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NETWATCH
North Devon railways since the age of steam
http://northdevondiesels.webs.com/
Mike Morant has uploaded some new Dutch material to his web site, but note that in the "New
Smugmug" captions no longer recognise the 'line feed' character, so paragraphs now all run into
each other
http://tinyurl.com/oqxe3oy
Click on the slide show button for a walk through all the images
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Winter Gala, 7th March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noyxxWlbyv0
A selection of films about the Southern Railway
https://www.youtube.com/user/SouthernRailwayFilms
And Switzerland and Austria videos - 11 in all, which run sequentially
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msPZCiB-V-0&list=PLNKEdhmODMJwiQAa2hYIaXWdwyQI1kqS7
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
A crash course in British Transport Films
http://tinyurl.com/nksypm5
Alan Monk's visit to East Germany almost 20 years ago
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10222197@N07/sets/72157641648491734/
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Rhiw Valley Light Railway, including a promotional video
http://www.rvlr.co.uk/
(Spotter: Lawrence Hanney)
Automated operations report
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/03/10/automation-control-factors/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Railway Codes and other data - revamped web site
http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/rail_index.htm
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
A recent exploration of Botanic Gardens station and Kelvinbridge tunnel and station, Glasgow
http://tinyurl.com/po94thg
And one of Crow Road station and tunnel, Glasgow
http://tinyurl.com/puyesdd
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
Look At Life - Air Hostess 1960
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmZwlAxwyDQ
Into the Blue - 1950 documentary about Britain's civil airlines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwJ00fZW5S0
Reel Streets - click on a film, scroll to an image, put the mouse over it and see the present
day location
http://www.reelstreets.com/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
A new project to record WWI remains across the UK
http://heritagecalling.com/2014/03/07/documenting-the-physical-legacy-of-the-home-front-1914-18/
WWI airfields
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/first-world-war-home-front/first-home-front/air/airfields/
WWI on land
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/first-world-war-home-front/first-home-front/land/
WWI at sea
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/first-world-war-home-front/first-home-front/sea/
Do massive dams ever make sense?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26512465
Mechanical v human: Why do planes crash?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26563806
The Forgotten Flood: Sheffield's tragic past remembered
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-26478728
The engineering inside Rio's Christ the Redeemer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26354918
Five lesser-spotted things Tony Benn gave the UK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-26575843
R.I.P.
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IN THE NEWS
Proud rush to repair 'the hole' in Dawlish coastal train line
http://tinyurl.com/no84ag7
Dawlish sea wall damage and repairs - a photographic record by Colin J Marsden
http://www.dawlishtrains.com/dawlish-sea-wall-damage.html
Storm-hit Dawlish: Where could a second rail line run?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26521168
Film reports
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7AWWuaMOHb1N2g5QTl5TWNqSVk/edit
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7AWWuaMOHb1c01SYXRwZXVqU28/edit
Alternative SW routes - the consultants' report
http://jrc.org.uk/Investment-in-resilience-and-economic-development-West-Country-rail-network.pdf
Bristol-to-Taunton railway line to re-open
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-26504066
Reopening the Wisbech rail line 'a strategic priority'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-26545969
Bromsgrove £17.4m railway station replacement starts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-26563110
Report suggests HS2 station in central Sheffield
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2014/03/12-report-suggests-hs2-station-in.html
Bob Crow, RMT union general secretary, dies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26527325
Ticket conductors' taxi break-down causes two trains to be cancelled
http://tinyurl.com/q9nte7g
Great Train Robbery crossing sign to be sold at auction
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26558458
Pantograph strike at Bedford 05/03/14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YqLB-TMvhg
11% of the UK rail network to be electrified under National Electrification Programme
http://tinyurl.com/ovghs8w
South West Trains launches 10-car Windsor line trains
http://tinyurl.com/qfzobs2
Calls to bring HS2 college to York
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11062791.Calls_to_bring_HS2_college_to_York/
Contract awarded for Chiltern line Oxford link
http://tinyurl.com/nucf84w
Closing a Wiltshire bridge could cost thousands claim businesses
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-26480394
Moor Bridge deaths: Network Rail apology 'too late'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-26479291
Council will not accept ‘broken promises’ over station improvements
http://tinyurl.com/ng6f8h7
Apology over Wolvercote freight loop overnight work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-26482669
Ten Car Waterloo-Windsor services to start at the end of March
http://tinyurl.com/onz3j5w
Campaign calls for Matlock-Buxton railway to reopen
http://tinyurl.com/ov7uc6e
Let France run Britain's railways
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/10692139/Let-France-run-Britains-railways.html
Open Train Times web site closed
http://beta.opentraintimes.com/maps
Obituary: Alastair McPherson, railway chief
http://tinyurl.com/orvgd2b
Borders Railway’s bypass plan on track, say bosses
http://tinyurl.com/nqyw6lf
Zero hours concern over rail safety
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-26518275
Stranraer line best in Scotland
http://www.carricktoday.co.uk/news/local-headlines/stranraer-line-best-in-scotland-1-3328287
Plans approved to open Mail Rail 'secret Tube' as ride
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26534175
Crowds flock to Keighley railway for Steam Spectacular
http://tinyurl.com/qeqhyzm
Back on schedule: Europe's InterRail timetable is re-born
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26475256
King opens rebuilt Rotterdam Centraal station
http://tinyurl.com/pn78hqz
Building moved for railway expansion in Zurich
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18168278
Edinburgh trams daylight testing
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2014/03/13/daylight-testing-time/
Contract awarded for Doha metro extension
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/03/12/doha-metro-red-line-contract-awarded/
Vintage trolley car to be placed into service
http://www.kusi.com/story/24881084/vintage-trolley-car-to-be-placed-into-service
Priceless Ford GT40 found buried in junk-filled garage
http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/car-culture/priceless-ford-gt40-found-in-garage
Cornwall rescue for sinking cargo vessel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-26499872
On board a $300m superyacht
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26480469
Liverpool cruise liner services: Commissioners back state funding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-26543962
Sinking cargo vessel off Cornwall towed into St Austell
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-26511100
HMS Argyll navy torpedo fired into Devonport wharf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-26577109
Malaysia Airways flight missing south of Vietnam
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26492748
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26527439
Malaysia plane: Indian Ocean search for missing jet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26572172
Lost Malaysia plane 'may have flown for five more hours'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26583342
Missing airliner: How do transponders and radar work?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26572445
RAF Waddington's runway to get £35m upgrade
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-26484959
Front landing gear collapses on Florida-bound plane
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26571993
Air France flight diverted to Aldergrove due to woman going into labour
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-26478757
Expansion plans for East Midlands Airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26514347
Warnings of “teething problems” for new Heathrow Terminal 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26545371
Flights from Cambridge airport suspended
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-26536105
Derbyshire nuclear fallout bunker goes under the hammer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-26495922
Spotters: Paul Bartlett, Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
15/03/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History" 1/3
16/03/14 BBC1 South 1645-1715
"Sea City" Behind the scenes at Southampton Docks 1/3
16/03/14 BBC2 1800-1900
"The Hairy Bikers: Restoration Road Trip" Restoring industrial sites
16/03/14 BBC4 1900-2000
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways" 2/2 Standard gauge
16/03/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"Fast and Fearless: Britain's Banger Racers" 2/2
16/03/14 BBC4 2100-2200
"Timewatch: QE2 - the Final Voyage" The liner's last journey
17/03/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Birmingham
17/03/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Great British Railway Journeys" The Potteries
17/03/14 BBC2 2320-0020
"Fast and Fearless: Britain's Banger Racers" 2/2
18/03/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Dudley to Bridgnorth
19/03/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journey" Welshpool to Aberystwyth
19/03/14 BBC4 2200-2300
"Brakeless: Why Trains Crash"
20/03/14 Channel 4 2100-2200
"Inside Rolls Royce" Behind the scenes at the car makers
20/03/14 BBC4 2300-0000
"Timewatch: QE2 - the Final Voyage" The liner's last journey
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
15/03/14 Sawbridgeworth Model Railway Exhibition
Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall, The Forebury, CM21 9BD
http://www.sawbridgeworthmodelrail.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/
21/03/14 Bluebell Railway: Diesel Gala
http://www.bluebell-railway.com/
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
27/03/14- West Someret Railway: Atlantic Coast Express Steam Gala
30/03/14
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
28/03/14 WC&P Railway Group
Corpus Christi Church Hall, Ellenborough Park South, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1XW
“Scenic Railways in the South West” by Peter Triggs
Visitors are welcome - cost £2 (refunded if you join)
http://www.wcprgroup.org.uk/coming%20events.html
04/04/14 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
"Scottish Steam in the 1950s and 1960s" by David Kelso
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/bristol/events.htm
04/04/14 Oxford House Industrial History Society
Oxford House Adult Education Centre, Grove Road, Risca, NP11 6GN
"The Tenby & Pembroke Railway" by Martin Connop-Price
1900 for a 1915 start (meetings finish by 2130)
Friends and visitors are welcome to attend: admission £2.00
http:/www.riscamuseum.org.uk/
05/04/14- Swanage Railway: Spring Steam Gala
06/04/14
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
05/04/14- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Branch Line Weekend
06/04/14
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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