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London’s Dock Railways Part 1 – The Isle of Dogs and Tilbury
by Dave Marden
The railways in and around London's docks were arteries to the national railway system at a
time when all heavy goods were moved by rail. As well as freight, the Port of London moved
vast numbers of people by train around its domain – not just ships’ passengers but also dock
workers, who were transported from their city dwellings to a host of dockside locations. This
book describes the dawn of the major rail-served docks, and traces the evolution of the capital’s
quayside railways and their locomotives from the days of the early dock companies through to
what became the Port of London Authority’s huge undertaking.
Over two volumes, we see the growth of the dock company railways from simple sidings to a vast
network under the Port of London Authority, together with full histories of over 100
locomotives that worked the various quays and sheds. Part 1 looks at the systems operating in
and around the Isle of Dogs at the Millwall and India Docks, and includes various other railway
wharves in the area. Also featured is Tilbury Docks which, although remote, were closely
associated through company ownership and became part of the PLA network. Part 2 will chronicle
the Royal Docks and their associated tracks.
The absorbing story of these industrial lines and locomotives is traced from their humble
origins to what became one of the largest private railways in the country, but which are now
nothing more than a memory that serves to remind us of one of the foremost periods in Britain’s
industrial history.
Softback: 120 pages with approximately 120 photographs and maps
273 x 215mm
978-1-905505-27-2
£15.95
http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/londocks1.htm
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NETWATCH
Steaming around Britain's railways in sound and pictures
http://www.crjennings.com/
Free Cassini Historical Map of your chosen area available from
http://www.cassinimaps.co.uk/findmypast
(while stocks last, available until 31st December 2012, you pay postage)
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Lotschberg base tunnel
http://www.bls.ch/e/unternehmen/download-neatprofil.pdf
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The salvage of the MT Betelgeuse (1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFXEU85AyaI
Costa Concordia Wreck Removal Detailed On New Website
http://tinyurl.com/culupbc
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Triumph Spitfire engine rebuild doesn’t look so hard
http://tinyurl.com/6wbateo
A turbo-engined tractor
http://www.dump.com/turbotractor/
War Memorials Online - update details of any war memorials you are aware of
http://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/
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IN THE NEWS
London Midland drivers shortage (and rates of pay)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20253435
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20279253
Network Rail CIO takes top IT award
http://tinyurl.com/bszp63z
Commuting journey times in London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20308384
Branston rail footbridge to be removed after complaints
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-20303904
Nuneaton North Chord officially opened
http://tinyurl.com/cj4alhq
Chiltern Railways train services hit by cable theft
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20336888
Hydrex rail plant sold by Network rail
http://tinyurl.com/c6y83a5
£3.3m revamp at Peterborough railway station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-20340222
Lorry stuck under Plymouth rail bridge disrupts trains
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-20311745
West Coast Main Line Pendolino trains get a 2 million-mile service
http://tinyurl.com/d6pdzv3
First Group freezes dividends in view of WCML franchise bid problems
http://tinyurl.com/cwcgtdr
Third-class trains: how bad could they be?
http://tinyurl.com/aoprm4t
'Mindless' couple push baby in pram over railway tracks
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/video-couple-push-baby-in-pram-1428081
RAIB report on SPAD at Stafford.
http://tinyurl.com/c29mesm
Georgia Varley train fall death: Guard jailed for manslaughter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-20339630
RAIB report into possession irregularity near Dunblane
http://tinyurl.com/b27wyny
Reward offered over Angus train derailment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-20340384
ScotRail to use 130 extra carriages for Edinburgh’s 80,000 sports fans
http://tinyurl.com/d6ueqe6
Scottish Borders project to be handled by Network Rail
http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z7565868326&z=1600249594
http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z7563601733&z=1600249365
High-speed rail plan for Glasgow to Edinburgh line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-20296195
Paisley Canal electrification works extended
http://tinyurl.com/apasely
Cable theft on Paisley Canal line
http://tinyurl.com/c9dsrso
RAIB report into engineering possession irregularity near Dunblane
http://tinyurl.com/b27wyny
Extra trains for Wales rugby and Cardiff football matches
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-20275166
Welsh station upgrades
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20248967
‘Nepotism’ inquiry uncovers failings at railway museum
http://tinyurl.com/cm42dqu
Heritage loco exchange at Haven Street
http://tinyurl.com/cf3ghvf
Porthmadog's Princess steam loco departs Ffestiniog rail line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-20272979
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-20272985
London Underground drivers balloted for strike action
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20309989
Consultation for Northern Line extension
http://tinyurl.com/d5my39o
Undefeated - the toughest bridge in the world (unbelievable!)
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3c0_1351184890
Myanmar train blaze leaves 25 dead, 100 injured
http://tinyurl.com/aladnxw
Texas train hits veteran parade truck, killing four
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20351941
Suspicious fire at Workshops Rail Museum in Brisbane
http://tinyurl.com/a369w98
New trains for Nairobi
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20310767
Real time train tracking app in India
http://tinyurl.com/cj3fcoo
Hurricane Sandy clean up operations
http://tinyurl.com/cavb97t
http://www.rail.co/2012/10/31/sandy-rail-cleanup-in-pictures/
Tram stop at Edinburgh airport unveiled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20325141
Edinburgh Trams on course for opening in Summer 2014
http://tinyurl.com/ch6kutr
Sao Paulo monorail design unveiled
http://www.rail.co/2012/11/07/sa%CC%83o-paulo-monorail-design-unveiled/
Kowloon Motor Bus order placed with Wrights of Ballymena
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20296707
Strike action on First Devon and Cornwall buses
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20322858
M5 engineering works closure
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-20279171
New road bridge for Evesham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-20304099
Car manufacturing returns to London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20275737
Magna Transit seat factory closure follows Ford announcement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20330161
Plan to increase lorry speed limit
http://tinyurl.com/corgsld
Bomber Boys time capsule: 'You will always be my hero'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20271351
Noise complaints at RAF Brize Norton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20308834
EU aviation emission trading suspended
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20299388
WWII artefacts found at 1941 plane crash site in Richmond
http://tinyurl.com/bdavho3
Iberia job cuts & restructuring
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20264407
Proposed KLM service from Manston
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-20311539
Manx2 service cuts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-20338928
Aer Lingus pensions dispute and industrial action
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20299071
Citation in fast overrun at Sao Paulo Congohas downtown airport
http://tinyurl.com/cm7flww
Vintage air care failures in Queensland
http://tinyurl.com/beo5kfk
New lock gates installed at Welshpool
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-20268839
Contract awarded for new cranes at Southampton Container port
http://www.abports.co.uk/newsarticle/31/
Petition over Wightlink axed island night sailings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20303356
Brittany Ferries fears fuel switch could close routes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20318856
Condor Ferries to return to Weymouth from July 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-20300982
Strangford Ferry service financial losses
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20332535
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
17/11/12 BBC4 1900-2000
"Metalworks!" 1/3 The golden age of silver
17/11/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"Shock and Awe: the Story of Electricity" 2/3 The age of invention
18/11/12 BBC2 1715-1730
"Coast" Falmouth to Land's End
18/11/12 BBC4 1900-2000
"The Last Days of Steam" Why BR kept building steam locos
18/11/12 Channel 4 2000-2100
"How Britain Worked" 5/6 A Brixham trawler restored
18/11/12 BBC4 2100-2215
"From the Sea to the Land: Britain's Coast on Film"
20/11/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Liverpool
20/11/12 BBC4 2000-2030
"Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury" 2/4 Birmingham
20/11/12 Channel 4 2000-2100
"George Clarke's Amazing Spaces"
20/11/12 BBC4 2030-2100
"Britain on Film" Getting down to business
21/11/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" The north-west
21/11/12 BBC1 2000-2100
"Supersized Earth" Huge engineering projects around the globe
21/11/12 BBC4 2000-2030
"Britain's Best Drive" 6/6 The Trossachs
21/11/12 BBC2 2320-0020
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 2/5 Hungary to Austria
21/11/12 ITV1 2335-0030
"The Great Train Robbery" How the job was done
22/11/12 BBC2 2100-2200
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 3/5 Berlin to the Rhine
22/11/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"Shock and Awe: the Story of Electricity" 3/3 Revelations & Revolutions
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
16/11/12 Newbury and District Transport Group
Bayer House, Strawberry Hill, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1JA
"Newbury and District Motor Services" by Paul Lacey
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
17/11/12 American Model RailRoad Group, Gosport: Public Running Meet & Mini Exhibition
St Mary's Church Parish Centre, Green Road, Alverstoke, Gosport PO12 2ET
Opens at 1030
Adult: £1 adults, Child: 50p
http://www.freewebs.com/gosportrailroadgroup/
17/11/12- Alsager Railway Association 2012 Exhibition
18/11/12 Victoria Oakley Centre, West Street, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 2PZ
http://www.alsagerrailwayassociation.co.uk/
18/11/12 East Kent Railway: 40 Shilling Special
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first Kent coalmine
http://www.eastkentlightrailway.moonfruit.com/
19/11/12 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
Sir Arthur Heywood's Duffield Bank Railway by Pat Morriss
Starts: 1930, admission: £2.00
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
19/11/12 Archive film show presented by Rob Foxon
Central Library Theatre, Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
Railways Remembered: Freight trains from wagon load to Freightliner
Starts 1930
Licensed bar, railway books, films & videos for sale
21/11/12 Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History Research Workshop
National Railway Museum/University of York
In the Gibb Theatre, NRM - Tom Rolt as Biographer and Preservationist
Adrian Vaughan:
The creation of a legend: a criticism of Rolt's biography of I.K Brunel
George Revill (Open University):
Tom Rolt’s High Horse, ecological visions & the origins of railway preservation
1400-1715
All welcome, refreshments served
23/11/12 Derbyshire Archaeological Society Industrial Archaeology Section
St Mary's Parish Hall, Darley Lane, Derby
"Westhouses - A Midland Railway Village" by Dudley Fowkes
Starts 1930
Non-members welcome
25/11/12 Bursledon Brickworks: Winter Festival
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
01/12/12 West Somerset Railway: Carol Trains
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
05/12/12 Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History Research Workshop
National Railway Museum/University of York
In the Edmondson Room, NRM
Early-20th-Century Railway Identities in Britain and France
Matt Thompson (Ironbridge George Museum):
A "perpetual neo-pastoral May": the interior geography of the GWR, 1929-1941
Natalia Starostina (Young Harris College, USA)
On railway advertising in interwar France
1400-1715
All welcome, refreshments served
07/12/12- West Somerset Railway: Dunster by Candlelight
08/12/12
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
Santa Specials only from here on...
24/11/12- Great Central Railway: Santa Specials
25/11/12
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
25/11/12 Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway: Santa Specials
http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk
01/12/12- West Somerset Railway: Santa Trains
02/12/12
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
01/12/12- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Santa Specials
02/12/12
http://www.rhdr.org.uk
01/12/12- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Santa Specials
02/12/12
http://www.watercressline.co.uk
01/12/12- Great Central Railway: Santa Specials
02/12/12
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
01/12/12- Churnet Valley Railway: Santa & Steam
02/12/12
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
01/12/12- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Santa Specials
02/12/12
http://www.kwvr.co.uk
01/12/12- Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway: Santa Specials
02/12/12
http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk
01/12/12- Wensleydale Railway: Santa Specials
02/12/12
http://www.wensleydalerailway.com
02/12/12 Peak Rail: Santa and Steam Specials
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/
05/12/12 Churnet Valley Railway: Santa & Steam
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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