British rail’s weirdest railways…

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British Rail’s weirdest railways…

Nationalisation in 1948 landed British R

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Rail Magazine

11 January, 2023

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The swinging sixties

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Last issue was a bit of a mare for me. I had heard the whisper that Pathfinder Railtours was going to announce it would end running trains, so I had this column written accordingly, and then… the anno

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