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NETWATCH
The allure of abandoned Tube stations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25576814
Recent explorations of the South Wales Mineral Railway's Gyfylchi (aka Tonmawr aka Pelena)
Tunnel
http://tinyurl.com/q7vyagp
http://tinyurl.com/oyqqmb6
And of the GCR's Catesby tunnel
http://tinyurl.com/pjav4gb
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
New videos from Andrew Cook
Abington and Beattock Summit 30 November 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOW1N-iepaE
A short visit to the SRPS Diesel Gala at Bo'ness, 28th December
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vziHxUKcRc0
Sussex Live train information (CCF with additions)
http://www.sussextrains.co.uk/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Barry Coward's video record of 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZvv7YsiipE
BBC Somerset Special - The Beeching Cuts (available until Tuesday 7th January)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01nb424/BBC_Somerset_Special_The_Beeching_Cuts/
Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine
http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
General Repair - an LMS documentary from 1938
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzybtS56l6A
Steam in trouble - 2857 fails on the SVR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhlMWzLlAvk
View from a model DMU (the first of several)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-tLLGsR1JQ
Gloucestershire-Warwickshire Railway 28th December
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeiXzdo4ccE
German model locomotives with sound and steam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR8SeMSiCfA
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
How we enacted our own version of 'Dambusters' from train loo and aimed for bull's-eye on the
tracks
http://tinyurl.com/q3r5sk7
The Cornwall Railway Society
http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/
Look at Life - Down In The Dumps 1965
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P-f1mssUeI
Top ten abandoned places
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP6A-lBwcgs
Freeman Field Recovery Team Facebook group
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Freeman-Field-Recovery-Team/100776559984890
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
HS2 "breaches the human rights of residents along the route"
http://tinyurl.com/kxwyde4
Rail fare rise of 2.8% comes into effect
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25567969
Q&A: Rail fare rises
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25574138
Crossrail spoil contract extended with GBRf
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2013/12/16/contract-extension-for-gbrf/
Public support for Crossrail2
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2013/12/18/public-back-crossrail-2/
Richard Rogers attacks Crossrail station designs
http://tinyurl.com/qjpv4te
Loan provided for Crossrail rolling stock
http://tinyurl.com/qfc4w7k
Testing starts for first DRS class 68
http://tinyurl.com/nlfm89z
http://tinyurl.com/porrhsx
Ministers pay train firms to do away with premium seats
http://tinyurl.com/png4ct7
Thameslink train hits roof at London's Blackfriars station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25576100
Plans for 'cycle utopia' above London's rail lines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25549789
South West Trains passengers face further disruption
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25561446
Landslip near Stonehouse
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-25573265
Peterborough railway station closed to complete £43m upgrade
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-25505452
All-change for Crewe
http://www.creweguardian.co.uk/news/10172272.All_Change_for_Crewe/
Late-night Virgin train passengers 'can't get off' at Nuneaton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-25405967
Derby's London Road bridge to be demolished
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-25495486
Youngsters urged not to gamble with their lives on Derbyshire train tracks
http://tinyurl.com/pyp77h2
Call to celebrate 175 years of Derby's rail industries
http://tinyurl.com/p5yoxo5
Ryde Esplanade Tunnel flooded (again)
https://twitter.com/iwightradio/status/415435537143451649/photo/1
Storm damage on military line on Sarson Lane
http://tinyurl.com/nfpybw9
Cardiff City FC fan rescues child from under train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-25579519
Pont Briwet to be closed to trains until 2015
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/pont-briwet-closed-trains-until-6445894
Power lines parallel to Pont Briwet removed
http://www.therailengineer.com/2013/12/13/on-parallel-lines/
National recognition for heritage railway scheme
http://tinyurl.com/o3a8a4p
44871 & 45407 travelling home for Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBdTK5s6AMY
Landslip blocks South Devon Railway
http://tinyurl.com/o6jwovc
http://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk/
Isle of Wight Steam Railway train hit by falling tree
http://www.iwradio.co.uk/articles/2013-12-24-tree-falls-on-train-at-steam-railway
Landslip blocks Bluebell railway
http://www.bluebell-railway.com/event/26th-and-27th-december/
WSR future "looks secure"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-25535444
Tributes paid to "Father of the Railway" and his wife
http://tinyurl.com/pze7866
Corwen trains due to return in 2014 after 49-year wait
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-25555408
http://corwenstation-new.co.uk/december-extension-update/4581222176
Author Mike is steaming along
http://www.pocklingtonpost.co.uk/news/local/author-mike-is-steaming-along-1-6339245
Test trains start running in the Gotthard base Tunnel
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/12/17/test-trains-running-on-gotthard-base-tunnel/
South African Railways order Vossloh electro diesels
http://tinyurl.com/oxgrnqw
87022 on fire in Bulgaria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q07CjDCLDo
Huge fire after US oil train derails in North Dakota
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25556061
http://rt.com/usa/ndakota-train-derailment-explosion-996/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxkUhVswF5U&feature=youtu.be
26 die in sleep as fire breaks out on train from Bangalore
http://tinyurl.com/o4qmzvn
Full steam ahead for Derby's Markeaton Park model trains
http://tinyurl.com/q8q6cdp
First Dubai tram delivered
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2013/12/18/first-dubai-tram-delivered/
http://tinyurl.com/odpo6wo
Bus accident in Kennington
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25465221
Bus de-roofed at Norbiton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25496956
New buses ordered by Southern Vectis
http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/news/southern-vectis-announce-18m-fleet-of-buses-52227.aspx
Fiat shares surge after deal to buy remaining Chrysler stake
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25571200
Ford reveals solar-powered car with sun-tracking technology
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25575306
Panama Canal builders threaten halt to expansion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25579058
North Sea DFDS ferry fire: Man charged with arson
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25546091
Gateshead's Dunston Staithes to be restored
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-25390335
Antarctic rescue of Akademik Shokalskiy ship completed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25573096
AgustaWestland workers 'hurt' as India axes helicopter deal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-25574065
Welsh Battle of Atlantic flying boat is raised from the deep with help from its last pilot
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-battle-atlantic-flying-boat-6404822
Channel Islands Air Search aircraft to be replaced after accident
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-25456264
Glasgow-Isle of Man service to resume
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-25460814
FlyBe to close East Midlands & Cardiff-Paris services and Cardiff-Glasgow service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25448342
http://www.itv.com/news/wales/story/2013-12-04/flybe-pulls-two-cardiff-routes/
Power cuts at Gatwick cause major delays and cancellations on Christmas eve
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-25503513
Airports Commission reveals expansion shortlist
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25402007
Yvonne Pope Sintes: Britain's first female airline pilot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25547300
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 makes last passenger flight
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/05/travel/dc-10-last-flight/
Peak District sinkhole appears in Foolow, Derbyshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-25554549
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Warning-stay-clear-sinkhole/story-20386526-detail/story.html
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
04/01/14 BBC2 1730-1830
"James May's Toy Stories: the Motorcycle Diary"
04/01/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Speed with Guy Martin" Breaking speed records 1/4
05/01/14 Channel 4 1900-2000
"Shipping Wars" How your goods get to you
05/01/14 BBC4 1900-1930
"Britain by Bike" The Highlands
05/01/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Speed with Guy Martin" Breaking speed records 2/4
06/01/14 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" New series 1/20 Manchester to Birkenhead
06/01/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Huge Hovercraft: Monster Moves"
06/01/14 BBC2 2130-2230
"PQ17: an Arctic Convoy Disaster" Jeremy Clarkson tells the story
07/01/14 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" New series 2/20 Southport to Leyland
08/01/14 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" New series 3/20 Preston to Rochdale
08/01/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"The Restoration Man" Renovating a Staffordshire flint mill
09/01/14 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" New series 4/20 Haworth to Huddersfield
10/01/14 BBC Radio 4 1100-1130
"The Welsh M1" A trip along the A470
10/01/14 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" New series 5/20 Honley to Chesterfield
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
03/01/14 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
"Swindon Works, The Collett Years" by RCTS Branch Chairman Brian Arman
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/bristol/events.htm
03/01/14 Oxford House Industrial History Society
Oxford House Adult Education Centre, Grove Road, Risca, NP11 6GN
An evening of railway and canal films by Owen H Prosser
1900 for a 1915 start (meetings finish by 2130)
Friends and visitors are welcome to attend: admission £2.00
http:/www.riscamuseum.org.uk/
06/01/14 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“Rails to Ripley and Midland Railway connections to the Butterley Company”
by Howard Sprenger
1930 for a 1945 start
http://www.hias.org.uk
06/01/14 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
"On Parallel Lines" by Ken Horan
The rundown of BR steam - digitised black-and-white pictures from 1965/66
Starts at 1930
For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcome to
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
08/01/14 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"20 years of Railway Video in Wales" by Mike Wilcock
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome
A donation of £1.00 (members) or £2.00 (non-members) is requested
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/south_wales/events.htm
10/01/14 Railway Club of Wales
Dyfatty Community Centre, Chapel Street, off High Street, Swansea, SA1 1NB
“Swansea‘s Railways in Wartime“, by Alan Williams
There is a donation box at all meetings (but no compulsion to put anything in it)
Starts at 1930 (meetings finish by 2130)
13/01/14 North East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology Society
St Thomas’s Church Centre, Chatsworth Road, Brampton, Chesterfield, S40 3AW
“Amber Mill” by Richard Patilla
Starts 1930, £2 admission for non-members
http://www.nedias.co.uk
13/01/14 Peak Rail Sheffield Branch
The Library Theatre (by The Crucible), Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
“Railways Remembered, End of Year Special” 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
14/01/14 Monmouthshire Railway Society
Lecture Theatre A10, Newport Riverside City Campus
"Brunel's Neyland terminus" by Martin Davis
Starts at 1915 prompt
http://mrsoc.org.uk/
17/01/14- London Model Engineering Exhibition
18/01/14 Great Hall, Alexandra Palace, London, N22 7AY
http://www.londonmodelengineering.co.uk
20/01/14 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start, finish 2150
"Life of a Coachman" by Mervyn Annetts
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
Cheers, Howard.
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