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29th Apr (1963)

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Rail programmes WEDNESDAY 29 april	infoman	0	815	April 29, 2020, 07:09:46 by infoman
Walking Britain's Lost Railways	grahame	13	6086	April 24, 2020, 23:48:19 by johnneyw
Mark Hopwood and his Thunderer	patch38	2	2053	April 12, 2020, 21:13:59 by ray951
Investigation reveals number of 'ghost trains' lying idle in Britain « 1 2 »	grahame	15	4486	March 20, 2020, 16:33:05 by TonyK
LNER will cancel 45 trains from Monday	infoman	0	686	March 20, 2020, 08:47:18 by infoman
The Station: Trouble on the Tracks	Surrey 455	1	1616	March 13, 2020, 14:16:28 by eightf48544
On BBC Radio Bristol right now 9-10am	johnneyw	0	1294	March 03, 2020, 09:10:08 by johnneyw
Book "Right Away!" by Steve Davies	GBM	1	1187	January 21, 2020, 11:42:01 by grahame
New ITV series - The Metro: A Rail Life Story	BBM	0	1691	January 13, 2020, 10:39:01 by BBM
Fare increases	johnneyw	6	2310	January 03, 2020, 07:12:59 by CyclingSid
The Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited	CyclingSid	0	1031	December 28, 2019, 20:10:35 by CyclingSid
Haltwhistle to Alston - a BBC film from 1970	grahame	3	1314	December 27, 2019, 14:58:04 by bradshaw
15th November, TV, Cambrian Coast	grahame	2	4651	December 26, 2019, 12:24:10 by eightf48544
Steam Train Britain	rogerw	2	2035	October 18, 2019, 09:43:30 by AMLAG
Vicki Explores ... Starcross Atmospheric Railway	grahame	4	3145	October 07, 2019, 19:42:39 by ellendune
New Series coming up - "Around the World by Train" and "Britain's Lost Railways	grahame	1	1514	September 29, 2019, 12:03:22 by Rhydgaled
BBC Radio Bristol Weds 18 September. Bristol Western Docks	johnneyw	8	3791	September 19, 2019, 13:03:15 by Celestial
TV documentary about luxury trains.	broadgage	7	6406	August 31, 2019, 21:09:47 by Surrey 455
The other 'ferry' across the Severn Estuary.	JayMac	2	2764	August 24, 2019, 00:44:32 by Robin Summerhill
New webcam - York / please add other webcams across the GWR area	grahame	0	2393	August 02, 2019, 07:01:14 by grahame

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