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NETWATCH
The English Heritage Angel Awards shortlist includes "Best rescue of an industrial building or
site". If you are a member of English Heritage or a Daily Telegraph subscriber you can vote
for your favourite:
http://tinyurl.com/65egosu
What do rail delay excuses really mean?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15019801
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
A recent exploration of Oxenhall canal tunnel on the Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=64763
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
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Videos
Sunderland to Kings Cross in Six Minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-7YRqOEWbU
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
48151 on "The Fellsman", 17th August:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB0HInhxLmM
Llangollen Autumn Gala 100911:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaMK1zhspQA
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
4492 "Dominion of New Zealand" (aka "Bittern") with the Dorset Coast Express from London
Victoria to Weymouth on 16th August 2011:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o0fA5P5ItU
(Spotter: Howard Benson)
Exeter West - a 1960s simulation using the real signal box and a computer program. This is a
high-definition version of the video I mentioned last week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfGUaVqSsKE
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IN THE NEWS
Partial collapse of Balcombe Tunnel:
http://tinyurl.com/4ye5uhk
Merseyrail signal failure:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-15032648
Tribunal date set for Lymington Railwayman:
http://tinyurl.com/3ptlk8h
Network Rail unveils first section of new roof at King's Cross:
http://tinyurl.com/3bl6odd
Passenger information systems:
http://tinyurl.com/427h2ut
New rolling stock order for LM and First TPE:
http://tinyurl.com/3d6gb37
Derby's fury could provoke a sensible plan for UK industry:
http://tinyurl.com/5wzlqab
Redditch branch line capacity could be increased:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14974218
Upgrade agreed for Coventry-Nuneaton:
http://tinyurl.com/3ubtmry
RAIB investigation - Ufton level crossing:
http://tinyurl.com/3uhek9u
Train firms criticise Hammond over 'rich rail' claims:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14979715
Rebuilding Dogs Home Bridge at Battersea:
http://www.rail.co/2011/09/06/bridge-within-a-bridge-at-battersea/
County Durham 'Merry-Go-Round' wagon memories sought:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-14973347
Homeless man in Waverley Station electric shock fall:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-15017197
ScotRail to provide more trains for Broughty Ferry:
http://tinyurl.com/3e573de
Dornoch rail group quiz on Far North Line train usage:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-14930891
East Lothian train service wins support:
http://tinyurl.com/5tcfenp
Borders to Edinburgh railway assurances renewed:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-14970362
Steam favourite returning to the rails:
http://tinyurl.com/3fp2fm9
Tornado steam locomotive sets new record:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-14999197
Organisers of rail event delighted to hold it at Silk Mill:
http://tinyurl.com/6jg3nae
200th anniversary of The Cob:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-14959167
Railway accident in Arakkonam, India
http://tinyurl.com/3cth5k5
http://tinyurl.com/3rvljnv
Edinburgh trams - yet more...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14958817
Portsmouth bus driver attacked by two passengers:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-14987108
'One-way' bus service introduced in Wiltshire:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-14969321
Bus fire in Salisbury (3 year old Scania fleetnumber 1211):
http://tinyurl.com/3kxr6w3
Bus hits bridge in Darlington:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-15016390
Gosport to Fareham transit route ready early next year:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-14964539
'Missing' D-Day ship-wreck LCT 427 found in Solent:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-14933341
Titanic necklace stolen from Denmark exhibition:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14979008
Commemoration of 70th Anniversary of RAF Barford St John:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-14943503
Damaged plane towed off runway at Leeds Bradford Airport:
Video:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-14959875
Bodmin mine shaft collapses leaving 700ft deep hole
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-15024570
Gold rush returns to California:
http://tinyurl.com/69rlxee
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price
TV and RADIO
24/09/11 Channel 4 2015-2115
"Dambusters: Building of the Bouncing Bomb"
24/09/11 BBC2 2015-2115
"The 1951 Festival of Britain: a Brave New World"
25/09/11 BBC1 1900-2000
"Countryfile" A threat to Britain's waterways
25/09/11 BBC4 2000-2100
"In Search of Speed" 2/3 Battle of the Rocket Men
25/09/11 BBC4 2100-2200
"The Secret Life of the Airport" 2/3 Joining the Jet Set
26/09/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Reel History of Britain" 16/20 - The Coronation of 1953
26/09/11 BBC2 1900-2000
"Coast" Galway to Baltimore
27/09/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Reel History of Britain" 17/20 - High-rise flats
27/09/11 BBC4 2000-2030
"Britain's Best Drives" 2/6 North Wales
28/09/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Reel History of Britain" 18/20 - The Beeching Report
29/09/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Reel History of Britain" 19/20 - The 1900s
30/09/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Reel History of Britain" 20/20 - The British seaside
EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
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 *** CANCELLED ***
http://detlingmodelshow.co.uk/cm_pages/model-railway-show/
24/09/11- Dean Forest Railway: 1940s Wartime Weekend in the Forest
25/09/11
http://www.deanforestrailway.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/
29/09/11- West Somerset Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
02/10/11
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
01/10/10- Fareham & District MRC, Wickham Railex 2011
02/10/10 Wickham Community Centre, Mill Lane, Wickham, Hampshire
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
Free preserved bus service from Fareham station (every 45 mins until 1445)
by The City of Portsmouth Preserved Transport Depot Collection
http://www.fadmrc.hampshire.org.uk
01/10/11- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Wine Festival
02/10/11
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/
01/10/11- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
02/10/11 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
01/10/11- Manchester Model Railway Society Exhibition
02/10/11 Armitage Centre, Moseley Road, Manchester, M14 6ZT
http://www.mmrs.org.uk/exhibition/exhibition.htm
01/10/11- Scottish Railway Preservation Society Diesel Gala
02/10/11 Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, Bo'ness, West Lothian, EH51 9HQ
http://www.srpsdiesel.com/
02/10/11 Twyford Waterworks: Autumn Rally
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
02/10/11 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
02/10/11 Middleton Top Winding Engine, Cromford & High Peak Rly
Engine in motion 1300-1630
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
02/10/11 Churnet Valley Railway: Folk Festival
http://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk
03/10/11 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch) Slideshow
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield S3 8GG
New England in the Fall by Train, Bob Gellatly
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
06/10/11 Main Line Steam: Cathedrals Express to Bath/Bristol
BB 4-6-2 34067 Tangmere
Victoria 0900, Woking 1025, Guildford 1040, Haslemere 1100 Hedge End 1145,
Salisbury 1245, Bath 1345, Bristol 1400
Bristol 1730, Bath 1745, Salisbury 1900, Hedge End 2000, Haslemere 2100,
Guildford 2115, Woking 2130, Victoria 2245
http://www.CathedralsExpress.co.uk
08/10/11- Farnham and District Model Railway Club Exhibition
09/10/11 Connaught Leisure Centre, Tongham Road, Aldershot, GU12 4AS
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
http://www.farnhammrc.org.uk/
08/10/11- Wilmington Model Railway Exhibition
09/10/11 St Michael's Church Hall, Wilmington, Dartford, DA2 7EG
1000-1700 both days
http://www.stmichaelswilmington.org.uk/
09/10/11 Warminster Vintage Bus Running Day
Cheers, Howard.
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