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NETWATCH
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Photos of the East Lancashire Railway Autumn Gala by Ian Dixon:
http://www.iandixon.fotopic.net/c1907577_1.html
Photos of "Duke of Gloucester", "Morayshire", "The Great Marquess" and
others on the Great Central Railway:
http://rickeborallphotography.fotopic.net/c1907454.html
Abandoned carriages near Rotherham:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=54619
Waterloo Dock Goods Yard, Liverpool, July 1971:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=54648
(Both: Richard Buckby)
Grace's Guide - The Best of British Engineering, 1750-1960s. For those
who mourn the sad demise of manufacturing industry in this country, this
is a comprehensive reminder of what we developed and the many companies
involved.
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk
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Andy Savage is researching the Victorian ironfounder, Andrew Handyside of
Derby and London, who owned The Britannia Iron Works, Derby. His aim is
to get the people of Derby to honour this man, and raise awareness of the
plight of the Great Northern Railway's Friar Gate bridge, built by
Handysides, and the subject of a petition featured previously in Raildate:
http://tinyurl.com/35quwru
Andy has created a world map from the many hundreds of hours of research
to find bridges, fountains, post-boxes and railway stations made by
Andrew Handyside and Company:
http://tinyurl.com/3a8xpkn
He also has a dedicated Andrew Handyside Flickr group where anyone can
contribute photographs of Handyside items:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1531851@N22/
If you knows of anything built by Handyside (current or demolished) that
has not yet been marked on the map, please let Andy know the exact
location(s). Instructions for doing so are here:
http://tinyurl.com/2w9hf95
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Videos...
Riding Ecuador rails:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oIXg11xrIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M8bB6kmVic
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Some old footage from Roma Street station in Brisbane, Australia:
http://cairnstourismawards.com/queensland-railways-the-railway-station/
Construction of the new 75km line from the northern Afghan city of
Mazar-i-Sharif to the Uzbekistan border:
http://tinyurl.com/39l35ks
(Both: Ralph Rawlinson)
Interesting stuff here, including Stanier 8F 8624 heading up the 1 in 45/1 in 59 to
Apesford crossing on 19th October 2010, Garretts, and the 65th Anniversary
Dambusters flypast at Derwent and Ladybower reservoirs:
http://www.youtube.com/user/buxton4472#p/u
(Spotter: Brian Dunn)
Andy Sollis has also been filming on Moorlands & City Railways - this is his
Guard's-eye of a crew training run coming up Cauldon Branch on 17th October:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdZ_kiKdepk
German high-speed train arrives at London St Pancras:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11567753
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11571764
Inside the German high-speed train:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11575331
Railway Renaissance - Putting Back the Track, a trailer and full preview
of a television series currently in production about heritage railways, by
Andrew Johnston and Ian Stuart Lynn:
http://vimeo.com/13054850
Helicopter party:
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=807
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Ralph Rawlinson's Railway Roundup
BRB(Residual)
Following the demise of BRB(R) in the recent cull of quangoes, you can use
this site to find structures that came under its remit. Just type in a
postcode to centre the map to the area you are interested in:
http://www.adambrookes.co.uk/brbr/property
Lines under construction and proposed
Project Mapping, which has been producing schematic maps of the British
railway system since privatisation, has produced one showing 74 lines
under construction or proposed. The map is not quite up to date as line
10, Bishop Auckland-Stanhope, opened five months ago. Nonetheless it's a
useful reference.
http://www.projectmapping.co.uk/Resources/Rail%20map%20REOP7%2015.9.pdf
Heritage Railways
In Sussex, the Spa Valley Railway signed a lease with Network Rail in
August covering the use of the former Birchden-Eridge down line and into
the down main and down bay platforms at Eridge. It is hoped to run a
preview service into Eridge later this year with formal opening early in
2011. In the Cotswolds The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway aims to
open its two-mile northwards extension to Laverton in 2011.
London St Pancras
5th May 2011 has been announced as the opening date for the new 150m 245-
bedroom St Pancras Renaissance Hotel (formerly St Pancras Chambers and
before that the Midland Grand Hotel).
Croydon
The planned 20m refurbishment of East Croydon station includes a new
footbridge that is claimed will relieve overcrowding at the current
entrance. Croydon Council is contributing 6m as it will also provide an
easier route into the town centre for people living in Addiscombe.
GWR Radstock-Frome
A new scheme was announced in August to build a light rail line between
Radstock and Kilmersdon, eventually providing access the the main line at
Frome.
http://tinyurl.com/2uqhwo6
S&DJR Templecombe-Poole
A second major bridge over the the River Stour has been replaced. The one
at Fiddleford was opened in 2006 and this has been followed this month by
the one at Stourpaine. The Stour was bridged four times by the Somerset &
Dorset Junction Railway.
http://www.railwayramblers.org.uk/news/10news.htm
Lincolnshire
The 15-ins gauge Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway (not to be confused with
the similarly named Lincolnshire Coast LR at Skegness) has been put up for
sale with an asking price of 700,000.
http://www.rightbiz.co.uk/buy_business/for_sale/49084_lincolnshire.html
Doncaster Plant
Denison House, the Grade II listed main office building built for the GNR
works and facing Doncaster station, has been put on the market.
http://tinyurl.com/333yjue
Nottingham
A 60m revamp of Nottingham station starting in July 2012 will include a
complete redesign of platform 4. It will be followed by the resignalling
of the station area, control of which will transfer to the new East
Midlands Control Centre located at Derby.
South Yorkshire
Durham-based Hargreaves Services PLC has been consistently criticised by
councillors and residents over emissions from its Monckton Coke and
Chemical plant in Royston, near Barnsley. Now the firm has revealed that
it has set aside 2.7m to deal with environmental issues at the works,
and also said it wants to move much of its transport onto the railways.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/27m-fund-to-minimise-coke.6567137.jp
East Yorkshire
The Goole-Gilberdyke section of the Doncaster-Hull line is closed until
13th November to allow refurbishment of Goole swing bridge.
Gobowen-Blodwell Quarry
The Cambrian Heritage Railways wants its trains to cross the A483 south of
Oswestry and the A5/A483 to the north, and recently met David Keay, HM
Principal Inspector of Railways. He said that statutory powers for the
line between Gobowen and Llanyblodwel remain, which would allow its use by
either a heritage railway or for freight.
GWR Bala Jn-Blaenau Ffestiniog
The 6 miles from Trawsfynydd CEGB sidings to Blaenau Ffestiniog didn't
close until 1998, the overgrown track is still in situ and there have been
several attempts to reopen it as a heritage line. The latest one seems to
be gaining momentum.
http://tinyurl.com/25krcsj
HR Aviemore-Forres
There were only five stations on the Highland Railway's 36-mile line
between Aviemore and Forres and Dunphail, the final one located 8 miles
south of Forres, is now in on the market for 249,000.
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1940973/
Competition through the chunnel
The first non-Eurostar high speed passenger train entered the Channel
Tunnel on Thursday 14th October 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/3823dm6
Armenia-Iran
Update on the proposed 540km-long railway to Iran that will give Armenia
access to ports of the Indian Ocean.
http://www.arka.am/eng/transport/2010/10/08/21807.html
India
Indian Railways' bid to lay broad gauge rail link between Tori and
Hazaribagh via Shivpur suffered a serious setback after the state
government of Jharkhand turned down forest clearance for the project.
http://www.igovernment.in/site/jharkhands-no-railways-project-38567
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IN THE NEWS
Alliance Rail unveils details of Huddersfield-London rail plans:
http://tinyurl.com/3akc8x4
UK rail network 'at risk' from climate change:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11601014
Scarborough resignalling:
http://tinyurl.com/3xkr8c3
Reading station upgrade approved by local authority:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-11558609
Cambridge passenger interchange proposals:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-11576849
Man charged over level crossing incident near March:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-11568129
ECML Hitchin Flyover gets approval:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/twa/dl/CambridgeJunction/doc/decisionletter.doc
5m upgrade of Heart of Wales line complete:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11546981
Possible abandonment of GW electrification:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11566952
Pantographs suggested for Virgin Voyagers, but not Cross Country:
http://tinyurl.com/34wn8ro
Arriva Trains Wales using spare stock for English routes:
http://tinyurl.com/2ee7lt2
Network Fail as Bathgate to Airdrie rail event hits buffers:
http://tinyurl.com/23pb3sh
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-11567571
Portishead branch reopening report:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-11566540
Public meeting will discuss reopening of Reston station:
http://www.berwickshire-news.co.uk/news?articleid=6579310
Scotland's lost lines deserve revival:
http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/analysis/the-lost-lines-1.1061951
First Metropolitan line A60 stock sent for scrap:
http://rail-news.com/2010/10/09/first-a-stock-sent-for-scrap/
Train enthusiast questions National Railway Museum refurbishment plans:
http://tinyurl.com/2eek6lc
Railway stalwart killed in crash:
http://tinyurl.com/25bduk8
Great Central Railway's 15m reunification plan:
http://tinyurl.com/34arjyp
Step back in time at Pickering's Wartime Weekend:
http://tinyurl.com/2ada23h
Pay up or the tram gets it:
http://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2010/10/pay-up-or-tram-gets-it.html
HMRI approval for WHR level crossing in Porthmadog:
http://www.welshhighlandrailway.net/news.asp?dismode=article&artid=459
Level Crossing incident on Welsh Highland Railway at Pont Croesor:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-11576803
Origins of FR loco names:
http://www.ffestiniograilway.co.uk/news.asp?dismode=article&artid=457
Snaefell Mountain Railway passenger numbers increase:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-11559091
Dheli Metro:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9096659.stm
Historic Silk Mill faces 2-year closure to save cash:
http://tinyurl.com/32bo278
"Isle of Arran" ferry accident report:
http://www.maib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/Isle_Of_Arran_Report.pdf
Dutch ferry crash:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11604273
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps
TV and RADIO
23/10/10 BBC2 1925-1945
"Coast" Wexford to Killarney
23/10/10 Discovery Shed 2200-2230
"Central Steam" 5/15 David Shepherd
http://tinyurl.com/32of3r7
23/10/10 Discovery Shed 2230-2300
"Central Steam" 6/15 Hallowe'en
http://tinyurl.com/32of3r7
24/10/10 BBC4 1900-1930
"A Time To Remember" Technological advances on newsreel
24/10/10 BBC4 1930-2000
"The Beauty of Maps" 3/4 19th century maps
25/10/10 Five 1930-2000
"How Do They Do It?" Moving a drilling platform
25/10/10 Channel 4 2100-2200
"Titanic: the Mission" Reconstructing the ship to scale 5/5
26/10/10 BBC2 1900-2000
"Coast" Galway to Baltimore
26/10/10 BBC4 2000-2030
"Britain's Best Drives" The Wye Valley and Forest of Dean
26/10/10 BBC4 2100-2200
"The Secret Life of the National Grid" 1/3 Wiring the nation
27/10/10 BBC Radio 4 1100-1130
"The Ghost Trains of Old England" Train services that aren't!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vhhcf
27/10/10 BBC4 2030-2100
"A History of the World" The birth of steam
27/10/10 Discovery Shed 2200-2230
"Central Steam" 7/15 Christmas
http://tinyurl.com/32of3r7
27/10/10 Discovery Shed 2230-2300
"Central Steam" 8/15 Diesel Gala
http://tinyurl.com/32of3r7
29/10/10 Five 2000-2100
"Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers" 6/6
30/10/10 Discovery Shed 2200-2230
"Central Steam" 7/15 Christmas
http://tinyurl.com/32of3r7
30/10/10 Discovery Shed 2230-2300
"Central Steam" 8/15 Diesel Gala
http://tinyurl.com/32of3r7
EVENTS
For up-to-date information on many of the tours mentioned in Raildate (and
others) often with timings, see the Steam Tours pages at:
http://www.uksteam.info/index.shtml and also
http://railwayherald.co.uk/railtours/
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge. No responsibility is
taken for inaccuracies or changes.
22/10/10- Bluebell Railway: Giants of Steam
24/10/10
http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/
23/10/10 Solent Railwayana Auctions
Community Centre, Mill Lane, Wickham, Hants, PO17 5AL
http://www.solentrailwayana.com
23/10/10 Didcot Model Railway Exhibition
Willowbrook Leisure Centre, Bowmont Water, Didcot, OX11 7AF
23/10/10 Folkestone Book, Paper & Print Fair
The Grand, Folkestone
http://www.pbfa.org/
http://www.ephemera-society.org.uk/
23/10/10 Carmarthen Model Railway Exhibition
Community Education Centre, Furnace Road, Carmarthen SA31 1EU
1030-1630
Adult: 3.50, Concessions: 3, Child: 2, Family (2+2): 7
Refreshments available, disabled access
23/10/10- Didcot Railway Centre: GWR 175 (last of four special events)
24/10/10
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
23/10/10- Rail-Ex Southwest (Taunton)
24/10/10 Taunton School, Staplegrove Road, Taunton
http://www.somerset-modellers.co.uk
23/10/10- North Norfolk Railway: Altogether Now! Kids help run railway
24/10/10
http://www.nnrailway.co.uk/
23/10/10- Foxfield Railway: Autumn Gala
24/10/10 Includes recently restored Dubs crane tank
Early morning photo charter at Foxfield Colliery on Saturday
23/10/10- Peak Rail: Shunter Hunter Extravaganza
24/10/10
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/
23/10/10- Mid-Hants Railway: Wizard Week
31/10/10
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
23/10/10- Swanage Railway: Half-term Fun Week
31/10/10
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
24/10/10 Central Southern 0 Gauge Group Annual Exhibition
The Allendale Centre, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1AS
0 Gauge layouts, 16mm NG steam, traders and demonstrations
1000-1630
24/10/10 Crich Tramway Village: Red Oktober
http://www.tramway.co.uk/
28/10/10- Talyllyn Railway: Hallowe'en Specials
29/10/10
http://www.talyllyn.co.uk
29/10/10- Kew Bridge Steam Museum: Ghostly Tours
31/10/10
http://www.kbsm.org
30/10/10 New Forest Book Fair
The Community Centre, High Street, Lyndhurst, SO43 7NY
http://www.fairharebooks.com/
30/10/10 Churnet Valley Railway: The Ghost Train
http://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk
30/10/10 Crich Tramway Village: Starlight Halloween
http://www.tramway.co.uk/
30/10/10- Leawood Pump Steaming Weekend, Cromford Canal
31/10/10
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
30/10/10- Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway: Hallowe'en Ghost Trains
31/10/10
http://www.cleethorpescoastlightrailway.co.uk
31/10/10 Chinnor & Princes Risborough Rly: Hallowe'en Spooks Express
http://www.chinnorrailway.co.uk
04/11/10 100 Years of Flying in South Hampshire
Lecture: Possible Futures in Education by Dr Kenji Tekeda
Lecture Theatre, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LP
(Use Art Gallery/Library entrance by fountain)
Starts: 1900
http://www.centenary-of-flight.co.uk
06/11/10 Mid-Hants Railway: Sponsored Walk
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
06/11/10 Mid-Hants Railway Real Ale Train (RAT)
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/rat.htm
07/11/10 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
Admission free (donations welcome!)
1000-1600
ex-Romsey Infants School, Plaza Parade, Winchester Rd, Romsey
Car park in old school grounds
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
07/11/10 Peak Rail: World War II Winter Camp
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/
13/11/10 Shaftsbury Book Fair
United Church Hall, Bell Street, SP7 8AR
http://www.fairharebooks.com/
13/11/10- Moorland & City Railways and Churnet Valley Railway
14/11/10 Leekbrook Junction to Cauldon Low reopening (1st weekend)
CVR operations expand from 11-mile to 27-mile round trip
71000 Duke of Gloucester, 34028 Eddystone, 44767 George
Stevenson, 8F 48624, GWR 5199
Intensive 3-train timetable
http://www.mcrailways.co.uk/events
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
14/11/10 Poole & District MRS Model Railway Exhibition
Ashdown Technology College, Adastral Road, Canford Heath
Poole, BH17 8RE
1030-1700
14/11/10 Bluebell Railway: Vintage Bus Day
http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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