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NETWATCH
Keith Waldie's videos, taken on 9th March, of an empty coal train leaving Cockenzie power
station in East Lothian for the last time. The power station is due to close at the end of the
month.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8kY7XMY-oQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYxXBGNO4PI
Matisa Track laying and renewal train - the video (fascinating!)
http://www.matisa.com/matisa_ang/matisa_p95_video_uk.html
Transmongolian and Transsiberian train trip
http://tinyurl.com/cowqvtd
Cleaning up a derailment in Brazil - goes wrong!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxY19DEEjoM
Go Karts on Railroad Tracks (wonderful!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7buTCULLeY
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Tamar Belle, Bere Ferrers
http://www.tamarbelle.co.uk/
Brighton Atlantic project
http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/locos/atlantic/latest.html
Snow ploughing in New Zealand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8qVRF1VD0s
Southampton Docks workings in 1958:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSMnvA357ds
MegaStructures Loco rebuild ( 50 minutes.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ACjJnrn1lc
(Spotters: Neil Kearns, Richard Courage, Nick Bartlett)
WW2 Bombers - 1943 colour footage documentary filmed and produced during the war
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML_uUT05QT4
WW2 aircraft wrecks on video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnnmXQE1Xi4
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
King Alfred Buses - Running Day 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRkrOzPpSBg
Forgotten photographs chart the progress of industry at castings company in Derby
http://tinyurl.com/c9xbprj
Exhibition shows Ley's Malleable Castings' history in Derby
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-21750030
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
In pictures: Bygone images of Stanton Ironworks
http://tinyurl.com/coaapbb
Liverpool's lost Williamson tunnels unearthed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21595625
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IN THE NEWS
HS2 ruling 'a victory' despite unlawful compensation move
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21795755
Train companies in £40m legal action against the Government
http://tinyurl.com/bk5dku4
Train operators urged to curb 'excessive' announcements
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21773741
Special announcement for mobile phone user
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21734183
'Persecution of commuters’ brings record rail taking
http://tinyurl.com/d4c66uw
Snow stops Eurostar services
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21752699
Drills break through into busy London rail tunnel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21715329
'Black Death pit' unearthed by Crossrail project
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21784141
Thieves steal equipment used for repairing Doncaster railway landslip
http://tinyurl.com/bumnx98
Northampton Railway Station: Preparations for dig
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-21755941
Newcastle's Central Station set for £8m makeover
http://tinyurl.com/d9gcpza
New lease of life for Brunel's Engine Shed
http://www.itv.com/news/west/story/2013-03-11/engine-shed-to-be-transformed/
Portishead railway line cleared ahead of track checks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-21738510
http://tinyurl.com/d79fdfv
Fatality at Horley
http://tinyurl.com/d7m6yz4
RAIB report into near-miss at Four Lane Ends LC
http://tinyurl.com/cryh4y9
Award for Caersws station group
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-21713078
A9 closed at Portgower due to fallen crane on railway line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21736696
Disruption due to bomb threat in South Belfast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-21739752
Wife's search for husband's 'mind the gap' announcement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21737161
Final track laid for Bluebell Railway extension
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-21720778
http://www.bluebell-railway.com/east-grinstead-festival/
http://tinyurl.com/bnnpqsv
Holocaust trains are jewel of collection of Greek train enthusiast, but are they real?
http://tinyurl.com/bgwhfjp
China to dismantle its entire railway ministry
http://tinyurl.com/cepa67t
Edinburgh trams: Politicians mark tram section handover
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21706237
Edinburgh tram test rides offered to the public
http://tinyurl.com/azna4nf
Two buses crash in Salford leaving 25 people injured
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-21740467
http://tinyurl.com/btssdh9
Guernsey minister says bus service 'not fit for purpose'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-21727088
Go North-East buses strike action called and cancelled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21747062
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21782155
Restoration appeal for Avro Shackleton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-21726075
Study into commercial flights to Skye
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21715776
Aircraft damaged on landing at Dublin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21700614
Dreamliner battery redesign approved by FAA
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21764282
Possible restoration of Grantham canal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-21722122
Blue plaque for Cromford Canal
http://tinyurl.com/cvgkrdg
HMS Implacable, survivor of Trafalgar & WWII – Scuttled in 1949
http://tinyurl.com/cehen4j
Ferry service unable to berth at Guernsey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-21754509
Ship scrapping project in Swansea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-21776983
UK Seabed Resources joins deep-ocean mineral-mining rush
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21774447
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
15/03/13 BBC Radio 2 2000-2200
"Friday Night is Music Night" Celebrating the Underground's 150th
16/03/13 BBC2 1730-1800
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Switzerland (1)
17/03/13 BBC1 2030-2200
"The Lady Vanishes" Railway-based drama
18/03/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Switzerland (2)
18/03/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Dumbarton
18/03/13 BBC4 2000-2030
"That Petrol Emotion: Motor Racing at the BBC" 1/5
18/03/13 BBC2 2100-2230
"The Challenger" Drama about the cause of the Challenger disaster
19/03/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" The Low Countries
19/03/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Oban
19/03/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"The Railway: Keeping Britain On Track" 6/6 North of the Border
20/03/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Holland to France
20/03/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys"
20/03/13 BBC2 2320-0020
"The Railway: Keeping Britain On Track" 6/6 North of the Border
21/03/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Germany (1)
21/03/13 BBC4 2100-2200
"Heritage! The Battle for Britain's Past" 3/3 Broken Propylaeums
22/03/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Germany (2)
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
15/03/13 Derbyshire Archaeological Society Industrial Archaeology Section
St Mary's Parish Hall, Darley Lane, Derby
"Clay Cross Tunnel - Plans and Reality" by Philip Cousins
Starts 1930
Non-members welcome, but note that the Society AGM will be held beforehand
16/03/13- The Midlands Garden Rail Show
17/03/13 Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, Fosse Way, Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN
http://www.largescalemodelrailway.co.uk/
16/03/13- North Norfolk Railway: The Standards Gala (Part 2)
17/03/13
http://www.nnrailway.co.uk
16/03/13- West Somerset Railway: Spring Gala (Part 1)
19/03/13
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
18/03/13 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Library, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start, finish 2155
Travelling with a Grandad pass by Steve Wimbush
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
18/03/13 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire
The Butterley Company 1790-2009, the rise and fall of an industrial superstar
by Gwilyn Roberts CBE, past President of the Institute of Civil Engineers
Starts: 1930, admission: £3.00
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
21/03/13- West Somerset Railway: Spring Gala (Part 2)
24/03/13
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
22/03/12- Severn Valley Railway: Spring Gala
24/03/13
http://www.svr.co.uk/
27/03/13 National Railway Museum, York
"Back on Track"
What impact did Beeching have on communities up and down the country?
How are they developing the services they kept and reopening what was lost?
Join novelist Andrew Martin and Keith Brown MSP (Transport Minister in Scottish
Government), Rob Warnes (Planning and Performance Director, Northern Rail),
Alan Whitehouse (BBC transport correspondent (chair)), Prof Paul Salveson (Writer,
academic and rail campaigner), Lord Faulkner (Co-author of 'Holding the Line' a
political history of the railways)
Tickets: free, but booking is required
1830-2030
To Book:
http://www.nrm.org.uk/PlanaVisit/Events/beechinglecture.aspx
29/03/13- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Easter Open Days
01/04/13
http://www.e-v-r.com
29/03/13- Isle of Man: Rush Hour on the Railways
01/04/13
http://www.iombusandrail.info
30/03/13 Barrow Hill Roundhouse: Southern Saturday
Five Brighton Belle cars together - first time since 1972
http://www.barrowhill.org/
30/03/13- 51st York Model Railway Show
01/04/13 Knavesmire Suite, York Racecourse, YO23 1EX
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun), 1000-1630 (Mon)
http://www.yorkshow.org.uk/
31/03/13- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
01/04/13 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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