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NETWATCH
It's 25 years since the Settle-Carlisle railway line was saved
http://tinyurl.com/pkrbn6s
Sri Lankan Leyland railbus
http://www.flickr.com/photos/recliner/sets/72157641801963124/
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Gainsborough Rail Action Plan from Friends of the Brigg and Lincoln Lines (FoBLL) and
Gainsborough Rail and Bus (GRaB)
http://grap.eavb.co.uk
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
A recent exploration of Queensbury Tunnel
http://tinyurl.com/o7pajat
And one of the Hull & Barnsley Railway Barnsdale Tunnel
http://tinyurl.com/obg2uct
More on Barnsdale Tunnel here
http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/gallery/barnsdale.html
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Circa 1935
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epW1OaP3gcE
Time up for second hand on Swiss railway clocks
http://tinyurl.com/nhprd7c
(Spotter: David Sharp)
Definitions of an approaching train
http://www.deathbyhealthandsafety.co.uk/treaclefactory/approachingtrain.html
46115 on the mainline, 1st March
http://trev11.zenfolio.com/p699847908/h11d57e35#h5938ac8
A Lego A4
http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/377689
Nostalgia - 1960s photos and another evening lost
http://www.davidheyscollection.com/page30.htm
More nostalgia 1960s to now including Switzerland & Austria
https://www.flickr.com/photos/barkingbill/
Railway Technical website – stories
http://www.railway-technical.com/stories.shtml#Dent
Stagecoach Group timeline
http://www.stagecoach.com/about.aspx
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Photo gallery: Images of Norfolk Railway’s age of steam published for the first time
http://tinyurl.com/ppyvyfq
Take a trip on a Norwegian model railway
http://vimeo.com/77269520
Warplanes at War - Spitfire at War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tegfJDvwH3w
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre
http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/bbmf
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
http://www.lincsaviation.co.uk
Newark Air Museum
http://www.newarkairmuseum.org
Abandoned Russian aeroplanes
http://englishrussia.com/2006/12/20/abandoned-russian-planes/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Ghost signs: Echoes of Leeds' history hiding in plain view
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-26339150
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IN THE NEWS
Storm-hit Dawlish: 'Difficult' to get alternative rail line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26407806
Prime Minister's rail pledge to South West
http://tinyurl.com/q28c9zh
Dawlish thanks the Orange Army (facebook page)
https://www.facebook.com/dawlishorangearmy
Here's To The Guys At Network Rail!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-r5m-2RIjo
Dawlish rail line to reopen on 4th April, Network Rail says
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26433185
MPs welcome news that Dawlish rail line will re-open on April 4
http://tinyurl.com/pewnbe5
Webcam - live view of works at Dawlish
http://www.dawlishbeach.com/live/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=18
Engineers assess damage to railway at Bridgwater
http://tinyurl.com/p7kzbgr
Hastings railway line landslips: Full reopening delayed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26386650
Relief for Chesterfield and Sheffield train passengers after landslip line to reopen
http://tinyurl.com/omjj9gf
Worker dies in Crossrail tunnel in Holborn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26479720
Network Rail apologises to families over level crossing deaths
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26478145
Ufton Nervet deaths: Network Rail apology 'late', says MP
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-26480096
RAIB report into open door incident on Croydon Tramlink
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/140306_R052014_Lebanon_Road.pdf
London Midland Train Crew Managers on strike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-26370243
Class 170 units to transfer to Chiltern
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26438550
Apology issued over noisy Wolvercote railway works
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-26482669
'Two Together Railcard' goes on sale
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26407840
HS2 training bid by college consortium from West Midlands
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26406076
Driver dies in Arundel railway station ticket machine crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-26415960
Gainsborough Central: Hopes for 'worst' train station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-26462830
Fire crews could spend 'several days' at Salford plant
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-26415932
Campaign against 60t lorries
http://www.freightonrail.org.uk/NoMegaTrucks.htm
Link to finding MEPs if you wish to add your thoughts
http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your_meps/list-meps-by-region.html
Union anger over driverless Tube train plans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26387259
London's Brompton Road Tube station sold for £53m
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26382658
'Rail revolution' demand from Transform Scotland
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-26409641
Eurostar carried 10 million passengers in 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26439751
Railway museum buoyed by huge rise in visitors
http://tinyurl.com/ps3obp8
WSR volunteers back plc land bid
http://tinyurl.com/pnft9f8
60007 not attending North Norfolk Railway gala
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-26416032
http://tinyurl.com/pv8cmrv
Two men killed by Rotterdam Zuid train were 'fooling around'
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/03/two_men_killed_by_rotterdam_zu.php
Canada regulators find volatility of oil in deadly accident similar to gasoline
http://www.gfmag.com/latestnews/latest-news-old.html?newsid=18781791
Nottingham tram: Final stretch of Clifton extension work starts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-26401373
Nottingham tram site skulls confirmed as human
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-26445735
Tram/train link 'will be better value than Garl'
http://tinyurl.com/nwmcej2
New bus station opened in Northampton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-26406922
Traffic congestion at new Northampton bus station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-26423936
New bus station for Blackburn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-26415182
Bus slid off road in Somerset
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-26373967
Bus stuck in hole in Road
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-26431412
Stonehenge tunnel only 'realistic solution' to A303 congestion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-26447853
Stagecoach vehicle investment announced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-26419323
http://www.stagecoach.com/media/news-releases/2014/2014-03-03.aspx
Service cuts on Cardiff Bus due to reduced grants
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-26392491
Geneva Motor Show: Electric cars no longer the exception?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26448388
Time to book a trip on Grantham Canal
http://tinyurl.com/qd33hak
Restored Titanic headquarters opens in Liverpool
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-26383815
Free ferry tickets on Scottish Islands ferries
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-26377290
Rolls-Royce imagines a future of unmanned ships
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26438661
Rolls-Royce Portsmouth naval plant to close
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-26384330
Nuclear submarine to get new core after test reactor problem
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26463923
British Airways Heathrow flight grounded by 'engine surge'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26478011
Light Aircraft crash near Gloucester
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-26443760
Homes plan for Sandown's former art deco Rivoli cinema
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-25914876
Southsea South Parade Pier 'is sold'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-26484239
Practice WW1 battlefield discovered at Gosport MoD site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-26471922
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
09/03/14 BBC4 1900-2000
"The Golden Age of Steam Raiways" 1/2 Narrow gauge
09/03/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"Fast and Fearless: Britain's Banger Racers" 1/2
10/03/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journey Goes to Ireland" Belfast
10/03/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Bombay Railway" 2/2
10/03/14 BBC2 2320-0020
"Fast and Fearless: Britain's Banger Racers" 1/2
11/03/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journey Goes to Ireland" Antrim
12/03/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journey" The Industrial Revolution
12/03/14 BBC2 2000-2100
"Collectaholics" Includes a man with a station in his garden
12/03/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"The Two Thousand Year Old Computer"
12/03/14 ITV1 2235-2340
"The Miners' Strike and Me" 30th anniversary of the miners' strike
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
07/03/14 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
"Rebirth of the Great Western main lines and the IEP" by Stuart Baker (DfT)
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/bristol/events.htm
07/03/14- Mid-Hants Railway: Spring Steam Gala
09/03/14
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
08/03/14 Kidderminster Railway Museum: Illustrated talk
Station Approach, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, Worcs, DY10 1QX
An evening of the MNA with Derek Huntriss
1930-2200
http://www.krm.org.uk/
08/03/14 Railway Film Show
St Mary's Church Hall, Thornhill Road, Ponteland, Newcastle, NE20 9PZ
Archive films (BTF films shown with the permission of the BFI)
Admission free, retiring collection, doughnuts at the interval
1500 and 1930
http://ponthistsoc.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/railway-films.html
http://www.pontelandstmary.co.uk
08/03/14- Basingstoke Model Railway Show
09/03/14 Aldworth Science College, Basingstoke, RG22 6HA
http://www.bnhmrs.hampshire.org.uk/
08/03/14- Great Central Railway: Meet Peppa Pig
09/03/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
11/03/14 Great Western Society (Bristol Group)
Room 7, BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG
"South African Steam Finale" by Terry Nicholls
1930 for 1945
There is no admission charge, but a donation of at least £2 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gwsmeetings.html
12/03/14 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"A Pennine Journey - Attercliffe to Accrington" by Stephen Gay
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
13/03/14 Monmouthshire Railway Society
Lecture Theatre A10, Newport Riverside City Campus
"Reminiscences of nearly 50 years of Rail Travel" by Hugh Gould
Starts at 1915 prompt, admission for non-members is £3.00
http://mrsoc.org.uk/
17/03/14 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"Transport Through the Goring Gap" by Mike Hurst
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
17/03/14 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
Steam Locomotive A1 Tornado by Alexa Stott
Starts: 1930, admission: £2.00
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
19/03/14 Dronfield Civic Society - Talk
St Andrew’s Church, Pentland Road, Dronfield Woodhouse
The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway by Bib Gratton
Starts: 1930, Civic Society members £2, non-members £4
Refreshments included
http://www.dronfieldcivicsociety.org.uk/
22/03/14 Dean Forest Railway: Multiple Unit Festival
http://www.dfr.co.uk
22/03/14 Kidderminster Railway Museum: Film show
Station Approach, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, Worcs, DY10 1QX
An evening of cine film with Michael Clemens
1930-2200
http://www.krm.org.uk/
22/03/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Home Fleet Weekend
23/03/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
Cheers, Howard.
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