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NETWATCH
Steam sounds
http://www.steamsounds.org.uk/
The man who can taste the Tube map
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24990432
An interesting discussion, with photographs, of a project to 3D-printed a Warwell, including
other wagons (military and industrial)
http://tinyurl.com/nv4bdak
Great Central Railway: "Last Hurrah" 16th November
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47NH9dW_yA4
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Unbelievable ferry docking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaYxjlRag3Y
D1015 working rail train from Scunthorpe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7CwEwYZ2O4
Norwich in 90 minutes? (only if the rest of the service is slashed.)
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/11/11/norwich-in-90/
Historic Scottish Railway photographs
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/publication/?publication=railways
Preservation scheme for Swindon Panel
http://www.swindonpanel.org.uk/resources/updates/Swindon_Panel_Update_3.pdf
50 years of the Dartford Tunnel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24965893
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-24984705
Where to buy a biz-jet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24901144
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
New British Railways Southern Region Steam, around Greater London in the 1960s
http://vimeo.com/70579820
1965 Super Guppy dive test goes bad (not a bird strike!)
http://airpigz.com/blog/2011/1/9/1965-super-guppy-dive-test-goes-bad-not-a-bird-strike.html
Shackleton Preservation Trust
http://www.avroshackleton.co.uk/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
HS2 is bad value, and that’s a fact
http://tinyurl.com/obw3o7v
Crossrail reveals its first completed tunnel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25005388
Lord Adonis joins Crossrail extension to Reading call
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-25007350
Work starts on Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley rail electrification
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24984232
Salisbury to Andover train disruption expected as track relaid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25014099
Plans to close Folkestone Harbour branch line
http://tinyurl.com/p2l65sd
Direct Shrewsbury-to-London train services to restart
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-24937075
Shrewsbury to London rail plans 'do not go far enough'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-24994599
Bombardier to overhaul British EMUs
http://tinyurl.com/nlfe2n2
Train crashes into Chester Station barrier
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-25016996
Work planned on Sheffield to Manchester rail route
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-24978391
Passengers showered with glass after brick smashes through train window
http://www.btp.police.uk/latest_news/appeals/passengers_showered_with_glass.aspx
Spencer’s £140m turnover target as demand set to soar
http://tinyurl.com/ofm5o28
Yarnton level crossing death: Stalled car led to train crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-25022997
RAIB report on injury of lookout near West Drayton
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/131121_B052013_West_Drayton.pdf
26 gadgets stolen on the UK's railways every day
http://www.t3.com/news/26-gadgets-stolen-on-the-uks-railways-every-day
http://money.aol.co.uk/2013/11/19/gadget-thefts-on-trains-rise-by-10/
London Underground in 24-hour plans as ticket offices shut
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25025888
Northern line extension enquiry
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/11/19/northern-line-extension-inquiry-launched/
Borders railway decision 'insane', says Institute of Economic Affairs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-25035749
Borders to Edinburgh rail route work 'is damaging houses'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-25016858
Gleneagles station link upgrade starts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-24954861
Rail on track for ‘new golden age’
http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/rail-on-track-for-new-golden-age-1-3191779
http://tinyurl.com/o8zdpby
Pembrokeshire rail line to remain closed for days
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-25041726
Early Winter preserved steam railway news
http://www.rail.co.uk/rail-news/2013/early-winter-preserved-steam-railway-news/
Victorian cottage with its own STEAM TRAIN goes on the market for £550,000
http://tinyurl.com/oqar8od
Madrid mothballs 11-year-old suburban line
http://tinyurl.com/kv6hca4
EU to finance Danish electrification work
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/11/12/eu-to-co-finance-danish-electrification-project/
End of Japanese sleeper services
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/11/11/goodnight-to-japans-sleeper-trains/
LNG fuelled loco trails on CSX
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/11/18/csx-to-trial-natural-gas-locomotive/
SBB starts work on Gotthard base tunnel depots
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/11/19/sbb-starts-work-on-gotthard-tunnel-depot/
No need to privatise Pakistan Railways: Saad
http://www.brecorder.com/business-a-economy/189/1255644/
Egypt train and bus crash kills 26 outside Cairo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24982621
Strict action being taken against mafia occupying Railways land: Saad
http://tinyurl.com/q7mar8w
Nottingham trams start street running tests
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/11/18/nottingham-trams-begin-street-testing/
Driving Edinburgh trams
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-25051101
Emirates cable car has 4 regular users
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25022640
More trams delivered for Brisbane
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/11/12/gold-coast-takes-delivery-of-more-new-trams/
The smart cab that spots if you leave anything behind
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24999364
Camden Lock drained and opened to public
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24971123
Medway Queen returned to home waters
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-24984553
BAE Portsmouth retains Solent ferry recertification work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-24985990
Anthem of the Seas cruise ship set for Southampton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-25057561
'Iconic' VC10 aircraft arrives at East Midlands Aeropark
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24929936
Helicopter firm reviews workforce size after "fall off" in work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-25050400
Mobile phone use on planes cleared for take-off
http://tinyurl.com/obzympv
Wrong airport plane returns to skies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25046719
FlyBe service cuts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-25014805
Air Serbia - financed by Ethiad Airlines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24915846
Sandstorm disrupts Dubai airshow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24980650
Russian air crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24980055
Kazan crash captured on airport cameras
http://tinyurl.com/pxfaeco
Crashed 737 pushed into dive during go-around
http://tinyurl.com/oyhp8xp
Restoration news – English Electric Lightning T5 XS422
http://tinyurl.com/pgpye3g
'Dullest' calendar - of telephone boxes of Wales - fails to sell
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25013411
Margate Dreamland site reopens for open day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-24962388
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
24/11/13 BBC2 2000-2100
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" New series: 5/6 Prague to Munich
24/11/13 BBC1 2100-2200
"Britain and the Sea" David Dimbleby looks at us and the sea - 2/4
24/11/13 BBC4 2100-2200
"Madness in the Desert: Paris to Dakar"
25/11/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" The Dean Forest
26/11/13 BBC Radio 4 0900-0930
"The Politics of Architecture" 2/3
26/11/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Cardiff and Barry
26/11/13 BBC Radio 4 2130-2200
"The Politics of Architecture" 2/3
27/11/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Port Talbot
29/11/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Stobart: Trucks, Trains and Planes" Series 6 4/7
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
23/11/13- Warley Model Railway Exhibition
24/11/13 NEC Birmingham
http://www.thewarleyshow.co.uk/
24/11/13 Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum: Christmas at the Brickworks
Coal Park Lane, Swanwick, Southampton, SO31 7GW
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
24/12/13 Great Central Railway (Nottingham): Christmas Eve Steam Specials
http://www.gcrn.co.uk/
25/11/13 Peak Rail Sheffield Branch
The Library Theatre (by The Crucible), Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
“Railways Remembered” a film show by Rob Foxon
1900 for a 1930 start
£6 on the door or £5.75 in advance
http://peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch.html
28/11/13 Coal Aston Methodist Church - Illustrated Talk
Eckington Road, Coal Aston, Dronfield, S18 3AW
“Walking the Railways With a Dog” by Stephen Gay
Starts 1930
Admission £3.00 including refreshments
To book: 01246 414847
30/11/13 South Hants MRC: Portsmouth Model Railway Exhibition
Admiral Lord Nelson School, Dundas Lane, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO3 5XT
http://www.shmrc.co.uk/
Santa Specials
23/11/13- Great Central Railway: Santa Specials
24/11/13
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
30/11/13- Mid-Hants Railway: Santa Specials
01/12/13
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
30/11/13- West Somerset Railway: Santa Trains
01/12/13
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
30/11/13- Great Central Railway: Santa Specials
01/12/13
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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