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NETWATCH
Hope for Fotopic users?
http://www.fotopic.net/
A4 repatriation - mission accomplished
http://portfotolio.net/moveright
The Bury Standard Four Group
http://www.burystandard4group.org.uk
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Great Central Railway Autumn Gala 6th October
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca4DviPp4_Q
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Before and after Beeching
http://www.joyce.whitchurch.btinternet.co.uk/maps.htm
A recent exploration of the Deepdale and Miley tunnels on the LNW/L&YJt Preston and Longridge
branch
http://tinyurl.com/95uqhux
And another Haddon Tunnel exploration:
http://tinyurl.com/94vgjlh
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
Geurrilla signing on the London Underground
http://imgur.com/a/lUWTG
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19858746
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IN THE NEWS
Why all the West Coast bids were wrong
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19881240
West Coast Main Line: McLoughlin on rail operator
Video:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-19873881
West Coast Main Line: Taxpayers 'at risk' in rail bid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19880903
WS Atkins implicated in WCML franchise process failure
http://tinyurl.com/8v2q774
Tracking down the real rail culprits
http://tinyurl.com/8kt2y6j
Statement by Civil Servant suspended over WCML franchise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19854459
London Midland trains disruption 'unacceptable'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19889598
Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash: Boy rescuer remembers devastation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19818280
Network Rail advert warns rail crossings 'like busy roads'
Video:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19867795
Man pushed onto track at Portsmouth station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-19901657
WABTEC purchase LH group
http://www.rail.co/2012/10/02/wabtec-takes-over-uk-based-lh-group/
Ryton car plant site to become Network Rail depot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-19835331
Earthwork Maintenance
http://www.therailengineer.com/2012/10/05/bringing-earthworks-under-control/
Pendolino bogie overhauls
http://tinyurl.com/9v98ky7
Balfour Beatty awarded contract for London Bridge Thameslink works
http://tinyurl.com/924nbbp
Bidding to build Crossrail stations
http://www.rail.co/2012/10/03/bidding-opens-for-crossrail-stations/
Proposed station on Slough - Windsor branch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-19870001
Level crossing upgrades start on West Highland and Far North lines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19872338
Dunragit crossing crash driver Andrew Robertson 'improving'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-19865251
Grants to Translink cut
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19874814
G&WR reopening date
http://www.gwsr.com/news/latest-news/gwr-re-opening-day.aspx
Cryptic Tube posters challenge commuters to ‘Look for Longer’
http://tinyurl.com/8ozf2nb
Eric Lomax: The Railway Man author dies aged 93
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19878770
New CEO for Irish Rail
http://www.rail.co/2012/10/05/franks-to-succeed-fearn-as-irish-rail-ceo/
Alstom loco tested in Channel Tunnel
http://www.rail.co/2012/10/01/34291/
Drive a train for real (well, almost) at Japan's riveting Railway Museum
http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/visit/drive-a-train-at-tokyos-train-museum-364891
New York's High Line: Why cities want parks in the sky
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19872874
Downtown Issaquah Valley Trolley starts service soon
http://tinyurl.com/8u7j7sz
The last years of Chicago streetcars
http://tinyurl.com/93s2syu
Is Britain experiencing a golden age of engineering?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19831559
India eyes Solar power for electric cars
Video:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19867229
Manganese Bronze says taxi recall to hit cash flow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19927400
Southampton's Itchen Bridge tolls to be automated
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-19833964
Motorists warned of slow-moving lawnmower
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19856224
Off the streets and into the sky could be the future for London bikes
http://tinyurl.com/959z8hj
Liverpool Council repays Pier Head cruise terminal grant
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-19869229
Honister mine owner Mark Weir 'not qualified to fly at night'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-19906704
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price
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TV and RADIO
14/10/12 BBC2 2000-2100
"Built in Britain" 2/2 includes "our first high-speed train"
15/10/12 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Classic Car Rescue" 4/6 Ford Mustang
15/10/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Dumbarton
15/10/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"London on Film" 1/3 The West End
16/10/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Oban
17/10/12 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers" 5/8
17/10/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Scotland
17/10/12 BBC4 2000-2030
"Britain's Best Drives" 1/6 Scarborough to Whitby
18/10/12 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Classic Car Rescue" 4/6 Ford Mustang
18/10/12 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Heroes of the Skies" 5/6 Robin Olds
19/10/12 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Heroes of the Skies" 5/6 Robin Olds
19/10/12 Channel 5 2000-2030
"Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers" 6/8
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
12/10/12- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Railmotor Weekend
14/10/12
http://bodminrailway.co.uk
12/10/12- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Steam, Oil & Smoke
14/10/12
http://www.kwvr.co.uk
13/10/12 Off the Rails hack day
http://offtherails.eventbrite.co.uk/
13/10/12 Scale Seven West Country Group Open Day
Mark Village Hall, Mark, Somerset TA9 4NY
Opens 1000, free parking on-site
Entry fee: £5
http://www.scaleseven.org.uk/S7joiningin.html
13/10/12- Eastleigh Lakeside Railway: Big 4 Weekend
14/10/12
http://www.steamtrain.co.uk
13/10/12- Farnham & District MRC 38th Exhibition
14/10/12 Connaught Leisure Centre, Tongham Road, Aldershot GU12 4AS
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
Adult £5, Senior £4, Child £2, Family £11
Two children free with each adult on Sunday
About 45 layouts and traders, refreshments, disabled access
http://www.farnhammrc.org.uk/
13/10/12- 16th Annual Charity Wilmington Model Railway Exhibition
14/10/12 St Michael's Church Hall, Church Hill, Wilmington, Dartford, DA2 7EG
1000-17000 both days
Adult: £3.50, Child/OAP: £2.50, Family (2+2): £9
In aid of Demelza House Children's Hospice, The Railway Children,
Cherished Memories & St Michael's Youth Work
http://www.stmichaelswilmington.org.uk
13/10/12 Romsey Signal Box Anniversary Open Weekend
Admission free (donations welcome!)
1400-1900
ex-Romsey Infants School, Plaza Parade, Winchester Rd, Romsey, SO51 8JA
Car park in old school grounds
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
15/10/12 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
1811 and all that: 200 years on the Cromford Canal by Hugh Potter
Starts: 1930
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
17/10/12- Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition
21/10/12 Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, Fosse Way, Nr Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN
http://www.midlansmodelengineering.co.uk
19/10/12 Newbury and District Transport Group
Bayer House, Strawberry Hill, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1JA
"Industrial Steam - UK, Europe and Africa" by Neil Kearns
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
19/10/12 Derbyshire Archaeological Society Industrial Archaeology Section
St Mary's Parish Hall, Darley Lane, Derby
"James Brindley's School of Engineers" by Chris Lewis
Starts 1930
Non-members welcome
20/10/12- National Festival of Railway Modelling
21/10/12 East of England Showground, Peterborough, PE2 6XE
https://www.model-railways-live.co.uk/
20/10/12- East Lancashire Railway: Autumn Steam Gala, Lancashire & Yorkshire
21/10/12 Bus Gathering and Transport Collectors Fair
https://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/
21/10/12 Bursledon Brickworks: Something Steamy & Ghostly Going On
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
21/10/12 The Lavender Line: Autumn Colours Specials
http://www.lavender-line.co.uk/
23/10/12 West Somerset Railway: Exmoor Mystery Tour
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
23/10/12 Killamarsh Heritage Society
Killamarsh Leisure Centre
Slideshow and talk about the railways in the Killamarsh area
by Ken Grainger
Starts 1900, £1 on the door
24/10/12- Great Central Railway: Half Term Trains
28/10/12
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
26/10/12 Derbyshire Archaeological Society & WEA (Derby Branch)
Room OL1, University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby
Free public lecture
Lord Willoughby's Railway by Rodney E Pearson
Also known as the Edenham Branch in Lincolnshire
Starts 1930
27/10/12 West Somerset Railway: Murder Mystery
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
27/10/12 Midland Railway Society: Study Centre Open Day
The Silk Mill, Derby
http://www.midlandrailwaysociety.org.uk
27/10/12 Churnet Valley Railway: Ghost Train
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
27/10/12- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Wirksworth Model Railway Exhbition
28/10/12
http://www.e-v-r.com
28/10/12 Eastleigh Lakeside Railway: Small Engines Mini Steam Gala
http://www.steamtrain.co.uk
28/10/12 The Lavender Line: Autumn Colours Specials - Goods Train Day
David Larkin 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.
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