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NETWATCH
I was delighted to see an article about Raildater David Canning and his wife, Marion, in the
latest (October) edition of Railway Magazine. It had been prepared 25 years ago, and then been
"lost"! Better late than never!
http://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/
A history of the Stokes Bay Railway:
http://www.gosport.info/History/Stokes_Bay_Railway/stokes_bay_railway.html
A history of the Southsea Railway:
http://www.history.inportsmouth.co.uk/places/southsea-railway.htm
A recent exploration of Sandsend Tunnel, North Yorkshire:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=64256
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
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Videos
40013 loadbanking (where the engine is thrashed, and the electrical output from the generator
is fed to a bank of resisters instead of the traction motors):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0jv9a-EuZk
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Wonderful vintage mobile cinema restoration (featured in the new BBC2 series - "Reel History of
Britain" - see below):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTpKlP9vbwA
http://www.vintagemobilecinema.co.uk/
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
A brief history of Sierra Railway No 28:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meayzsJURbs
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IN THE NEWS
Funding agreed towards improvements at Andover rail station:
http://tinyurl.com/4ynmqvw
Thanmeslink contract - latest from East Midlands Today:
http://rtn-news.blogspot.com/2011/09/bombardier-east-midlands-today-6.html
London Midland service enhancements:
http://tinyurl.com/3zdzclm
Planning refusal for freight terminal at Colnbrook:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-14810617
Demolition of Goodwick station building:
http://fishguardtrains.info/?p=154
http://www.fishguard-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=32676
Video:
http://www.abergwaun.com/1260x340/video_news/2.htm
OHLE inspection cameras:
http://tinyurl.com/3lozauy
RAIB report into freight derailment at Dalchalm, February 2011:
http://tinyurl.com/3bu9w59
RAIB investigation into fatality on Manchester Metrolink, 5th June 2011:
http://tinyurl.com/3nllxbs
RAIB investigation into fatality on crossing at Needham Market, 4th August 2011:
http://tinyurl.com/3gcj4h4
Carlisle-based nuclear firm outlines Highland rail plan:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-14803339
Forth Bridge painting 'is coming to an end':
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14789036
Scotrail Class 334 refurbishment:
http://tinyurl.com/3v7x5hc
SNCF 241 incident near Chambery - three badly burned, and five less seriously:
http://www.creusot-infos.com/article.php?sid=30075
http://www.ledauphine.com/savoie/2011/08/28/l-accident-de-locomotive-en-images
En Anglais:
http://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/news/eight-burned-on-241p-footplate
(TEN people on the footplate?!)
Railway blues - economic hard times in small town America:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9579197.stm
Denver LRT developments:
http://tinyurl.com/3w3runl
Amtrak derailment in Omaha:
http://www.omaha.com/article/20110826/NEWS01/110829736/1199
4x4 near Snowdon summit:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-14791178
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-14833541
New Blackpool trams unveiled:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-14836203
Edinburgh trams - latest changes of plan:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14751711
Cobham bus museum:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-14527245
Nigerian Air Force escorted into Cambridge airport:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-14709434
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price
TV and RADIO
11/09/11 BBC2 2000-2100
"Operation Crossbow" Story of RAF photo reconnaissance
11/09/11 BBC2 2100-2200
"World's Most Dangerous Roads" 2/3 Nepal
12/09/11 BBC Radio 4 1100-1130
"Hearing the Past" How the past would have sounded
From Stonehenge to Steam:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14746589
12/09/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Reel History of Britain" 6/20 - The Home Guard
12/09/11 BBC2 1900-2000
"Coast" Cardiff to St David's
12/09/11 Channel 5 1930-2000
"How Do They Do It?" An over-capacity Chicago freeway
12/09/11 BBC4 2100-2200
"Graham Hill - Driven" Documentary about the F1 driver
12/09/11 BBC2 2320-0020
"World's Most Dangerous Roads" 2/3 Nepal
13/09/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Reel History of Britain" 7/20 - Shipbuilding in Glasgow
14/09/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Reel History of Britain" 8/20 - The boom in private motoring
14/09/11 BBC4 2300-0000
"The Story of British Pathe" 4/4
15/09/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Reel History of Britain" 9/20 - The heyday of British sea fishing
15/09/11 BBC4 2100-2200
"Time Shift: The Picture Postcard World of Nigel Walmsley
16/09/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Reel History of Britain" 10/20 - Package holidays in the 1970s
18/09/11 BBC1 1930-2030
"Countryfile" Filmed at the Churnet Valley Railway
EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
09/09/11- Swanage Railway: Grand Steam Gala & Vintage Transport Rally
11/09/11
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/
10/09/11 Dean Forest Railway: Bygone Branchline Day
http://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk/
10/09/11 Midland Railway Study Centre Open Day
In association with Heritage Open Days
The Silk Mill, Derby
1030-1600
www.midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk
10/09/11- Romsey Signal Box Open Day
11/09/11 In association with Romsey Heritage Open Days
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
10/09/11- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Model Railway Exhibition
11/09/11
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/
10/09/11- Swindon Railway Festival
11/09/11 STEAM Museum, Kemble Drive, Swindon, SN2 2TA
1000-1700 both days
http://www.steam-museum.org.uk/
10/09/11- West Somerset Railway: CAMRA Real Ale Festival
11/09/11
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
10/09/11- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Wirksworth Festival Open Days
11/09/11
http://www.wyvernrail.co.uk/
10/09/11- Expo EM North
11/09/11 Colne Valley Leisure Centre, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5AB
http://www.emgs.org/2-expoem-events/4-expoem-north-2011.html
11/09/11 Metro-land Heritage Vehicle Outing
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/events/vehicles-on-the-move
11/09/11 Churnet Valley Railway: Cream Tea & Steam
http://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk
12/09/11 North East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeological Society
Friends' Meeting House, Ashgate Road, Chesterfield, S40 4AG
Westhouses - Midland Railway Village by Dudley Fowkes
Commences 1930
17/09/11 Manchester Victoria signalling school layout operating day
National Railway Museum, York
http://www.nrm.org.uk/
17/09/11- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Military Vehicles Meet
18/09/11
http://www.wyvernrail.co.uk/
17/09/11- Model Rail Live
18/09/11 Barrow Hill Roundhouse Museum, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2PR
1000-1700 both days
http://www.modelraillive.co.uk
17/09/11- Snailbeach Mine Open Days
18/09/11
http://shropshiremines.org.uk/snailbeach/index.htm
19/09/11 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville NG16 5NN
"Engineering the British Canal System" by George Rogers
Starts: 1930
http://www.cromfordcanal.org.uk/
20/09/11 Peak Railway Association (Chesterfield Branch) Slideshow
New Inn, 229 Mansfield Road, Hasland, Chesterfield, S41 0JJ
The Back Door to Russia and My 1960s
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/ChesterfieldBranch.html
23/09/11- Comm-Rail, Poynton
25/09/11 Poynton Youth & Community Centre, Park Lane, Poynton, Stockport, SK12 1RB
1700-2130 (Fri), 1000-17 (Sat), 1030-1630 (Sun)
http://www.poyntoncommunitycentre.org.uk/
24/09/11- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: A Celebration of Island Steam
25/09/11 40th Anniversary Event
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/
24/09/11- Detling Model Railway Show
25/09/11 Kent Showground, Detling, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 3JF
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
http://www.detlingmodelshow.co.uk/
24/09/11- Northampton & Lamport Railway: Railway at War
25/09/11
http://www.nlr.org.uk/
24/09/11- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Vintage Farm Machinery Display
25/09/11
http://www.wyvernrail.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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