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Phil Clarke posted an update 2 days ago
Large-logo Hoover 50 021 ‘Rodney’ at Eridge during the Spa Valley Railway’s diesel gala, 3/8/24 #feature
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GeorgeC1 posted an update 3 days ago
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I saw one on Friday, while I was waiting for Blue Peter, then again this morning, while waiting for ….Blue Peter!
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Phil Clarke posted an update 3 days ago
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Lobsan posted an update 4 days ago
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With the imminent bicentenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway next year, I thought I’d go and see where the world’s first train service actually began its journey (near Etherley, County Durham).
There are no plaques or information panels at this historic place, but if you know where to look there is plenty of evidence of the…
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May I respectfully remind you that the world’s first railway act of parliament in 1758 authorised the Middleton Railway in Leeds and coal was transported by horse drawn trains soon after. Steam power was introduced in 1812. This allowed coal to be transported from the then village of Middleton into Leeds. All this makes the S&D the 2nd major…
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Brilliant! What a lovely trip into the past. Well done and thank you.
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Stockton Darlington rolls off the historic tongue when it was Cornishman Trevithic that’s often forgotten in this debate!! Groups might leave the SW to colonise America! Then to diminish and scatter the Spanish Armada! To drain the tin mines and Trevithic running the Cornish streets by steam! = Combe tor green meadow n vale, Birds on the…
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Martin Widdowson posted an update 6 days ago
45596 Bahamas working a Vintage Trains special from Birmingham to Blackpool passing Leyland.
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PENTXPETE posted an update 6 days ago
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GeorgeC1 posted an update a week ago