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NETWATCH
All aboard for one last ride on Ashbourne's former railway...
http://tinyurl.com/owglg9e
High Peak Radio interview with the author
http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/ashbourne.htm
Peek into the secret world of London's transport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24758854
Scotland's closed railways
http://www.donaldstirling.me.uk/ScottishRailways/Scotlands-Closed-Railways/
Death by Health & Safety - Strategic Safety Review
http://www.deathbyhealthandsafety.co.uk/treaclefactory/resources/TOSSAS-2009-11.pdf
West Highland Steam photo Charter
http://winskill.zenfolio.com/p1050377143
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrJjHD8hkyM&feature=youtu.be
West Highlander charter 26 Oct at Horseshoe Viaduct
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl0EspIEW9k
Vale of Rhiedol photo charter
http://www.steamingaroundyorkshire.co.uk/Pages/2013/October/28th.htm
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
A recent exploration of Merthyr (aka Abernant, Abercanaid) tunnel, Vale of Neath Railway
http://tinyurl.com/pusexy2
And Quakers Yard (aka Cefn Glas) tunnel, Vale of Neath/West Midland Railway
http://tinyurl.com/qztrqmg
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
Shunter Blacks Night off 1941
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1QY2A2C5pc
Locomotives for the Second Front 1943
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_weWCHf9sQ
Engine Shed 1938 (LMS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0bToe9DKFo
LNER steam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoggFNjlSig
Railway Bridge Across the Thames
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSfa90avBzI
London Terminus - 1944 English Railways Educational Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYhsx9uDBJQ
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Trolleys were once the rule in New Mexico cities
http://tinyurl.com/l3k326d
The effects of space weather on aviation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHYbnv6O1Go
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Streamlining trains running at under 50mph
http://tinyurl.com/peotbtx
Hawker Hurricane Mk1 P3717 (G-HITT) rebuild update
http://tinyurl.com/owzzb2r
Tallmantz Aviation
http://www.aerovintage.com/tallmantz.htm
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
RAF photographer's Tornados, Spitfires and Typhoons
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-24672979
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IN THE NEWS
HS2: Cameron hails 'vital programme' as MPs approve funding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24753394
HS2: Mixed support from North East MPs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24671740
HS2 alternative 'would mean years of rail disruption'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24700561
HS2 time savings exaggerated critics say
http://tinyurl.com/mjbjl53
HS2: George Osborne should halt the train journey no one wants to take
http://tinyurl.com/noujt52
HS2: Labour to examine cheaper rival plan
http://tinyurl.com/ll9fhd4
http://tinyurl.com/m9brxp6
HS2 will become 'difficult' without Labour support, Patrick McLoughlin admits
http://tinyurl.com/kgp5t23
Anything makes more sense than the HS2 fiasco
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/30/money-sloshing-hs2-rail-better-spent
HS2: The train now departing... needs to reach its destination
http://tinyurl.com/nrlzxnk
HS2: Rail Minister to visit Edinburgh and Glasgow
http://tinyurl.com/q3y3xcn
£21bn for rail maintenance and enhancement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24754557
Dangerous level crossings to close, says rail regulator
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24754358
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24754724
East coast mainline: profitable and publicly owned – so why sell it?
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/26/east-coast-mainline-why-privatise
RAIB summary of Tesco train derailment near Gloucester.
http://tinyurl.com/qzt46sl
RAIB summary of freightliner derailment at Camden Road
http://tinyurl.com/p8tsxcu
Van on line at Aspatria
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-24684292
Second strike by FGW cleaners employed by MITIE
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24659115
Sale of East Coast franchise launched
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24668852
Guard bitten by dog
http://tinyurl.com/qfefdd4
MP's concerns over Thameslink
http://tinyurl.com/p4kr32j
Delay over Ufton Nervet LC replacement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-24755242
ORR draft determination for CP5 Network rail funding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24754358
NDS distribution depot opens at Ryton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-24713326
South West Trains passengers told not to travel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24694201
One of 29 trees blocking routes across SW Trains network at Dorchester South
https://twitter.com/SW_Trains/status/394735943506087936/photo/1
Line between Farnham and Alton blocked by tree
https://twitter.com/SW_Trains/status/394754383604219904/photo/1
Row as train operators set to make millions out of hurricane chaos
http://tinyurl.com/kdqxxmj
Did the railways over-react?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24707779
Rail freight plans may hit the buffers
http://www.scotsman.com/news/rail-freight-plans-may-hit-the-buffers-1-3165666
Mines blocked to stop Borders Railway collapse
http://tinyurl.com/ov4s8ne
Borders Railway work steaming ahead
http://tinyurl.com/opmpulh
Vandals who put hazards on rail tracks in Llangennech hunted
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-24716352
Whitehead railway station: a journey back in time
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24726386
Heritage railway doubles turnover
http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk/news/article/7147/heritage-railway-doubles-turnover
All aboard for railway after official opening
http://tinyurl.com/k97jshx
Flying Scotsman restoration update
http://tinyurl.com/lrnwdqm
Future of historic Volks Railway under threat
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10769275.Future_of_historic_Volks_Railway_under_threat/
Manx Electric Railway refurbishment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-24711228
New TGV route to be built in South West France
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/10/24/timeline-set-for-bordeaux-toulousedax-tgv/
Serco get 5 year extension to Dubai metro contract
http://tinyurl.com/njr5wec
Trans-Siberian investment
http://tinyurl.com/oahfc8e
Delay to Newport bus station refurbishment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-24715344
UK storm: Two hurt as bus blown over in Suffolk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-24705804
Missing Jaguar E-Type made in Coventry goes under the hammer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-24674106
Open lock gate grounds Leighton Buzzard canal boats
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-24768737
Rebuilt Medway Queen journey to Kent
http://www.gmb.org.uk/newsroom/rebuilt-medway-queen-journey-to-kent
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-24757775
Scandinavian's MD-80s bow out with special flight
http://tinyurl.com/o2bwmgp
BMI Regional to scrap five routes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24766639
Blue Island acquire additional aircraft for Southampton service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-24729482
RAF C-130Ks make last operational flight
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/raf-c-130ks-make-last-operational-flight-392192/
Hawker Hurricane MkI P3717 (G-HITT) rebuild update
http://tinyurl.com/owzzb2r
e-Go aeroplane: Norfolk test flight for Cambridge plane
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24750978
Flying car technology is turning a dream into reality
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24635758
200 sign up to relaunch Derby's Silk Mill
http://tinyurl.com/q484jhm
Spotters: Richard Buckby Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
02/11/13 BBC Radio 4 0607-0630
"Open Country" Restoring Mountsorrel's Long Forgotten Railway
02/11/13 Channel 5 1830-1900
"Lost Heroes of World War One" Passchendaele and Arras
02/11/13 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The Great Escape: Revealed" Story of the Stalag Luft 3 breakout
03/11/13 BBC2 1900-2000
"How to Build... a Jumbo Jet Engine"
03/11/13 BBC2 2000-2100
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" New series: 2/6 Turin to Venice
03/11/13 BBC4 2000-2100
"Dreaming the Impossible: Unbuilt Britain" 2/3 Making Connections
04/11/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Essex to London
04/11/13 BBC4 2100-2200
"Timeshift: When Coal was King" The lost world of coal mining
05/11/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" London
06/11/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Paddington and Maidenhead
06/11/13 BBC4 2000-2030
"Britain by Bike" North Devon
07/11/13 BBC4 2305-0005
"Timeshift: When Coal was King" The lost world of coal mining
08/11/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Stobart: Trucks, Trains and Planes" Series 6 1/7
08/11/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"Cold War, Hot Jets" Britain's post-war aviation industry
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
31/10/13- Mid-Hants Railway: Wizard Weekend
03/11/13
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
02/11/13- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Half-price Weekend
03/11/13
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
02/11/13- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
03/11/13 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
02/11/13- Peak Rail: WWII Winter Camp
03/11/13
http://www.peakrail.co.uk
03/11/13 Dean Forest Railway: Half Term Week
http://www.dfr.co.uk
03/11/13 Burton Railway Society: 2013 Model RailEx
The National Brewery Centre, Burton-on-Trent
http://www.burtonrailwaysociety.co.uk/
04/11/13 Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
Change of presentation...
“A Selection of BTF Films from the Corporate BR Blue Era”
by Nick Wheat
Starts 1930 for a requested £3 donation on the door
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
05/11/13 Great Central Railway: Bonfire Night and Fireworks
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
09/11/13 Mid-Hants Railway: Walk the Line
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
09/11/13 Great Central Railway (Nottingham): Firework Spectacular
http://www.gcrn.co.uk/
09/11/13- Hull Model Railway Show 2013
10/11/13 Costello (Athletics) Stadium, Anlaby Park Road North, Hull, HU4 6XY
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
http://www.hullmrs.org
10/11/13 Great Central Railway: Remembrance Event
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
14/11/13 Phoenix Picturehouse, Walton Street, Oxford
Danger on Film! Railway Safety Films, 1938-today
Presented by Mike Esbester
Films include: Enemy No 1 (LMS, 1938), A Cautionary Tale (LNER, 1944)
and The Finishing Line (BR, 1977)
1830-2030
Free admission
16/11/13- Great Central Railway: Steam Enthusiasts Event
17/11/13
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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