RAILDATE - your free weekly guide to what's happening, what's new and what's on
NETWATCH
To help market the launch of the latest BFI DVD compilation, "London on the Move", the BFI has
posted "Automatic Fare Collection and You" (1969) on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UqO9tnRlcY
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
"Railways Tales" from the Erewash Valley/Ilkeston area
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4VaqoF_8_M
http://www.ilkestonhistory.org.uk/
Leycett station house for sale (North Staffordshire Railway). The surviving wooden station
building and site of the platforms is not included in the sale, and the proximity of pit shaft
should be noted!
http://www.vebra.com/follwells/property/23635459
Clips from the BBC programme on the IC125
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00yjhm6
Kinghorn Station Studio and Gallery
http://kinghornstationstudioandgallery.co.uk/
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
See Scotland by Train posters
http://www.nms.ac.uk/highlights/see_scotland_by_train.aspx
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Friends of the BNSF Railway
https://www.friendsofbnsf.com/
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Old Wings - A classic aviation website
http://www.oldwings.nl/index.htm
Seawings - the flying boat web site
http://www.seawings.co.uk/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
============
IN THE NEWS
Rail campaigners call for more trains in Blackburn to Hellifield route
http://tinyurl.com/9ypeam8
Plastic footbridge for Dawlish
http://tinyurl.com/8gv6p4v
FGW complete extending HST formations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19559037
Richard Branson claims Virgin's West Coast rail loss 'bad for UK'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19548012
Patrick McLoughlin wants FirstGroup rail bid to go ahead
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19574263
Cheryl Gillan: Ex-minister attacks 'terrible' HS2 plan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-19535194
Wiltshire station improvements
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-19583628
Works starts of Didcot Parkway station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-19542081
Horse wanders on to railway track as 60mph train approaches
http://tinyurl.com/9mg7ga9
Weardale railway thief admits stealing from classic car firm
http://tinyurl.com/d6zlxgf
Chiltern Trains increase in traffic
http://tinyurl.com/c7pd5ut
War Memorial plaque unveiled at Middlesbrough
http://tinyurl.com/9y9xrgr
Paralympic passenger loadings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19583305
Portillo cuts ribbon on station's revamped loo
http://tinyurl.com/8s8lldm
ScotRail to increase rail services and cut journey times across Scotland
http://tinyurl.com/8bl4rrn
Cardi Bach: 50 years since train line closed
Video:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-19533239
Skills Academy to open on Severn Valley Railway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-19577968
Swanage Railway Gala
http://tinyurl.com/8hak5zb
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news843.htm
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news841.htm
EU money for rail improvements
http://tinyurl.com/9kjvt76
Off the beaten track, railroad buffs get stoked by riding obscure routes
http://tinyurl.com/c6khetn
El Paso, Texas — streetcar sale on hold
http://www.heritagetrolley.org/planElPasoNews04.htm
Niantic bridge, Connecticut closes after 105 years
http://www.rail.co/2012/09/10/niantic-river-bridge-closes-after-105-years/
London Underground map gets curves in lecturer's design
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-19546145
Minister transport priorities wrong: Transform Scotland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-19564702
Bus services need better partnerships, MPs say
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19574490
Fatal coach accident at Hindhead
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-18976092
Newquay test fixed for Bloodhound land speed rocket
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15460965
HMS Ark Royal sold for scrap by Ministry of Defence
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19535911
Cruise ships "dwarf" Venice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19415485
Queen Victoria mechanical problems
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-19552231
Dredging Aberdeen Harbour
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19509205
New Thames Estuary airport proposal unveiled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19577410
Final Bmibaby flight from East Midlands Airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-19536090
Helvetic airline stop Cardiff – Zurich service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-19555380
Ryanair emergency descent 'forced by maintenance errors'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-19543673
Job cuts and reduced winter opening at Black Country museum
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-19535750
Award for Claverdon pumping station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-19529325
At the Coal Face: Wrexham film festival's mines focus
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-19523143
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Richard Maund, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price
============
TV and RADIO
15/09/12 BBC Radio 4 1030-1100
"Punt PI" The Charfield rail disaster of 1928
15/09/12 BBC2 1815-1835
"Coast" Brunel's coastal railway at Bray Head
15/09/12 BBC4 2240-2340
"The InterCity 125: the Age of the Train"
15/09/12 BBC4 2340-0030
"The Three Rocketeers" Pioneering rocket pioneers
16/09/12 BBC4 1900-1930
"Julia Bradbury's Canal Walks" The Caledonian Canal
16/09/12 BBC2 1915-2000
"Richard Hammond's Crash Course" Striker fire engine
16/09/12 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Fatal Flight 447: Chaos in the Cockpit"
17/09/12 BBC1 South East 1930-2000
"The Race for Colour" Brighton's part in colour film development
17/09/12 Channel 5 1930-2000
"World's Scariest Flights"
17/09/12 BBC4 1930-2030
"Cereamics - How They Work"
17/09/12 BBC2 2200-2230
"James May's Things You Need to Know" Chemistry
18/09/12 BBC4 1930-2030
"Indian Hill Railways" 2/3
18/09/12 BBC4 2030-2100
"British Passions on Film" Getting away from it all
19/09/12 BBC2 1930-2000
"Coast" Berwick to Aberdeen
19/09/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Greenwich and Chatham
20/09/12 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Heroes of the Skies" 1/6 Douglas Bader
20/09/12 BBC4 2100-2200
"The Two Thousand Year Old Computer" Recommended
20/09/12 BBC2 2350-0020
"James May's Things You Need to Know" Engineering
21/09/12 Channel 5 2000-2030
"Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers" New series 2/8
============
EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
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
Admission: £3, children under 11 free
Stands 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
15/09/12- Didcot Railway Centre: Steam Gala
16/09/12
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
15/09/12- South Devon Railway Heritage Transport Gala & Behind the Scenes
16/09/12
http://tinyurl.com/c4chu86
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
20/09/12 The Rock House Hotel, Clifton Road, Lossiemouth, IV31 6DP
Illustrated talk: "Dunbar station as it was in 1938"
Starts 1930
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
21/09/12- Severn Valley Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
23/09/12
http://www.svr.org.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/
29/09/12 Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Autumn Diesel Day
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk/
29/09/12- Eastleigh Lakeside Railway: Super Power Weekend
30/09/12
http://www.steamtrain.co.uk
29/09/12- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Wine Festival
30/09/12
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
29/09/12- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Vintage on the Railway
30/09/12
http://www.rhdr.org.uk
29/09/12- Crofton Beam Engines Steam Gala
30/09/12
http://www.croftonbeamengines.org/
29/09/12- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Diesel Locomotive Weekend
30/09/12
http://www.e-v-r.com
30/09/12 The Lavender Line: Goods Train Days - Meet David Larkin
David will be attending and will be pleased to discuss wagons
http://www.lavender-line.co.uk/
http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/wagons.htm
Cheers, Howard.
editor(at)raildate.co.uk replace (at) with @
Raildate may be freely distributed without permission as long as no changes whatsoever are made
to the original document distributed by the Editor. You can subscribe to Raildate here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RAILDATE/
Issues of Raildate up to and including 18th December 2009 are at:
http://www.raildate.net
This page includes a master catalogue of items that have appeared in previous editions of
Raildate.
(C) Howard Sprenger 2012