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Western Coaches Part 1 1838-1913
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886:A history of GWR Goods Wagons, Volume 2
865:A history of GWR Goods Wagons, Volume 1
492:List of railway connected dairies, 1956
367:had two major depots in London: one in
1219:Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations
956:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
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595:, Appleby, Cricklewood, Frome, Horam,
546:Also known as Dried Milk Products/DMP
402:, and the Express Dairies creamery at
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265:. This train is taking the avoiding
78:grouped into four national companies
1264:Dairy farming in the United Kingdom
392:Southern Region of British Railways
249:, with a train of empties from the
731:GWR. Later sold to United Dairies
37:three-axle Milk Tank Wagon at the
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1137:Banbury to Verney Junction Branch
1114:. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press.
394:ran two regular milk trains from
845:BR General Parcels Rolling Stock
794:, Hemyock, Nine Elms, Uttoxeter
817:British railway milk tank wagon
836:Great Western Railway Handbook
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990:. SVS Films. 21 January 2012.
284:Afternoon of 26 August 1974:
187:Afternoon of 22 August 1959:
158:North Yorkshire Moors Railway
709:, Bow, Carlisle, Congleton,
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1015:Antony Ewart Smith (1960).
988:"The Torrington Milk Train"
803:Milk train in popular usage
620:London Co-operative Society
237:Afternoon of 18 July 1964:
195:hauls an empty train of 13
156:No. 3814 (preserved on the
152:Afternoon of 23 July 1949:
110:Somerset and Dorset Railway
52:were a common sight on the
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1091:. Wiltshire County Council
822:Tank cars for bulk loading
18:British Railway Milk Train
215:, on the return run from
54:railways of Great Britain
1246:catching the milk train.
768:Wootton Bassett Junction
267:Waterloo to Reading Line
213:Reading to Taunton line
96:, which collected from
1165:oxforddictionaries.com
1135:Simpson, Bill (1994).
683:Egremont, Felin Fran,
661:Midland Counties Dairy
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286:British Rail Class 52
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1110:Oakley, Mike (2004).
1039:"South Acton Station"
888:. David and Charles.
869:. David and Charles.
766:, Welford, Whitland,
760:Mitre Bridge Junction
390:The SR and later the
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39:Didcot Railway Centre
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1215:Dow, Andrew (2006).
1041:. Abandoned Stations
856:. Oxford Publishing.
852:Jim Russell (1972).
847:. D Bradford Barton.
679:Milk Marketing Board
597:Kensington (Olympia)
440:Kensington (Olympia)
296:with 6A21, the 1640
189:GWR Hall Class 4-6-0
179:return empties train
154:GWR 2884 Class 2-8-0
125:Milk Marketing Board
1086:"Gillespies Report"
650:New North Main Line
349:pannier tank engine
1171:on 2 December 2013
779:Wilts United Co-op
762:, Shepherds Bush,
739:Dalry, Dalbeattie
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466:; then direct via
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689:Pont Llanio
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599:, Leyburn,
565:Wallingford
552:CWS Dairies
534:Lostwithiel
444:Lostwithiel
118:East Anglia
102:North Wales
90:South Wales
50:Milk trains
1258:Categories
1234:0801882923
1095:25 January
1070:21 January
1045:21 January
1023:25 January
828:References
788:Buckingham
654:Lyons Maid
485:Stowmarket
464:Torrington
428:West Wales
396:Torrington
369:Kensington
326:milk train
319:A typical
306:Moorswater
162:East Acton
144:Operations
62:creameries
33:Preserved
707:Ashbourne
666:Welshpool
644:Greenford
605:Pipe Gate
557:Llangadog
542:Wincanton
505:Stations
458:for both
452:Ashburton
432:Long Rock
424:Fishguard
263:Salisbury
253:depot at
191:No. 4941
160:) passes
952:cite web
811:See also
764:Vauxhall
756:Finchley
561:Melksham
519:Dumfries
436:Penzance
417:Waterloo
400:Vauxhall
381:milk run
377:Carlisle
321:creamery
314:Cornwall
310:Liskeard
275:Richmond
269:towards
259:Waterloo
255:Vauxhall
224:Plymouth
209:Somerset
201:Siphon G
199:and one
173:Plymouth
106:Southern
942:6 April
727:St Erth
715:Tutbury
702:Nesmilk
609:Rowsley
460:Hemyock
334:Castles
298:St Erth
288:Western
211:on the
137:Unigate
98:Cumbria
72:History
45:chassis
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625:Puxton
601:Morden
508:Notes
502:Dairy
456:Exeter
448:Totnes
430:, and
373:Hendon
290:diesel
271:Putney
104:; the
1089:(PDF)
904:Notes
593:Acton
582:LNER
434:near
338:Halls
330:Kings
302:Acton
292:1009
228:Devon
205:Frome
203:past
177:Devon
60:from
1242:2014
1229:ISBN
1202:2014
1177:2014
1141:ISBN
1116:ISBN
1097:2012
1072:2012
1047:2012
1025:2012
958:link
944:2013
890:ISBN
871:ISBN
652:for
633:GWR
569:GWR
523:LMS
477:TOPS
462:and
450:for
351:and
336:and
273:and
135:and
123:The
114:LNER
100:and
88:and
58:milk
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