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NRM NEWS
Not a lot more to report this week, but the cuts have been reported in Heritage Railway
magazine, with most of the emphasis being on the voluntary redundancy of the Head of Knowledge
and Collections, Helen Ashby.
NETWATCH
175 years of Derby's railways
http://www.derby175.co.uk/
Welsh Signal Box Heaven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8MtiGMxKdY
1930s & 1950s colour photos (rail and bus)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swift-valley/sets/72157622769148804
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
"The Seafire"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TneYPcyGbbY
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Old train photos fascinate readers
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/scotland/gallery-old-train-photos-fascinate-readers-1.66028
Martyn Nutland's website
http://www.martynlnutland.com/
Shipsnostalgia TV - The best in Shipping Videos
http://shipsnostalgia.tv/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Carscapes: How the motor car reshaped England
http://tinyurl.com/ouhwwmf
The urban explorers of the ex-USSR
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26018424
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IN THE NEWS
Aerial view of flooded rail line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26143668
How do you fix the Dawlish problem?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26068375
Time-lapse video reveals Dawlish rail work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26180491
Archive photos show Dawlish railway's stormy past
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-26125244
National campaign to spend HS2 rail cash to repair South Devon line
http://tinyurl.com/pyzmrmp
Three-hour rail journeys for Plymouth are a priority
http://tinyurl.com/nlc4cbp
Network Rail chooses Dawlish alternative route
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26110559
http://tinyurl.com/npfq2yg
http://tinyurl.com/olaxl7p
Network Rail denies Dawlish plan
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2014/02/11-network-rail-denies-dawlish-plan.html
Dawlish rail alternative: Brentor home sale fears
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-26163597
Trains between Reading and London delayed by flooding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-26145451
Taunton to Bridgwater railway line remains under water
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-26097500
Yeovil to Exeter line reopens after landslip at Crewkerne
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-26107724
Trains running to Exeter again
http://tinyurl.com/nfnowcb
Delays of up to 30 minutes as tree falls onto tracks at Hamble
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10997456.Train_delays_as_tree_falls_on_line/
First Capital Connect trains evacuated after balloon hits cables
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-26084154
Crewe Station evacuated after high winds blow off part of roof
http://tinyurl.com/ndj4kuv
West Coast closed north of Preston as storm swept in
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2014/02/12-west-coast-closed-north-of.html
HS2 Toton station could see the relocation of up to 600 jobs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-26124494
Councils battle between themselves over HS2 station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26126915
George and Robert Stephenson railway bridges listed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-26151492
http://tinyurl.com/o9glbgb
‘Electric railway line is a threat to safety’
http://tinyurl.com/oeeuz62
Passenger hit by train at Winchester
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10996670.Passenger_hit_by_train/
Lockerley Railway bridge closed for repairs
http://tinyurl.com/nr2mnya
RAIB report into Moorgate line piling incident
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/140213_R032014_Old_Street.pdf
RAIB report into fatality at Newark Northgate
http://tinyurl.com/q2lf9hz
East Midlands train passengers face delays despite track upgrade
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-26140652
Last train to run on Oxford to Bicester line before revamp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-26173793
Hull railway electrification: Government 'very interested' in plan
http://tinyurl.com/ocbap6k
Gateshead's Dunston Staithes could be opened to public
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-26117547
Keeping up to speed with Borders rail work timetable
http://tinyurl.com/qylb737
Porthmadog (mainline) station damaged by high winds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-26164617
Green light for Powys rail crossings closure
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-26085025
Machynlleth to Barmouth Cambrian rail service reopens
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-26101654
Cambrian rail line improvement report handed to minister
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-26137506
West Somerset Railway could be sold to private operator
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-26109738
HRA award for Purbeck Clay mining museum
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news917.htm
Strathspey Steam Railway use crane for new bridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-26191444
French Alps: Rock derails Nice to Digne-les-Bains train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26098700
http://tinyurl.com/q8vra5y
Glacier Express in collision with snow blower
http://tinyurl.com/qy2pfgn
Transport disruption in Japan due to snow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26096121
Lac-Megantic victims aim to sue Ottawa for allegedly failing to sanction railway
http://tinyurl.com/q3qndxh
Tanzania rail plan depends on bosses
http://www.busiweek.com/index1.php?Ctp=2&pI=554&pLv=3&srI=79&spI=454&cI=10
Tube strike: Unions suspend strike after reaching deal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26130165
Operator chosen for Cairngorms funicular railway
http://tinyurl.com/njrswxb
Re-arranging exhibits at Crich
http://www.tramway.co.uk/blog/big-shunt-1st-february-2014
Video from 1937 shows Shirley Temple inaugurating LA street car line
http://laist.com/2014/02/11/vintage_video_shows_shirley_temple.php
Nottingham electric bus fleet to be expanded
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-26152557
15ft-deep hole appears on M2 in Kent
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-26143100
Wey and Arun canal lock restoration
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26086552
Caen Hill locks work shuts Kennet and Avon Canal section
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-26124219
Panama Canal work stops in $1.6bn row
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-26090909
Titanic 'smaller than people think'
http://tinyurl.com/p9uffrj
HMS Alliance opens as £7m project is ready to go
http://tinyurl.com/p3rqywq
Gatwick runway plans: Lowfield Heath 'ghost village' remembered
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-26030110
BA yet to decide on fate of 747 damaged in Johannesburg
http://tinyurl.com/m8tpe73
Singapore Airshow:
Can China dominate aircraft manufacturing?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26043993
Airbus A350 goes on public display
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26117073
The fight for eyeballs in mid-air
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25975458
Virgin to stop Hong Kong-Sydney route
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26044051
RAF spy plane Sentinel maps southern England floods
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26183728
RAF pauses Voyager operations after in-flight incident
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26157641
http://tinyurl.com/ocq7rby
Scunthorpe Spitfire hunter returns to Burma for fresh search
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-26136291
Spitfire moved from Manchester to RAF museum Hendon
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-26108617
Simulation proves the "Spruce Goose" could have flown
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-26025939
Airbus fuselage moved by road from St Athans to Kemble
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-26101957
Algeria mourns dozens killed in military plane crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-26149504
UK to spend £2.5bn on F-35 fighters
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26124894
Weaving modern cloth with Victorian looms
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26179200
Veterans gather for Colossus 70th anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26033681
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
15/02/14 Channel 4 1905-2000
"The Restoration Man" Converting a pumping station into a home
15/02/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Walking Through History" 2/3 Northumbria
16/02/14 Channel 4 2100-2200
"Bunkers, Brutalism & Bloody-mindedness: Concrete Poetry" Architecture 1/2
19/02/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"The Restoration Man" Converting a church into a home
20/02/14 BBC4 2030-2100
"Britain on Film" Country living
20/02/14 BBC4 2100-2200
"The Brits Who Built the Modern World" 2/3 The 1980s
20/02/14 BBC4 2200-2300
"The Man Who Fought the Planners" Profile of Ian Nairn
21/02/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"World's Fastest Train" France's AGV
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
14/02/14 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)
15/02/14 Warminster & District Model Railway Group Model Railway and Transport Exhibition
Warminster Leisure Centre, Woodcock Road, Warminster, Wiltshire, BA12 9DQ
1000-1700
Adult: £5.00, Concessions: £4.00, Child: £2.00, Family: £12.00
15/02/14 Welsh Railways Research Circle
St Asaph Room, St David's Hall, The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1AH
"Llanelly Railway - Conflict & Strife" by Mike Denman
(Author of "The Llanelly Railway and Dock Company", etc)
Starts 1400
http://www.wrrc.org.uk/news009.php
Non-members are welcome to join the meetings but please contact the Indoor
Meetings Coordinator so they are aware of likely numbers
15/02/14 Midland Railway Society
Hallmark Inn, Derby, DE1 2SL
“St Pancras in Two World Wars" by Roydon Stock
Starts at 1330
http://www.midlandrailway.org.uk/
15/02/14- Ribble Steam Railway: Industrial Steam Gala
16/02/14
http://www.ribblesteam.org.uk/
17/02/14 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Library, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"The Wirksworth Branch" by Howard Sprenger
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
17/02/14 The Victorian Society
Art Workers' Guild, 6 Queen Square, London, WC1
Starts 1830
"The North Midland Railway" by Robert Thorne
http://www.victoriansociety.org.uk/
17/02/14 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
The Great Wall of Butterley by Tim Castledine
Starts: 1930, admission: £2.00
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
18/02/14 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Half Term Operating Days
http://www.e-v-r.com
18/02/14- Great Central Railway: Villains and Superheroes
20/02/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
20/02/14 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Half Term Operating Days
http://www.e-v-r.com
20/02/14 Public meeting to discuss the campaign to reopen the
Carmarthen-Lampeter-Aberystwyth Railway
The Victoria Hall, Bryn Road, Lampeter, SA48 7EE
Starts 1800
All welcome, refreshments available
21/02/14 Aln Valley Railway Society
Costello Centre, Baliffgate, Alnwick
"Aln Valley Railway - The story so far" by Roger Jermy
1900-2100
Admission: £1.50 (minimum or + donation) to include tea/coffee and biscuits
Proceeds will go to the Alnwick Parkinsons support group
22/02/14 Kidderminster Railway Museum: Illustrated talk
Station Approach, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, Worcs, DY10 1QX
Research Avenues of the Great Western Railway with Mike Fenton
1930-2200
http://www.krm.org.uk/
22/02/14 Mickleover Model Railway Group: Trains-Only Swap Meet
Mickleover Community Centre, Uttoxeter Rd, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 0DA
1030-1430, admission: £1.00
Free parking, refreshments
http://www.mmrg.org.uk/
22/02/14- Solent Model Railway Group - Eurotrak - Eastleigh Model Railway Show
23/02/14 Fleming Park Leisure Centre, Passfield Avenue, Eastleigh, SO50 9NL
http://solentmodelrailwaygroup.webs.com/
22/02/14- Great Central Railway: Mixed Traffic Weekend
23/02/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
27/02/14 Mickleover Model Railway Group: Film Show
Royal British Legion, Poppyfields Drive, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 9GB
Preserved Steam on Video
Starts 1930, admission: £3.00
Free parking, refreshments
http://www.mmrg.org.uk/
01/03/14 Monmouthshire Railway Society
Rhiwderin Community Centre, Newport, NP10 8RJ
Railway book sale (mostly second-hand)
Starts at 1100
http://mrsoc.org.uk/
01/03/14- Romsey & District Railway Modellers Society Exhibition
02/03/14 Crosfield Hall, Broadwater Road, Romsey, SO51 8GL
1030-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
http://www.rdrms.hampshire.org.uk/
02/03/14 Dean Forest Railway: You say what you pay
http://www.dfr.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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