, Calne
13/05/25 - Melksham TUG / AGM
14/05/25 - West Wiltshire RUG

On this day
19th Apr (1938)

Foundation, Beatties of London (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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Older types of fluorescent lamp now hard to find.	broadgage	8	4863	June 02, 2022, 11:29:51 by Electric train
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The Worcester Sauce DEMU (Hastings Diesels Limited)	RichT54	1	1480	May 07, 2022, 11:51:20 by grahame
4079 Pendennis Castle	Hal	0	1304	April 06, 2022, 14:04:25 by Hal
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OTD - 1st March 1888 - opening of Listowel and Ballybunion	grahame	1	2212	February 28, 2022, 22:20:25 by Robin Summerhill
Lydney preservation visit	infoman	1	1712	February 12, 2022, 23:19:36 by Ralph Ayres
Railways on private land - no long term guarantee.	grahame	3	2681	February 10, 2022, 20:48:10 by Surrey 455
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Rolling stock for sale?	stuving	3	2962	September 21, 2021, 18:42:24 by MVR S&T
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