1781: George Stephenson is born
1804: First Steam Locomotive runs (on time)
1815: Battle of Waterloo. Wellington beats Napoleon.
1829: George Stephensons 'Rocket' locomotive is born
1848: Waterloo Station opens!
1876: Immobile phone invented (Alexander Graham Bell)
1900: Waterloo Station rebuild commences...
1922: Waterloo Station rebuild completed!
1948: British Railways nationalised (yahoo!)
1963: British Railways axed to pieces by Doctor Beeching
1967: The Kinks sing 'Waterloo Sunset' into the top ten
1974: Abba sing 'Waterloo' to win Eurovision
1986: New CTEB Waterloo opens, in the dungeons.
1989: CTEB Waterloo suffers Tear Gas Bomb attack!
1990: George Stephenson and his Rocket-
-feature on the British £5 note!
1991: Last 'Class 50' locomotive service from Waterloo
1994: First Waterloo to Paris Eurostar.
1995: British Railways privatised (oh dear)
1997: CTEB Waterloo closes down (oh horrors)
1997: CTEB Waterloo Reunion Party at Brunswick House, Vauxhall
1999: CTEB Waterloo website opens up! (hoorah!)
2001: Railtrack goes down the pan (chortle!)
2002: Network Rail rises from the crashes
2004: National Rail Enquiries moves to INDIA!
2004: Stepenson's Rocket on the £2 Coin !
2009: CTEB Waterloo website is 10 years old!
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