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NETWATCH
Steaming around Britain's Railways
http://www.crjennings.com/index.html
"Engines Must Not Enter The Potato Siding" now available on iPlayer
http://tinyurl.com/a3oo5v2
And many other old favourites on the BBC Railway Site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/collections/p01277qd/steam-railways
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
And more BBC video resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/topics/railways/
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
H Class climbing out of Horsted Keynes caught by a police helicopter of with its thermal
imaging camera
http://vimeo.com/53849995
(Spotter: David Chappell)
A recent exploration of the LNWR "Heads of the Valleys" line Clydach Twin Tunnels
http://tinyurl.com/b596ufn
And one of the LNWR Wapping tunnel, Liverpool
http://tinyurl.com/a4e8jmm
And one of the LNWR Crown Street tunnel, Liverpool
http://tinyurl.com/a2e95qy
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
The Barrowmore Model Railway Group increases its range of prototype data
http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/Prototype.html
Electrification proposals 1931 style - the Weir Report of 1931, "Report of The Committee on
Main Line Railway Electrification"
http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Elec001.pdf
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
NS at Haarlem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGThxMdHTY0
MerwedeLingeLijn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPZpuMhfqm4
(Spotter: Andrew Cook)
Snow clearance, Canadian style.
http://www.wimp.com/trainclearing/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Convair Propliners in South Africa
http://www.convairprops.co.za/
A huge collection of old aircraft-related newsreels
http://imageevent.com/okbueno/mopic
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Looking for an independent video production company specialising in travel and transport? Look
no further...
http://bandromedia.com/
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IN THE NEWS
Most overcrowded train services: Figures reveal top 10
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20783986
Cowley Bridge Junction reopened
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-20856349
Freight train derailment near Barrow on Soar
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-20858813
Man dies after car struck by freight train at Yarnton level crossing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20892607
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20894917
Signalling failure on GWML
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20808182
London King's Cross: Station's changes over 160 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20771255
Contracts agreed for resignalling work
http://tinyurl.com/beq2d6b
London Midland compensation for driver shortages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20795737
New Southern stock
http://www.rail.co/2012/12/20/first-southern-3776-nears-completion/
The ten most crowded trains on the national network
http://www.newstatesman.com/business/2012/12/10-worst-moments-be-train
Crossrail dig unearths forgotten London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20796351
InterCity 125 designer Kenneth Grange knighted
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20860592
Fears raised about older trains brought back into service on c2c line
http://tinyurl.com/bdea3tj
RAIB investigations:
Fatal level crossing accident at Beech Hill
http://tinyurl.com/avxmgs8
ECML broken rails
http://tinyurl.com/bbwsho8
Fatal level crossing accident, Bestwood, Nottingham
http://tinyurl.com/a5hcfqu
"Near miss" at Ufton Nerfet level crossing
http://tinyurl.com/azeb23p
Passenger injury at Charing Cross
http://tinyurl.com/aay4nap
Staff fatality at Saxilby
http://tinyurl.com/bdnjkl8
Delay to lift of structure for Haymarket station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-20730433
Services confirmed for Conon Bridge railway station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-20810396
The restaurant at the end of the universe gets into wedding mode
http://tinyurl.com/by27a5v
Why Cardiff needs a Crossrail transport network
http://tinyurl.com/avtkvll
Steam train takes to London Underground in test run
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20759707
BBC South Today report on the Brighton Belle being restored at Barrow Hill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK1OWs1Mpbw
High-tech mission to find out if Derbyshire rail tunnel is world's oldest
http://tinyurl.com/a52aefr
Award for G&WR
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-20864774
Llangollen steam railway's Corwen extension delayed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20886999
Centenary celebrations for National Railway Museum's signalling simulator
http://tinyurl.com/bgs8wqq
Talyllyn steam railway in Gwynedd asks for cash from volunteers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20897036
Railway enthusiasts keep steam engine tradition alive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-20723648
Mudslide derails BNSF train near Everett
http://tinyurl.com/b78kr5l
Train hopping: Why do hobos risk their lives to ride the rails?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20756990
China launches longest high-speed train line
http://tinyurl.com/b42qm4u
Rare footage of African railway on show at North-East museum
http://tinyurl.com/avd889k
Edinburgh Trams: Full speed test carried out
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20796678
http://tinyurl.com/bhkee8v
Bus used as an ambulance
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-20875187
Bus Vannin strike ended.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-20813114
Isle of Man Steam Railway provided school trains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjrqU4BrTKU
Bloodhound diary: Making tracks in 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20879518
Lands End Airport waterlogged
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-20739869
Welsh Government to purchase Cardiff Airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20769091
Supply flights to the Shetland Isles
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-20820222
Pensioners restore rare WWII bomber
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20886684
Enthusiasts come within inches of death after aircraft comes down short of the runway
http://tinyurl.com/bw2tu4n
Despite warnings, ageing fire-fighting aircraft still flying - and crashing
http://tinyurl.com/bor8veg
vast graveyard in Russia where 9,000 planes have been left to rust away
http://tinyurl.com/boqm7ap
China’s new military transport plane exposed
http://theaviationist.com/2012/12/24/y-20/#.UNjnr6yZiSo
Public tour drained Foxton Locks in Leicestershire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-20747110
No cruise programme for MV Balmoral in 2013
http://tinyurl.com/a97dwa2
New owner for "Thomas"
http://tinyurl.com/blym2yp
CalMac plans world’s first hydrogen fuel ferry
http://tinyurl.com/b87amct
QE2 sold as scrap to Chinese for £20m
http://tinyurl.com/c2nmnsl
Costa Concordia Salvage
http://tinyurl.com/bk6k4qc
Dyffryn House to open to public from Easter 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-20850768
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
05/01/13 Channel 5 1500-1730
"The Dam Busters" 1954 feature film
06/01/13 BBC2 1645-1730
"Coast"
06/01/13 BBC2 2200-2300
"Speed Dreams: the Fastest Place on Earth" Bonneville, Utah
07/01/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" New series, 1/5 High Wycombe to Stratford
07/01/13 BBC1 South West 1930-2000
"Inside Out" Repairing the Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash
07/01/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Somerset
07/01/13 BBC4 2000-2030
"Art Deco Icons" Claridge's Hotel
08/01/13 BBC Radio 4 1530-1600
"Lives in a Landscape" Commuting on the Caledonian Sleeper
08/01/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 2/5 Birmingham to Stafford
08/01/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Swindon to Penzance
09/01/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 3/5 Stoke to Winsford
09/01/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Cornwall
09/01/13 BBC2 2130-2230
"World's Most Dangerous Roads" 3/3 Bolivia
10/01/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 4/5 Dudley to Bridgnorth
10/01/13 BBC4 2200-2250
"Metroland" Classic John Betjeman film from 1973
10/01/13 BBC4 2250-2350
"The Golden Age of Trams - a Streetcar Named Desire"
11/01/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 5/5 Welshpool to Aberystwyth
11/01/13 BBC1 South 1930-2000
"Sea City" Documentary about the port of Southampton 1/3
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
05/01/13- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Winter Steam Uop
06/01/13
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
07/01/13 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Church, St John's Road, Hedge End
The Wirksworth Branch - the history of a Derbyshire branch line
by Raildate editor, Howard Sprenger
It would be nice to meet any Raildate subscribers!
1930 for a 1945 start
http://www.hias.org.uk/
07/01/13 Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
Dore to Sheffield Nunnery Quadrupling: 1890-1904
A digital presentation by Ian Howard
1930 for a 1945 start, for a requested £3 donation on the door
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
16/01/13 Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History Research Workshop
National Railway Museum/University of York
In the Edmondson Room, NRM - Railway Towns
Mark Haydock (University of Central Lancashire):
The influence of railways on rapid town formation in East Lancs after 1848
Nitin Sinha (IRS&TH):
Skill formation and work culture in an Indian railway town of Jamalpur, 1860s-1940s
1400-1715
All welcome, refreshments served
18/01/13- London Model Engineering Exhibition
20/01/12 Alexandra Palace, London
1000-1700 each day
http://www.londonmodelengineering.co.uk
21/01/13 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
The A1 Steam Locomotive by Alexa Scott
Starts: 1930, admission: £2.00
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
Cheers, Howard.
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