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« on: Yesterday at 12:03:09 »
Not sure where to put this item. The BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) news for Berkshire has the following item https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wdje7ve9wo.

The 1910 picture, or similar is used on Reading Buses and credited to the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL). MERL has a large on-line photo archive, which I haven't got the hang of using and find most frustrating, but end up down interesting rabbit holes.

I am sure somebody on the forum will identify the 3-car EMU▸ (Electric Multiple Unit).
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« Reply #1 on: Yesterday at 12:46:37 »
"First High Speed Trains arrive at Reading"

With a picture of a brace of IETs▸ (Intercity Express Train - replacement for HSTs (manufactured by Hitachi in Kobe, Japan))  Roll Eyes
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