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Subject	Started by	Replies	Views	Last post
OTD - 19th January 1865	CyclingSid	4	1055	January 23, 2022, 19:19:51 by grahame
OTD - 22nd January (1985) - Commemorative Stamps	grahame	2	1282	January 22, 2022, 04:29:02 by infoman
OTD - 20th January (1857) - Passenger trains to Weymouth	grahame	2	1584	January 20, 2022, 22:34:57 by bradshaw
OTD -13th January (2012) - When will I be able to get a GroupSave from the TVM?	grahame	1	1299	January 12, 2022, 21:14:14 by bobm
OTD - 11th January 2012 - Problems with Ticket Vending Machines	grahame	2	1441	January 12, 2022, 17:28:46 by CyclingSid
OTD - 9th January (2004) - incorporation of Railfuture	grahame	4	1862	January 10, 2022, 13:22:12 by eXPassenger
OTD - 10th January (2017) - Guidance on defibrillators	grahame	0	1359	January 09, 2022, 21:42:11 by grahame
Cirencester branch line	XenophonPCDGS	1	1649	January 09, 2022, 20:10:24 by Clan Line
OTD - 6th January (1968) - Hixon Accident	grahame	1	1858	January 06, 2022, 22:44:57 by stuving
OTD - 5th January (1960) - Swansea and Mumbles tram closes	grahame	2	1624	January 06, 2022, 00:26:30 by johnneyw
On this day EXTRA - Railway Grouping, 1st January 1923	grahame	0	1291	January 05, 2022, 11:12:39 by grahame
OTD - 2nd January (1960) - Bala (northward) closes	grahame	4	1996	January 03, 2022, 15:17:05 by Richard Fairhurst
On this day - 1st January (1923, 1939 and 1948)	grahame	1	1257	January 01, 2022, 17:02:42 by stuving
On this day - 30th December (1927)	grahame	2	905	December 31, 2021, 08:15:18 by stuving
On this day - 28th December - 1879	grahame	2	1048	December 28, 2021, 19:56:22 by stuving
Attracting custom, 99 years ago	grahame	1	1359	December 22, 2021, 11:34:29 by stuving
Petitioning for continuation of train services - 1884 style.	grahame	9	3709	November 23, 2021, 16:10:06 by rogerw
New TV Series - Hornby: A Model World	RichT54	3	3187	October 18, 2021, 10:10:16 by REVUpminster
Former BR WR Chief Mechanical & Electrical Engineer - RIP	Electric train	2	2106	October 17, 2021, 11:26:13 by Gordon the Blue Engine
Horse drawn stagecoach to Minehead. « 1 2 »	broadgage	16	5210	October 07, 2021, 12:10:08 by froome