185 years of Reading Station
As at 4th April 2025 20:37 BST
4.4.2025 - All running AOK
"First High Speed Trains arrive at Reading"
With a picture of a brace of IETs
Not sure where to put this item. The BBC news for Berkshire has the following item
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wdje7ve9wo.
The 1910 picture, or similar is used on Reading Buses and credited to the Museum of English Rural Life (MERL). MERL has a large on-line photo archive, which I haven't got the hang of using and find most frustrating, but end up down interesting rabbit holes.
I am sure somebody on the forum will identify the 3-car EMU.
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