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BOOK NEWS
A History of the Hull and Scarborough Railway
Edited by John F Addyman and Bill Fawcett (NERA)
Kestrel Railway Books is delighted to have been asked by the North Eastern Railway Association
(NERA) to publish its latest book on the line between Hull and Scarborough. The book is
researched, written and printed to the same high standards that we have become used to with
previous NERA publications.
The line opened in 1846-7 to serve an agricultural area adjacent to the East Riding coast, but
soon developed a booming tourist trade for Bridlington and Filey. Tourism peaked around the
early 1900s, but gradually declined to almost disappear by the late 1960s. Following the
Beeching Report of 1963 on British Railways’ finances, the railway from Hull to Scarborough was
extremely lucky to avoid complete closure. After a hard fight, common sense prevailed and the
line was reprieved to become grant-aided from 1969. This was entirely justified as it now
carries many more passengers than it did 100 years ago.
This new history covers the line’s story from its authorization, the architecture of its
buildings and details of each station’s development. The traffic it carried is fully
explained, and there are comprehensive chapters on train services, proposed railways to connect
with it, signalling and level crossings, and how the line avoided complete closure. This A4
size book is printed on gloss paper and is casebound. There are 160 photos (40 in colour),
maps, line drawings, tables and an appendix detailing the changes in signalling throughout its
life.
Casebound: 152 pages with 160 photographs (40 in colour), maps and line drawings
303 x 213mm
978-1-905505-30-2
Price: £24.95
Available from the publisher post-free:
http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/
Or from the NERA stand at the York Model Railway Show (see "Events" section below)
NETWATCH
Burton Latimer Heritage Society
http://www.burtonlatimer.info/
Photographs of the Rugby-Market Harborough line by Cliff Jones
http://cliffjones.zenfolio.com/p102627542
The Corkscrew Shuttle, special train to Wimborne Station from Bournemouth, May 1977
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BKz5MA8gyg
Steam Trains - Big Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1txJ6u2b3c
Details of "Mallard 75"
http://www.nrm.org.uk/mallard75
A compilation of BTF out-takes featuring Kings Cross complied by Barry Coward
http://youtu.be/gw0QvgR8N2Q
And a similar compilation, also by Barry Coward, on the Beeching report
http://youtu.be/mUhMXnoCUCk
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Canadian Pacific SD40s (superb soundtrack)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLV2Eywiny8
Barriers down for a long time!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rak0TR3Eork
Installation of colour light signals at Hither Green in 1960
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsuHUYKfBmE
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Statfold Barn Railway
http://www.statfoldbarnrailway.co.uk/
Enthusiasts Day, 23rd March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bwRh5JFA0U
Bergen Railway: Great Train Journeys
http://tinyurl.com/crgtpgq
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
A couple of videos made in the Netherlands at the end of last year by Andrew Cook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPZpuMhfqm4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOqK4lhw-I
"Rail's 2nd chance" from the Centre for Policy Studies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0_IORzvFwA
Super Constellation Flyers
http://www.superconstellation.org/
How to operate a fork lift
http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=34305
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
50th anniversary of the Beeching report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21938349
http://tinyurl.com/cmu6p3l
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21829838
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21947552
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21859794
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21951552
http://tinyurl.com/chag8db
http://tinyurl.com/cvoxy7s
http://www.nrm.org.uk/beeching
http://tinyurl.com/c9gb4kf
http://tinyurl.com/c7h2sj2
Rail franchising
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21933080
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21936255
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21937094
http://tinyurl.com/c6j3vsk
http://tinyurl.com/cotap9a
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21963814
Reading station delays warning as upgrade works ramped up
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-21899018
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-21962629
Ilkeston station: Government gives conditional backing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-21937538
Footbridge to transform pedestrian flows in Lincoln approved
http://tinyurl.com/bsevsdq
http://tinyurl.com/ctb5epn
New use for Whitby loco shed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-21956969
Take a look inside the King's Cross signal box
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21951560
Over-60s' railcard use up 50% in six years to a record high
http://tinyurl.com/clko3sr
New approach to rail planning seeks to boost economic growth
http://tinyurl.com/c7bpv9o
http://www.rail.co/2013/03/27/long-distance-rail-study-launched/
Network Rail worker held for cable thefts from railways
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21950623
Level crossing crash: Driver named as Dennis France
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-21925514
RAIB report into drill entering tunnel at Old Street
http://tinyurl.com/d4nuajk
RAIB report into tram derailment in Croydon
http://tinyurl.com/c8l82y3
New look Southern trains
http://tinyurl.com/dy97ued
Hull Paragon Interchange evacuated due to "faulty alarm"
http://tinyurl.com/c3qudel
British Army's Railway Howitzer loaned to Holland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-21923289
Severn Beach line vital cog in Bristol Metro plan
http://tinyurl.com/bupd3cp
Allotment hopefuls to spruce up Slateford station
http://tinyurl.com/d9zs8l6
On track for the rebirth of Waverley Line from Borders to city
http://tinyurl.com/csmf2cs
Londonderry line reopens
http://www.rail.co/2013/03/25/londonderry-coleraine-route-reopens/
Wensleydale Railway volunteers in funds plea after landslip
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-21912009
Alnwick: Historic moment for heritage railway
http://tinyurl.com/cmvng69
Severn Valley Railway diesel maintenance depot work to start
http://tinyurl.com/cp4skqk
Sussex sees first steam train on extended Bluebell Railway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-21853230
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-21888887
http://tinyurl.com/d4b2wz7
Last-surviving J72 on track for busy summer in North Yorkshire
http://tinyurl.com/cjbl64e
4VEP units moved to Barrow Hill for Brighton Belle project
http://tinyurl.com/cfwd7nh
Carriage shed approved at Swithland Sidings
http://www.rvp-ltd.org.uk/shed/
New track trolleys for Isle of Man Railways
http://www.rail.co/2013/01/28/isle-of-man-success-for-sigassure/
Snowdon Mountain Railway to close over Easter weekend after snow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-21969488
MP satisfied with security on ‘walk-through’ Tube trains
http://tinyurl.com/d4tj23h
London's Tube map creator Harry Beck gets blue plaque
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21918399
Behind the scenes at the London Transport Museum Depot
http://tinyurl.com/br97la2
Union Pacific investment works
http://tinyurl.com/bsguxnb
Vintage steam trains get new museum in Belgium
http://tinyurl.com/cbp2e7w
Derby's £100m tram plan rejected as 'too expensive'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-21937534
Voith developing trams for China
http://www.rail.co/2013/03/27/voith-to-develop-trams-for-china/
New Paris Metro station opened
http://www.rail.co/2013/03/27/paris-metro-inaugurates-suburban-station/
100 years of car making in Oxford
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21953578
Golden Gate: Electronic tolls for San Francisco bridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21950015
Classic Jupiter shows she's a real gas
http://tinyurl.com/clv7rsp
Stranded ship pulled off rocks near Lindisfarne
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-21965202
SS United States faces the scrap heap unless $500,000 can be found
http://tinyurl.com/cj25mvs
Last first class Titanic lunch menu to go on display in Belfast
http://tinyurl.com/bovengw
If you want to receive updates on Titanic II
http://tinyurl.com/cc72eog
Vortex from plane landing at Heathrow rips off roof
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-21904501
Boeing 787 test flight
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21932955
Merger of American Airlines approved
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21961393
Spitfire hunter pledges the search will go on
http://tinyurl.com/aqk9afp
Wallington man gives Tom Cruise film company two planes to blow up for movie
http://tinyurl.com/bwlxf26
Matthew Boulton memorial for Westminster Abbey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21917473
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
30/03/13 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Walking Through History" Tony Robinson in the Derwent Valley
31/03/13 BBC2 2000-2100
"Donald Campbell: Speed King"
31/03/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"Toughest Place to Be a... Bus Driver - the Return"
31/03/13 BBC4 2105-2135
"That Petrol Emotion: Motor Racing at the BBC" 2/5
01/04/13 BBC4 2030-2100
"That Petrol Emotion: Motor Racing at the BBC" 3/5
01/04/13 BBC Radio 4 2030-2100
"Crossing Continents: Mongolia's Mining Boom"
01/04/13 BBC4 2100-2200
"Magnificent Machines: the Golden Age of the British Sports Car"
02/04/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" The Yorkshire Dales
02/04/13 BBC4 2000-2100
"Crossing England in a Punt" A journey along the River Trent
03/04/13 BBC Radio 4 1100-1130
"Putting the Black Country on the Map" Its industrial heritage
03/04/13 BBC2 2000-2100
"Coast" 1/6 Invaders of the Isles
http://tinyurl.com/cjpt63p
03/04/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" East Yorkshire
04/04/13 BBC4 2000-230
"Time to Remember" Archive film from the '20s and '30s
04/04/13 BBC4 2200-2300
"Crossing England in a Punt" A journey along the River Trent
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
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 Twyford Waterworks: Guided Tour Day
Hazeley Road, Twyford, Hampshire, SO21 1QA
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.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/
01/04/13 Brijan Tours Charity Open Day
1000-1600
Visiting preserved and operational buses, stalls, refreshments
Free sightseeing tours, free bus to and from Eastleigh Bus Station
http://www.brijantours.com/graphics/2013ODflyer.pdf
07/04/13 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
Admission free (donations welcome!)
1000-1600
ex-Romsey Infants School, Plaza Parade, Winchester Rd, Romsey, SO51 8JA
Car park in old school grounds
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
07/04/13 Bus & Coach Preservation Spring Fair and Running Day
Havant Leisure Centre, Civic Centre Road, Havant, PO9 2AY
http://www.presbuspublishing.com/events.php
08/04/13 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Church, St John's Road, Hedge End
Kings Theatre, Southsea by Ron Hasker
Starts 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
08/04/13 RCTS Sheffield Branch
St Matthews Church Rooms, Carver Street, Sheffield S1 4FS
Penistone, Nottingham Victoria and Derby Friargate by Mike Eggenton
Images form the 1940s onwards
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
A donation of £1.00 (members) or £2.00 (non-members) is requested
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/sheffield/events.htm
11/04/13 Carnegie Publishing: Talk and Book Launch
The Silk Mill, Derby
"Britain's Industrial Revolution" by Dr Barrie Trinder
1900-2100 (arr 1830)
Admission by ticket only (£5.00)
Tickets: 01524 840111
http://carnegiepublishing.co.uk/
14/04/13 Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum: Big Spring Steam Up
Coal Park Lane, Swanwick, Southampton, SO31 7GW
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
15/04/13 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Library, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start, finish 2155
Trains, Ships, Aircraft and Balloons by Terry and Justin Foulger
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
19/04/13 The Butterley Gangroad Project
Mr Brunton’s Engine and the Butterley Company’s Crich Railway
A talk by Dieter Hopkin (NRM)
Glebe Field Centre, Crich, Derbyshire
Starts 1930, free admission
Prior booking essential: butterleygangroad(at)gmail.com
26/04/13- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Diesel Gala
28/04/13
http://www.kwvr.co.uk
27/04/13 Friends of King Alfred Buses
40th Anniversary of the end of King Alfred Motor Services
Display of vehicles in Winchester Cattle Market car park
1200-1700
Free services over ex-King Alfred routes in evening
http://www.fokab.org.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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