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NETWATCH
Pictures of Staffordshire Canals
http://tinyurl.com/c6xaj37
(Spotter: Mike Price)
Helensburgh signal box fire in 1971
http://tinyurl.com/d888syn
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Shetland Bus Stops
http://www.self-preservation-society.co.uk/jotter/busstops/shetland1.htm
http://www.self-preservation-society.co.uk/jotter/busstops/shetland2.htm
http://www.self-preservation-society.co.uk/jotter/busstops/shetland3.htm
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
SBB marshalling yard layout and services
PDF:
http://tinyurl.com/cvmcv94
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
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IN THE NEWS
West Coast Main Line First Group deal put on hold
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19467510
Signal box: End of the line for 'much-loved' building?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19435464
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19464080
English Heritage report on listing signalboxes
PDF:
http://tinyurl.com/cmumwpz
Refurbishment of the Royal Albert Bridge
http://www.therailengineer.com/2012/08/31/royal-albert-revisited/
Tree on the Line at Sutton Coldfield
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-19423102
Consultation on Thatcham LC changes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-19422344
Train windscreen smashed at Ferryhill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-19424363
Police attend incident at Pokesdown Station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-19455860
West Coast Franchise award judicial review
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19467510
Resignalling to save money
http://tinyurl.com/cvtnucg
Stourbridge Jn/Kidderminster resignalling
http://tinyurl.com/cmw4pz8
Africa Express train embarks on tour of Britain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19459791
Engineers work overnight to clear blocked rail line after landslip
http://tinyurl.com/cuvgqgm
Train disruption after man dies on Borth to Llandre line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-19461856
Cardiff-area-resignalling
http://www.therailengineer.com/2012/08/31/cardiff-area-resignalling/
RAIB report into train on washed-out track formation at Knockmore
http://tinyurl.com/cnknycu
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19488617
Poster to mark war effort
http://tinyurl.com/cl24oz8
Sir Keith Park returns to service
http://tinyurl.com/caq99nw
Severn Valley Railway in £3m shares sale bid
http://tinyurl.com/bse9gbx
Weekend will be electric dream at Warwickshire museum
http://tinyurl.com/8v2xyfw
Weardale Railway platform built on wrong side of the tracks
http://tinyurl.com/d4zal5z
Museum bosses investigate £25,000 payments to top curator’s husband
http://tinyurl.com/d7j39fn
LUL change power supply contract
http://tinyurl.com/cyy7kam
Traffic-management-road-versus-rail
http://www.therailengineer.com/2012/08/31/traffic-management-road-versus-rail/
Pressure for upgrading ofAustralian Infrastructure
http://tinyurl.com/cjdg8c9
Loco orders for Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
http://tinyurl.com/d3d273g
Private operator allowed into Europa bus station in Belfast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19452544
Fire damaged MSC container ship
(The dangerous goods manifest is chilling reading - follow link in article.)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-19448577
Isles of Scilly transport links
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-19429521
Herefordshire & Gloucestershire canal restoration
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-19442971
Wey and Arun canal open for boats
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19443743
Connah's Quay docks: Dee festival marks regeneration bid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-19474841
Airbus details Smarter Skies vision for planes in 2050
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19494538
Lufthansa cancels flights as crew stage third strike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19497890
Microlight crash at Freshwater
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-19457092
Daibetic formation flying
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19449640
Thunder City Lightning crash report linked from this discussion (large file)
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=118937
Butterley Foundry new history book
http://tinyurl.com/cm392bu
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
09/09/12 BBC2 1915-2000
"Richard Hammond's Crash Course" Logging machines
09/09/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"The Thirties in Colour" Adventures in the Americas
10/09/12 BBC4 1930-2030
"Plastic - How it Works"
10/09/12 BBC2 2200-2230
"James May's Things You Need to Know" Engineering
11/09/12 BBC4 1930-2030
"Indian Hill Railways" 1/3 Himalayan Railway
11/09/12 BBC4 2100-2200
"Grand Prix: the Killer Years"
12/09/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Leicestershire
13/09/12 Channel 5 2000-2100
"World's Scariest Plane Landings" 1/4
13/09/12 BBC4 2100-2200
"The InterCity 125: the Age of the Train"
13/09/12 BBC2 2350-0020
"James May's Things You Need to Know" Speed
14/09/12 Channel 5 2000-2030
"Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers" New series 1/8
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
07/09/12- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Steam Gala & Real Ale Festival
08/09/12
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
07/09/12- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Maunsell Gala
09/09/12
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/Events/Autumn-Steam-Gala
08/09/12 South Devon Railway: Living History Day
Marking the running of the last goods train from Totnes Quay to Ashburton
Remember the Ashburton branch as it was in 1962
http://tinyurl.com/cj589so
08/09/12 Sheffield Railwayana Auctions
The Gateway Centre, Derbyshire County Cricket Club, Derby
http://www.sheffieldrailwayana.co.uk/
08/09/12- Romsey Signal Box Heritage Open Days
09/09/12 Admission free (donations welcome!)
1000-1800 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun)
ex-Romsey Infants School, Plaza Parade, Winchester Rd, Romsey, SO51 8JA
Car park in old school grounds
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/
08/09/12- The South Gloucestershire Mines Research Group
09/09/12 Oldwood Pits Coal Mine Heritage Open Day near Yate
http://goo.gl/dJPUu
08/09/12- Gauge 0 Guild Convention - GUILDEX 2012
09/09/12 Telford International Exhibition Centre, St Quentin Gate, Telford, TF3 4JH
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
Members: £5, Non-members: £12 (admits purchaser, partner and 2xunder 16)
15 Layouts in 7mm scale, 128 traders, 15 demonstrators, Guild stands
Wheelchair accessible, catering provided by the centre
http://www.gauge0guild.com
Membership hotline: 0845 603 6213
08/09/12- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Model Railway Exhibition
09/09/12
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
08/09/12- West Somerset Railway: CAMRA Real Ale Festival
09/09/12
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
08/09/12- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Wirksworth Festival Open Days
09/09/12
http://www.e-v-r.com
09/09/12 The Lavender Line: Riley’s Miniature Railway
Evelina Children’s Hospital Charity Day
http://www.lavender-line.co.uk/
09/09/12 Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Bus Rally Day
http://www.rhdr.org.uk
14/09/12 West Somerset Railway: Exmoor Mystery Tour
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
15/09/12 West Somerset Railway: Summer Evenings at the Seaside
West Somerset Railway: Fish & Chip Specials
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
15/09/12 Railway Exhibition - "Making Tracks"
Holy Saviour Church, Radcliffe Road, Hitchin, SG5 1QG
Adminission: £3, children under 11 free
S0ands from Network Rail featuring the new flyover), First Capital Connect,
Letchworth Model Railway Club + layout, Hitchin Historical Society, RCTS,
St Albans South Signal Box and the Midland Railway Society
No parking at church but car parks nearer to the town centre
Church is a short walk from the station
15/09/12- Eastleigh Lakeside Railway: Day Out With Thomas
16/09/12
http://www.steamtrain.co.uk
16/09/12 Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Ventnor West Day
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
17/09/12 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
Saint Pancras by Nigel Lowey
Starts: 1930
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
19/09/12 Friends of Welwyn Hatfield Museums
Focolare Centre for Unity, Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6JG
St Albans South Signal Box - a talk by Anthony Furse
Starts 2030
Admission: £5.00
Tickets from Mill Green Museum and Mill, Hatfield, Herts, AL9 5PD
http://www.welhat.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=724
21/09/12 Newbury and District Transport Group
Bayer House, Strawberry Hill, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1JA
James Freeman
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
21/09/12 West Somerset Railway: Exmoor Mystery Tour
West Somerset Railway: Cheese & Cider Lunch
West Somerset Railway: Steam & Cream Specials
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
22/09/12- Nene Valley Railway: Steam Gala
23/09/12
http://www.nvr.org.uk
22/09/12- Churnet Valley Railway: Diesel Gala
23/09/12
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
22/09/12- Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre: Model Rail Live 2012
23/09/12 Campbell Drive, S43 2PR Staveley, Sheffield, United Kingdom
1000-1700 both days
http://www.barrowhill.org/
23/09/12 Bursledon Brickworks: Big American Wing-Ding
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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