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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
[otd] 9th June 1958 - Closure of Chudleigh Flood Platform	grahame	0	1376	June 09, 2023, 02:21:19 by grahame
Longest thing ever to travel on a railway	grahame	4	1558	June 03, 2023, 22:00:09 by Oxonhutch
[otd] 9 May 1928 - Traffic lost to rail - feathers « 1 2 »	grahame	21	4730	June 01, 2023, 17:41:05 by Bmblbzzz
[otd] 31st May 1886 - Southern Railways Gauge Change	grahame	0	1078	May 31, 2023, 13:57:15 by grahame
[otd] 20th May 1892 - last through broad gauge train Paddington to Penzance	grahame	1	1280	May 21, 2023, 07:01:45 by grahame
[otd] 18th May 2011 - Report of horse refused transport by rail	grahame	0	999	May 17, 2023, 13:23:53 by grahame
Where are there still semaphore signals?	grahame	10	3062	May 09, 2023, 12:14:38 by Bmblbzzz
Locomotive speed records	grahame	1	1425	May 09, 2023, 09:47:56 by stuving
[otd] 8th May 1964 - New scheme kills fish traffic by rail	grahame	0	1361	May 08, 2023, 09:07:46 by grahame
Model Railway shows - half a dozen for 2023	grahame	0	2702	May 03, 2023, 17:17:20 by grahame
Lydbrook Junction north to east curve	Mark A	3	1575	April 30, 2023, 15:23:05 by Bmblbzzz
St Blazey Turntable	Kernow Otter	8	4185	April 29, 2023, 23:34:46 by Kernow Otter
Fire @ Bath Green Park, 23/04/2023	DaveHarries	1	979	April 23, 2023, 18:33:29 by infoman
[otd] 21 April (1958) - First battery powered electric train in public service	grahame	2	1375	April 21, 2023, 12:47:29 by Electric train
The Darjeeling Tank Locomotive Trust	CyclingSid	0	683	April 21, 2023, 09:34:09 by CyclingSid
[otd] 19.4.1938 - Foundation of Beatties of London	grahame	2	1273	April 19, 2023, 16:36:12 by grahame
[otd] 16.04 - Arrival of Tulyar at the Swanley Barn Railway	grahame	4	1841	April 16, 2023, 21:18:04 by grahame
The great lost trains stations of Wiltshire and what remains of them	grahame	1	1002	April 15, 2023, 19:02:36 by ellendune
On this day / 28th March 1988 - formal end of carrying coffins by train	grahame	5	1441	March 31, 2023, 09:40:43 by Mark A
On this day 5th March - Titfield Thunderbolt	rogerw	2	1525	March 07, 2023, 15:07:48 by bobm