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[otd] 3rd December 1984 - Bhopal - disaster and dramatised story	grahame	0	2637	December 03, 2023, 02:36:39 by grahame
Railway Podcast Green Signals with Nigel Harris .	Mark A	3	3194	November 09, 2023, 09:26:55 by Mark A
The "laid back" life of a 67k train driver	TaplowGreen	6	2986	November 07, 2023, 04:53:47 by grahame
Does "Art" come in to media about the railways? What is art?	grahame	10	5095	November 04, 2023, 10:52:56 by johnneyw
[otd] 20.10.1979 - First meeting, Guild of Railway Artists	grahame	1	3560	October 20, 2023, 16:19:10 by bobm
Books to read as you commute.	grahame	7	3213	October 19, 2023, 07:03:35 by CyclingSid
Dan Norris Q annd A monday	infoman	0	2424	September 11, 2023, 06:20:32 by infoman
Train running today ... 1st September (OTD 1991)	grahame	1	2962	September 01, 2023, 18:40:33 by grahame
Nigel Harris to stand down as Managing Editor of RAIL Magazine	bobm	3	2933	August 27, 2023, 09:53:43 by Western Pathfinder
BBC Radio 4, Any Questions, Melksham, Friday. Ticket office question anyone? « 1 2 »	grahame	16	8165	July 19, 2023, 20:17:18 by Mark A
Ben Elton - the Great Railway Disaster - 26.6.2023	grahame	2	3377	June 25, 2023, 22:34:03 by Noggin
"Runaway Railway" filmed at Bordon, Longmoor Military Railway	Marlburian	5	3548	June 14, 2023, 20:59:50 by old original
What Are the Railways For?	CyclingSid	4	3241	May 25, 2023, 16:40:38 by stuving
BBC report on the Amersham HS2 sinkhole....	TaplowGreen	0	1656	May 16, 2023, 18:33:41 by TaplowGreen
Paul Clifton on the Beeching Report	Mark A	1	4261	March 28, 2023, 06:34:00 by infoman
"Trains to Beyond" web site.	Mark A	0	1383	March 06, 2023, 21:25:29 by Mark A
Simon Calder at Paddington on the BBC now	TaplowGreen	0	1028	March 05, 2023, 08:25:03 by TaplowGreen
The architecture the railways built..new TV series	chuffed	13	6653	March 02, 2023, 15:08:26 by Mark A
how can we trust rail minister when this happens?	infoman	7	2415	February 24, 2023, 08:25:38 by broadgage
Industrial action - interviews with Union leaders on the BBC	infoman	8	3478	February 15, 2023, 06:52:40 by TaplowGreen