| Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb. Posted by grahame at 07:15, 28th February 2023 |      |
48 years since Dad came home and described the thump / earthquake he had heard in the basement office he works in on Finsbury Square, just a shortish distance from Moorgate Station. Time passes, but some of those memories do not.
| Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb. Posted by Western Pathfinder at 13:46, 1st March 2022 | |
Shelby / Great Heck rail accident on this day also.
| Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb. Posted by Mark A at 11:58, 1st March 2022 | |
Midland and Great Northern Railway network closed 28th February 1959?
Mark
| Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb. Posted by Electric train at 12:28, 28th February 2022 | |
That's because in closed 63 years ago
| Re: OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb. Posted by ellendune at 12:14, 28th February 2022 | |
| OTD - 28th February in various years. Many thing have happened on 28th Feb. Posted by grahame at 21:47, 27th February 2022 | |
Last day of service, Acton Town to South Acton - 28th February 1959
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Acton_railway_station_(England)
First order place for Brush 47 locomotives - 28th February 1961
https://worldwiderails.com/br-class-47-brush-type-4/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_47
Moorgate Tube Disaster - 28th February 1975
https://www.railmagazine.com/trains/heritage/moorgatethe-unresolved-tragedy
https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/museum/history-and-stories/historical-fires-and-incidents/the-moorgate-tube-crash-1975/
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/24727
Greta Thunberg in Bristol - 28th February 2020
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-51663632
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/22947
A day of extremes
- closure of a tiny line operated by one single carriage train and the first order for what became the largest main line class with 512 built (though there were 996 class 08 shunters)
- the utter disaster of Moorgate, and the awakening of many to concerns as to the environment
