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Owning to the Editor celebrating (?) a significant birthday next week, there will be no
Raildate on Friday 26th July!
NETWATCH
Life too exciting? Enter the calming world of full-length train journey videos...
http://tinyurl.com/npqzosx
Meet the Lost Mount Washington Railway, Closed in 1919
http://tinyurl.com/phvbfkp
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Tyne to Tweed by Train - a video compiled by Barry Coward from footage in his library taken in
1989, 1993 and a week ago
http://youtu.be/bssTjBEKz3k
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
The Best of British Steam Compilation 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v9joJFHbw4
The lost steam rail network - Isle of Wight - a short film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-iKHcLwI44
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
For all computer geeks out there... Alec Bray has built the "GWR Locomotive Sketchpad" to
allow you to design and mock-up steam locomotives based on the design principles of the Great
Western Railway. It has been developed for the Raspberry Pi...
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/4343
California's vast oilfields seen from the air
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23284506
2013 Dream Machines Castle DC-4 Take-off
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1P9eb-E0kA
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
How aerial photographs tracked down Hitler's flying bombs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23270332
Incredible skill of old-fashioned fairground sign-writer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23313762
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IN THE NEWS
Network Rail plans more trains through Manchester
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23283134
Network Rail’s newest train takes to the rails
http://tinyurl.com/nww6k9m
HS2 Derby route to "be considered"
http://tinyurl.com/p43s9ml
Derby-based Bombardier wins £180m train contract
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-23353210
http://tinyurl.com/q9bs33w
http://tinyurl.com/prarl9p
Hitachi wins £1.2bn train carriage contract
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23353962
Crossrail design for Abbey Wood released
http://tinyurl.com/pabn9x2
"Super train" poised to overhaul Great Western tracks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23317641
WCML Engineering work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23296081
Bodies found on GW mainline near Bridgwater
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-23312529
Great Train Robbery: How Bruce Reynolds became a writer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23256395
Memorial for Great Train robbery train crew to be unveiled at Crewe
http://tinyurl.com/pud2zxo
Railway arch-repurposing housing scheme in London nothing to laugh at
http://tinyurl.com/ntrnm9b
40-mile round trip to exit station for the disabled
http://tinyurl.com/o9ufrpe
York misses out on £9m development bid
http://tinyurl.com/ouflocz
Direct rail link between Liverpool and north Wales urged
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-23347517
Penmaenpool signal box to become nature observatory
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23266569
Train crashes with tractor near Welshpool crossing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23331232
Lego underground maps
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2013/07/17/another-brick-in-the-wall/
Metro apology after Newcastle mum stuck on roasting train with baby
http://tinyurl.com/ox3ufeq
Mid Hants steam workings replaced by diesels in hot weather
http://tinyurl.com/qdjzoqz
Mid Hants autumn gala visiting locos.
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/article.php/269/autumn-gala-locos-confirmed
New man in charge at rail museum
http://tinyurl.com/pcdqw9r
Steam train Willy's journey back home
http://tinyurl.com/pg7ow8x
Loose rail connector 'may have caused' France crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23298374
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23298833
http://tinyurl.com/ovjcoq8
http://tinyurl.com/psakw3q
http://tinyurl.com/oggem8c
Altered images: 'Nazi logo' deleted from club website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-23289155
Russian Railways keen to participate in Indian track electrification
http://tinyurl.com/l9629yw
Cuba’s railroad museum packed with history
http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=96367
Ryde Pier Tram project
http://tinyurl.com/olet3rq
Melting Roads
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23315384
Fangio's rare F1 Mercedes sells for £17.5m
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-23275089
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars creates more than 100 new jobs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-23345973
Nissan's Datsun brand is re-born after more than 30 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23313271
Sun guzzler: New solar family car pioneered in Holland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23339794
Portsmouth park-and-sail service launched
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-23326094
Salvage crews rush for one chance to move Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia
http://tinyurl.com/oagsxcm
Boeing Dreamliner: Air investigators urge action over fire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23364389
Heathrow submits third runway plan to Davies Commission
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23337754
Thomsom 787 flight returned to Manchester
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23296073
70 Years of RAF mountain rescue
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23294754
617 squadron to be disbanded and reformed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23356646
RAF Waddington plane spotters get Typhoon shock
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-23296285?SThisFB
Classic Air Force announces sale of DC-3
http://www.flyer.co.uk/aviation-news/newsfeed.php?artnum=1614
UK government excited by 'disruptive' Sabre engine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23332592
Spotters: Martin Allen, Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth, Tom
Tait
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TV and RADIO
20/07/13 BBC4 1900-2000
"John Sergeant on Tracks of Empire" 1/2
21/07/13 Channel 4 2000-2100
"The Plane That Saved Britain" The Mosquito
22/07/13 ITV1 2000-2030
"The Dales" Features the Wensleydale Railway
22/07/13 BBC4 2000-2030
"Britain on Film: A Woman's Place" Look at Life films
23/07/13 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Aircrash: Hudson River Landing"
23/07/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"I Survived a Fatal Flight"
23/07/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"The Route Masters: Running London's Roads" 5/6
23/07/13 BBC2 2320-0020
"The Tube: an Underground History"
24/07/13 BBC2 2320-0020
"The Route Masters: Running London's Roads" 5/6
24/07/13 BBC4 2330-0030
"John Sergeant on Tracks of Empire" 1/2
25/07/13 BBC4 2140-2240
"The Golden Age of Liners" 1/3
26/07/13 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Monster Moves" 2/6 Moving a Spitfire from Duxford to the USA
26/07/13 ITV1 2000-2030
"Harbour Lives" A look at Poole Harbour 7/8
26/07/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"World's Busiest... Border Crossing" 3/4 San Ysidro
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
19/07/13- Mid-Norfolk Railway: Steam Gala
21/07/13
http://www.mnr.org.uk
20/07/13 Larkrail 2013 (formerly Camrail)
New Oriel Hall, Brookleaze Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, BA1 6RA
Admission £4 (no concessions), accompanied children free
http://www.westernthunder.co.uk/index.php?threads/larkrail-2013.2001/
http://www.titfield.co.uk/
20/07/13 Severn Valley Railway: Peep Behind the Scenes
http://www.svr.co.uk/
20/07/13- Dean Forest Railway: Mixed Traction Weekend
21/07/13
http://www.dfr.co.uk
20/07/13- Foxfield Railway: Summer Steam Gala
21/07/13
http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk
20/07/13- Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Teddy Bears Picnic
21/07/13
http://www.rhts.co.uk
20/07/13- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Classic Transport Weekend
21/07/13
http://www.e-v-r.com
20/07/13- Derwent Valley Light Railway: Centenary Gala Weekend
21/07/13
http://www.dvlr.co.uk
21/07/13 Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum: Stars & Stripes - An American Day
Coal Park Lane, Swanwick, Southampton, SO31 7GW
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
21/07/13 Eastleigh Lakeside Railway: Summer Steam Gala
http://www.steamtrain.co.uk
21/07/13 Mid-Hants Railway: Bus Rally and Running Day, Alton
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
23/07/13- Great Central Railway: Teddy Bears' Picnic
25/07/13
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
26/07/13- Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway: Diesel Gala
28/07/13
http://tinyurl.com/mrgm5aq
27/07/13 West Somerset Railway: Fish & Chip and Ale Train Special
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
27/07/13 Dean Forest Railway: Heritage Railcar Day
http://www.dfr.co.uk
27/07/13- Whitwell & Reepham Railway: Steam Rally Weekend
28/07/13
http://www.whitwellstation.com
27/07/13- East Lancashire Railway: 1968 End of Steam Festival
28/07/13
http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
28/07/13 SS Shieldhall: 25th Anniversary Solent Celebration
http://www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk/
28/07/13 West Somerset Railway: Toy & Train Collectors Fair
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
26/07/13- The Battlefield Line: Rails & Ales
28/07/13
http://www.battlefieldline.co.uk
30/07/13- Great Central Railway: Teddy Bears' Picnic
01/08/13
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
01/08/13 Ffestiniog Railway: Summertime Jazz
http://www.festrail.co.uk
02/08/13- Spa Valley Railway: Summer Diesel Gala
04/08/13
http://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
03/08/13 Exmoor Rail 2013 Model Railway Exhibition
Minehead Eye (next to station), TA24 5BJ
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
03/08/13- Tinkers Park Rail Gala & Model Railway Exhibition
04/08/13 Hadlow Down, East Sussex, TN22 4HS (between Uckfield and Mayfield)
03/08/13- London Transport Museum: Discover Forgotten Metro-land
04/08/13 At the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk
03/08/13- Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Holiday Specials
04/08/13
http://www.rhts.co.uk
03/08/13- Great Central Railway (Nottingham): Model Rail Extravaganza
04/08/13
http://www.gcrn.co.uk/
03/08/13- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
04/08/13 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
03/08/13- Cromford Steam Fair
04/08/13 Tansley Crossroads, A615 Brackenfield, Derbyshire
03/08/13- Peak Rail: 1940s Weekend
04/08/13
http://www.peakrail.co.uk
03/08/13- Cleveland Model Railway Club - 2013 Exhibition
04/08/13 Redcar & Cleveland College, Corporation Road, Redcar, TS10 1EZ
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
http://www.cleveland-mrc.org.uk/
04/08/13 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
04/08/13 Twyford Waterworks: The Edwardian Waterworks Open Day
Hazeley Road, Twyford, Hampshire, SO21 1QA
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
04/08/13 Provincial Society Bus Rally, Stokes Bay
http://www.provincialsociety.org/rally.htm
04/08/13 Great Central Railway: Toy and Train Fair
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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