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PUBLICATION DATES FOR RAILDATE IN AUGUST/SEPTEMBER
9th August - usual publication
16th August - will be published on Thursday 15th August
23rd August - no Raildate
30th August - no Raildate
6th September - back to normal
NETWATCH
P2 Locomotive Trust "Cock O' The North" new build project
http://www.streamlinep2.co.uk/
Crossrail: Where is it in the list of 'big digs'?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23518137
Campaign for Better Transport - lines that should reopen
http://www.bettertransport.org.uk/campaigns/public_transport/rail/lines_that_should_reopen
UK Loco Picture Index
http://uklocopictureindex.weebly.com/
Interactive maps of past and present railways
http://www.railmaponline.com/
James May reveals he loves trains, but is adamant he is not a trainspotter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJvgrCodUw4
A BBC article about Adrian Vaughan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mf314
A remarkable exploration of the "mothballed" (ie, closed) Post Office Railway
http://www.silentuk.com/?p=2792
Network Rail's Signal Box Database (Excel file)
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/signal-box-register.xls
"Men Of The Footplate", a 1939 LMS documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SEicpqdumI
New York's Penn station – and other ugly train terminals around the world
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/jul/25/new-york-penn-station-ugly-train-world
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
A recent exploration of Clawson tunnel (GNR & L&NWR Joint)
http://tinyurl.com/pnpvqlh
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
Midland Railway Centre 1960s Gala, 13th July
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuMFl09TmM0
A ride on the HMRS "Plemsworth" layout:
http://s70.photobucket.com/user/Colombo2/media/SUNP0002_zps3f63cd1b.mp4.html
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Bizarre and tragic aircraft accidents
http://splashdown2.tripod.com/id16.html
Lancaster KB976
http://www.timefadesaway.co.uk/strathallan/kb976/kb_976_intro.html
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
End of the road for Jeepneys in the Philippines?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23352851
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IN THE NEWS
Green light for Crossrail station at Woolwich
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/28337.aspx
Manchester Piccadilly lightning strike disrupts trains
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23416589
Greater Anglia and East Midlands trains in Norwich station crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-23395357
East Midlands Trains rail action injunction rejected
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23506536
Nottingham Station: Commuter's tales of closure chaos during rush hour
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-23407438
Nottingham Station: 'Five weeks of pain' and how it affects you
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-23407319
ORR decision on West Coast track access application
http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.11219
Network Rail completes upgrade in Warrington and Preston section of WCML
http://tinyurl.com/oh9rdgu
Virgin calls for 135 mph running on West Coast Main Line
http://tinyurl.com/pnckm7r
200-year-old railway discovered along banks of River Tyne
http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/river-tyne-200-year-old-5325105
http://beamishtransportonline.co.uk/2013/07/the-mysterious-wooden-waggonway/
Locomotive traverser at the Port of Felixstowe
http://tinyurl.com/pks6kgl
Hitachi unveils new train interiors
http://tinyurl.com/qjbhuzf
How British will Britain’s new trains be?
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/07/23/how-british-will-britains-new-trains-be/
Railcare jobs to go in Glasgow and Milton Keynes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23552457
Railway signal boxes granted Grade II listed status
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23451290
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/jul/25/railway-signal-boxes-listed-england
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23461408
Station safety campaign launched by Network Rail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23512415
Trains delayed throughout Cornwall after body found on tracks at Scorrier
http://tinyurl.com/nacskya
RAIB investigation into LC incident on South Humberside
http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/current_investigations_register/130625_butterswood.cfm
RAIB investigation into passenger trapped by train doors
http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/current_investigations_register/130605_newcastle.cfm
RAIB investigation into collision at Norwich station, 21 July 2013
http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/current_investigations_register/130721_norwich.cfm
RAIB investigation into signalling technician struck by train near Poole
http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/current_investigations_register/130712_poole.cfm
RAIB investigation into level crossing accident near Woodbridge
http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/current_investigations_register/130714_jetty_avenue.cfm
RAIB report on freight train derailment at Shrewsbury
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/130722_R082013_Shrewsbury.pdf
RAIB report on level crossing incident and errors in resignalling
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/130729_R112013_Lindridge_Farm.pdf
Four-hour Edinburgh-London train journeys in 2019
http://tinyurl.com/lyqn5gk
Edinburgh Haymarket upgrade revealed
http://tinyurl.com/pl53h7q
Call for action over West Highland Line
http://tinyurl.com/pl6yypp
New Conon station hailed at national awards
http://tinyurl.com/nd3g5ko
Rail Freight Group calls for Perth-Inverness line upgrade
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23470170
Trains resume after latest thefts on Aberdeen to Inverness line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23513608
Rail electrification: North Wales councils aim to show benefits
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-23504076
£36m Wrexham-Chester rail re-doubling plans 'in limbo'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-23434846
Part of London Bridge station to be rebuilt in mid-Wales
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/part-london-bridge-station-rebuilt-5168398
Watford Metropolitan line Tube extension gets go-ahead
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23443173
Monument unveiled to victims of Moorgate underground crash 1975
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23481882
Winston Churchill Battle of Britain locomotive bid hits halfway and calls for donations
http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/transport/trains-and-railways/art445988
The Flying Pig returns to the Severn Valley Railway
http://tinyurl.com/pjzejnz
Boys, 15, held after rail vandal attack at Foxfield Railway
http://tinyurl.com/qzps4u5
Strathspey Railway to mark line's Victorian opening
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23434347
Strathspey steam train 'may have caused grass fire'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23402232
A platform to build on at Manuel
http://tinyurl.com/o9t87tu
Swiss train crash: Dozens hurt in Granges-pres-Marnand
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23494203
Switzerland Crash: Driver's body recovered
http://news.sky.com/story/1121982/switzerland-crash-drivers-body-recovered
Spanish train crash caught by CCTV camera
http://tinyurl.com/jw6z4kd
Spain train driver 'on phone' at time of deadly crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23507348
Why a train crash like Santiago is thought to be unlikely in Britain
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/26/train-crash-santiago-unlikely-britain
Paris Lyon station reopens Hall 2
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/06/26/paris-lyon-station-reopens-hall-2/
Union Pacific Railroad Acquires Big Boy Locomotive No 4014
http://tinyurl.com/ld7h3h2
Trains’ horn blowing: Citizen wants an end to the noise
http://tinyurl.com/naxf8sk
Rolling through the world's largest rail yard
http://tinyurl.com/mrkeebs
Investigation into oil train derailment at Lac-Meganic
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/enquetes-investigations/rail/2013/R13D0054/R13D0054.asp
http://tinyurl.com/pgw4kep
Keeping track of Indian railway history
http://tinyurl.com/ofdh2xy
Hauling new treasure along the Silk Road
http://tinyurl.com/qzjhxg8
CSR to sell 18 trains to Kazakhstan
http://africa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2013-07/29/content_16848628.htm
Japan commuters free woman trapped under train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23402889
Perth rail tunnel opens
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/07/29/perth-rail-tunnel-opens/
Guernsey bus passenger numbers decrease
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-23406000
Transpeak bus loses roof after hitting Stockport bridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23478679
'Chaos' predicted as Birmingham's A38 tunnels close for six weeks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-23362856
Fire at bus garage in Salsburgh 'started deliberately'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-23388695
Blue plaque honour for Iron Man of Racing Reg Parnell
http://tinyurl.com/lbxerbs
Italy coach crash: At least 38 dead near Avellino
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23486199
Italy coach crash: 'No sign of braking'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23487017
Windermere Steamboat Museum gets £9.4m lottery boost
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-23501157
Butley ferry service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-23499998
Funding for Bristol harbour ferry service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-23491226
China admits secretly salvaging British submarine HMS Poseidon
http://tinyurl.com/yldro5h
A380 superjumbo lands at Cardiff Airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-23485174
Iconic aircraft leaves Coventry Airport for new home in Germany
http://tinyurl.com/pddrybe
Increase in Highland airports passenger numbers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-23438877
Local council windfall from Manchester Airport profits
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23513673
Luton Airport to be sold
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-23528206
Nose gear penetrated Southwest 737 electronics bay
http://tinyurl.com/kuecrjm
Boeing requests examination of emergency transponders
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23486472
Photos of the Breitling Constellation at Fairford
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flatcap707/9350755572/in/photostream/
25th Sunderland International airshow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-23476606
'Jetman' Rossy takes to the air in the United States
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23500679
Atlantis: The museum at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
http://www.launchphotography.com/Atlantis_museum.html
Spotters: Martin Allen, Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, George Moffat, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
04/08/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"Das Auto: the Germans, Their Cars and Us"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23406467
05/08/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Portillo in London
05/08/13 Channel 5 1830-1900
"The Billion Dollar Wreck Hunt"
05/08/13 BBC4 2000-2030
"Britain on Film: Down to Business" Look at Life films
05/08/13 BBC4 2300-0000
"The Box That Changed Britain" Shipping containers
05/08/13 BBC2 2320-0020
"Das Auto: the Germans, Their Cars and Us"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23406467
06/08/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Maidenhead
06/08/13 BBC4 2000-2030
"Britain on Film: Dedicated Followers of Fashion" Look at Life films
07/08/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Alton and Whitchurch
08/08/13 BBC Radio 4 1500-1530
"Open Country: Firth of Forth" Profile of the bridges old and new
08/08/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Winchester and Eastleigh
08/08/13 BBC4 2120-2220
"Caravans: a British Love Affair"
09/08/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" The New Forest
09/08/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"World's Busiest... Train Station" Tokyo
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
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/
05/08/13 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Church, St John's Road, Hedge End
Looking at Industrial Archaeology by Bob Smith
Starts 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
05/08/13 Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Ken Boulter collection & Hancock’s Half Hour”
A digital presentation by Ted Hancock
Starts 1930 for a requested £3 donation on the door
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
06/08/13- Great Central Railway: Teddy Bears' Picnic
08/08/13
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
07/08/13 London Transport Museum: Discover Forgotten Metro-land
At the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk
07/08/13- Blackburn & East Lancs Model Railway Exhibition
08/08/13 Hyndburn Leisure Centre, Henry Street, Church Accrington, BB5 4EP
http://www.belmrs.org/
08/08/13 SS Shieldhall: Cruise and Dine
http://www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk/
08/08/13 Ffestiniog Railway: Summertime Jazz
http://www.festrail.co.uk
09/08/13 SS Shieldhall: Afternoon Cruise of the Solent to view Cowes Week
http://www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk/
09/08/13 SS Shieldhall: Evening Cruise for Cowes Week Firework Finale
http://www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk/
09/08/13- Talyllyn Railway: Beer Festival
10/08/13
http://www.talyllyn.co.uk
10/08/13- Dean Forest Railway: Severn Bridge Toll Refund Days
11/08/13
http://www.dfr.co.uk
10/08/13- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Multiple Memories Weekend (DMUs)
11/08/13
http://www.e-v-r.com
10/08/13- Mid-Hants Railway: Day Out with Thomas
18/08/13
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
11/08/13 Twyford Waterworks: Guided Tour Open Day
Hazeley Road, Twyford, Hampshire, SO21 1QA
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
11/08/13 SS Shieldhall: Start of the Fastnet Race
http://www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk/
11/08/13 Great Central Railway (Nottingham): Phoenix Summer Gathering
http://www.gcrn.co.uk/
11/08/13 West Wales Model Railway Exhibition
Near Aberaeron, Ceredigion
16 layouts/displays and featuring a display of Rowland Emett related exhibits
Enquiries: Nigel Bird - 01974 821281
http://www.denisbates.uwclub.net/page7.html
15/08/13 Ffestiniog Railway: Summertime Jazz
http://www.festrail.co.uk
16/08/13- Dean Forest Railway: Day Out with Thomas
18/08/13
http://www.dfr.co.uk
17/08/13 Winchester: Chesil Railway and Tunnel Guided Tour
1115-1245, Adult: £5, Child: £2
http://tinyurl.com/c93oqab
17/08/13 Winchester: Chesil Railway and Tunnel Guided Tour
1415-1545, Adult: £5, Child: £2
http://tinyurl.com/c93oqab
17/08/13- Eastleigh Lakeside Railway: Visiting Locomotives Weekend
18/08/13
http://www.steamtrain.co.uk
17/08/13- SS Shieldhall: Old Gaffers Jubilee Festival
18/08/13
http://www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk/
17/08/13- Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: 1960s Weekend
18/08/13
http://www.rhts.co.uk
17/08/13- Island at War - the Isle of Man
18/08/13
http://www.iombusandrail.info
18/08/13 Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum: Trains, Trains, Trains
Coal Park Lane, Swanwick, Southampton, SO31 7GW
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
18/08/13 Twyford Waterworks: Guided Tour Open Day
Hazeley Road, Twyford, Hampshire, SO21 1QA
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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