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🚆 Seen passing through Ponthir north of Newport, EWS liveried Class 67 No. 67023, powers through with the 17:16 Cardiff Central-Holyhead ATW service (1W96). Sadly due to prolific vegetation, this view is no longer possible. 28 April 2015. (📸 Chris Davies)
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🚆 No. 55011 The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers heads south along the East Coast Main Line near Overton on the approach to York with an Edinburgh to King’s Cross express on 8 June 1980. (📸 David Mather)
#MeetTheAuthor 👋 Say hello to author Graeme Gleaves, with his brand new release! 🚆
📖 P E P Prototype Trains, Classes 313, 314, 315, 507, 508
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🚂 Battery loco L17 came from the same Metro-Cammell batch as L16 above and was caught on camera resting in Stanmore station, sharing the island platform with a Bakerloo Line train formed of 1972 Mk II Tube Stock. (📸 John Herting/Online Transport Archive)
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📖 The Southwold Railway 1879–1929 by David Lee, Rob Shorland-Ball, Alan Taylor
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Eleven years before the previous photograph, North British Type 2 diesel-hydraulic 6334 arrives at Torrington with the 6C73 08.50 Barnstaple to Torrington and Meeth china clay empties. 27 August 1971. (📸 John Medley Photo)
#BookReview 📖 The Light Railway by John Scott-Morgan
"Author John Scott Morgan has been writing railway books for over 50 years. So his latest book promised to be another treat."
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📸 After strenuous work in Scotland, the ‘B1’ 4-6-0 found its way to the GCR. 61264 is running round its train at Loughborough and still wears its Scottish style front numberplate. An excellent way to round off the year. 30 December 2000. 🚆
📘Explore the railway, local history, and nearby attractions for an inspiring day out in Kent and East Sussex 🚂 #HeritageRailway #RailwayHistory
📖 Kent & East Sussex Railway by Richard Marks
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🚆 Near Ais Gill on the S&C line, 37422 and 37558 (also carrying number 37424) pass with the 16.21 Carlisle Kingmoor to Carlisle Kingmoor Rail Head Treatment Train on 15 October 2018. (📸 Jonathan Allen)
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📖 The Southwold Railway 1879–1929 by David Lee, Rob Shorland-Ball, Alan Taylor
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🚆 Class 67 No. 67008 makes its way north towards Wofferton’s Down starter, W36, with a Cardiff Central Manchester Piccadilly TfW service (1W55). (📸 Chris Davies)
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📖 The History of the London Underground Map by Caroline Roope
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🚆 1967 view depicts a train of former LT Standard Stock entering Ryde St John’s Road station. The last examples of this stock were withdrawn from passenger service in 1991, having been replaced by former LT 1938 stock which started to arrive from July 1989.
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📖 The Clapham Train Accident by Greg Morse
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🚆 At the rear of the stock transfer movement is battery locomotive L44 dating from 1973. As the train crosses the throat of King’s Cross station and enters Gasworks Tunnel it is passed by an arriving Cravens Class 105 DMU while,
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Just received, CLAPHAM's revised paperback edn, which includes all 4 RAIB-investigated incidents with similar causal chains. Still included is the passage in praise of RED FOR DANGER, which I always recommend to rail industry audiences.@TransportPS
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