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

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28th Apr (1996)

GNER franchise (Sea Containers) starts on ECML (*)

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