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NETWATCH
The Cornwall Railway Society
http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/
The Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
http://www.bosci.net/LOWV/LOWV%20history%20railways.htm
Dumpman Films
http://www.dumpman.co.uk/
Great Central Railway derailment... oops!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr5EztEPJS8
And the aftermath
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7ofOJsFRlk
Local paper coverage
http://tinyurl.com/d3292jf
Hindenberg in pictures
http://tinyurl.com/cravm9n
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Abandoned Pennsylvania Railroad Alco RS-3 8479
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOy1yrf1_m4
The Parbuckling Project - Concordia wreck removal project informative website
http://www.theparbucklingproject.com/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
Birmingham New Street station gets new concourse
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22317053
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22311215
West Coast Main Line to receive major improvement work
http://tinyurl.com/c9xeykn
Some stations used by 'fewer than 30' people
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22369250
Stoke-on-Trent viaduct restored in £1.6m project
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-22332066
East Anglia: New trains still several years away
http://tinyurl.com/cjk9zu3
Archaeologists find 'world's oldest railway tunnel' in Derbyshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-22342239
http://tinyurl.com/bptctky
First converted 458 unit nearing completion
http://www.rail.co/2013/04/19/first-class-4585-nears-completion/
HS2 tunnel proposed under West London suburbs
http://www.rail.co/2013/04/23/hs2-to-recommend-ealing-and-northolt-tunnel/
Selby swing bridge possession postponed due to Hatfield waste tip slip
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22336018
Super’ freight trains set for Scots railways
http://tinyurl.com/c9mepbz
RAIB report on Possession Irregularity
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/130425_R052013_Dunblane.pdf
Midlothian rail depot plan
http://tinyurl.com/bvglr23
Commonwealth Games railway station set to reopen
http://tinyurl.com/c7stbtb
Plockton railway station adopted by local high school
http://tinyurl.com/bmcxjzt
http://tinyurl.com/cfsudyc
Newport (Gwent) station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22294831
Flying Scotsman restoration hold up costing the National Railway Museum millions
http://tinyurl.com/d753zsl
North Yorkshire Moors Railway celebrates 40th anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-22375865
Low-loader carrying steam engine demolishes traffic lights in Keighley
http://tinyurl.com/bu2z9w9
Jubilee line closure for tunnel repairs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22337997
LUL record reliability
http://www.rail.co/2013/04/25/tfl-boasts-record-reliability/
Siemens train delivery to Eurostar delayed
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/23/siemens-rail-idUSL6N0DA0OM20130423
Eurostar financial results
http://www.rail.co/2013/04/22/eurostar-on-track-in-2013/
Skanska wins Norwegian new line construction project
http://tinyurl.com/czdkr9s
Model trains forced out by Union Station renovation are not certain to return
http://tinyurl.com/cl9g9tf
Kingston parks truck on tracks so dilapidated train cars can't be brought into city
http://tinyurl.com/dxoczsx
Jumbo safety: Train speed norms soon
http://tinyurl.com/d6h4a5o
Consultation started for Midland Metro extension in Wolverhampton
http://tinyurl.com/cpv2tgc
Lothian Tram work finished in City square
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22310224
Forth Replacement Crossing name shortlist revealed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-22335189
Soviet Steam Car Powered With Wood: The First And The Last
http://tinyurl.com/d6agbvo
Kings Norton Guillotine lock restored
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22344206
Permits granted for ship recycling at Swansea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-22310506
Shipping service to Alderney reduced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-22272551
Titanic find washed up on Porth beach?
http://tinyurl.com/dx6zr3c
New space antenna developed to track maritime shipping
http://main.omanobserver.om/node/162173
Time-lapse of New York Harbor
http://vimeo.com/25437171
Aurigny Airways to replace Trilanders
http://alderneyjournal.com/readnews.php?id=1302
Boeing 787 returned to service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22315317
Bolton Paul Defiant replica moved to RAF Cosford
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22351979
Final flight of last airworthy BAC 1-11
http://www.bac1-11jet.co.uk/bac1-11jet.co.uk%20News.htm
Last Atlantic Airlines L-188 Electra departs Coventry for final time
http://tinyurl.com/cmvnkkf
Dornier 17: Salvaging a rare WWII plane from the seabed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22380915
Middle Wallop replica crash plane kills Horsham pilot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22328383
National Air Cargo 747-400 crash in Afghanistan
http://tinyurl.com/cgmagns
How the Sukhoi Superjets are being built
http://tinyurl.com/cq5wgjh
Mine shaft collapse
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-22290215
Llechwedd caverns tour
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22058752
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
04/05/13 BBC4 2000-2100
"A303: Highway to the Sun"
05/05/13 BBC2 1800-1900
"Coast" 5/6 The Secret Life of Sea Cliffs
06/05/13 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Building the London Underground"
06/05/13 BBC4 1900-1930
"Brushing Up on... British Towers"
06/05/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Motor Morphers" Turning a cement mixer into a boat (why?)
07/04/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Cromford, Derbyshire
07/04/13 BBC4 2000-2100
"NASA: Triumph and Tragedy" 1/2
08/04/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Wallsall to Bourneville
08/05/13 BBC2 2000-2100
"Coast" 6/6 All at Sea
08/05/13 BBC4 2315-0015
"A303: Highway to the Sun"
09/05/13 BBC4 2030-2100
"Brushing Up on... British Factories"
09/04/13 BBC4 2350-0050
"NASA: Triumph and Tragedy" 1/2
10/05/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers" 2/8
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
03/05/13- 45th Annual Bristol Model Railway Exhibition 2013
05/05/13
http://www.bristolmodrailex.co.uk/
04/05/13- Didcot Railway Centre: Steam Gala
06/05/13
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
04/05/13- Great Central Railway (Nottingham): Closing the Gap Gala
06/05/13
http://www.gcrn.co.uk
04/05/13- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: May Bank Holiday Steam Weekend
06/05/13
http://www.e-v-r.com
04/05/13- Midland Railway, Butterley: Vintage Train Event
06/05/13
http://www.midlandrailway-butterley.co.uk/
04/05/13- Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway: Branch Line Weekend
06/05/13
http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk
05/05/13 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
05/05/13 Twyford Waterworks: Spring Rally Open Day
Hazeley Road, Twyford, Hampshire, SO21 1QA
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
05/05/13- Buckinghamshire Railway Centre: Spring Steam Gala
06/05/13
http://www.bucksrailcentre.org
05/05/13- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
06/05/13 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
06/05/13 Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Sheffield to Cleethorpes”, a slideshow by Howard Turner
1930 for a 1945 start, for a requested £3 donation on the door
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
09/05/13 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Steam
http://www.e-v-r.com
10/05/13- Swanage Railway: Diesel Gala and Beer Festival
12/05/13
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
11/05/13- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Steam Weekend
12/05/13
http://www.e-v-r.com
13/05/13 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Church, St John's Road, Hedge End
History of Liverpool Docks by John Murden
Starts 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
13/05/13 Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
The Library Theatre (by The Crucible), Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
"Railways Remembered", a film show with Rob Foxon
1900 for a 1930 start
£6 on the door or £5.75 in advance
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
16/05/13 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Steam
http://www.e-v-r.com
18/05/13- Four Marks 9th Model Railway Exhibition
19/05/13 Four Marks Village Hall, Lymington Bottom, Four Marks, Nr Alton, GU34 5AA
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
Adults: £4, Child: £2, Senior: £2.50, Family (2+2): £8
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be attending with New Stanton Lees
In aid of Four Marks Scout Group
Free Vintage Bus to and from Medstead & Four Marks railway station
(Aldershot & District Omnibuses Rescue & Restoration Society)
http://tinyurl.com/cmtgl5e
18/05/13- Nene Valley Railway: Diesel Gala
19/05/13
http://www.nvr.org.uk
18/05/13- Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Class 31 Running Weekend
19/05/13
http://www.rhts.co.uk
18/05/13- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Steam Weekend
19/05/13
http://www.e-v-r.com
19/05/13 Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum: Big Wheels & Small Tracks
Coal Park Lane, Swanwick, Southampton, SO31 7GW
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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