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NETWATCH
Andrew Cook has put together a slideshow of the Borders Railway works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmAaMXWb54M
Gales, Floods and the railway
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/03/27/gales-floods-railway/
Railways in Britain and for export 1959
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyFqUEDbkdc
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Severn Valley Railway 21st March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuGj6mtY1yI
Photographs published for the first time show life on the railway in Norwich in the 1950s
http://tinyurl.com/nptzk54
Cockle Train Cab Ride - Victor Harbor to Goolwa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgJp1_gXtso
1930s LMS Film "Sentinels of Safety"
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CZHPZAUrBo
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nGIWOmuMhM
Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Rso8GbZJOE
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Signal sighting made easy
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/03/24/signal-sighting-easy/
A recent exploration of Cwmcerwyn (Bryn) tunnel, Maesteg (Port Talbot Railway)
http://tinyurl.com/qzcxbxp
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
A time-lapse trip down the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjqLGeTmTIc
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway steam and diesel driving experiences
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N8rJQdt6b0
Ten ways Network Rail can create better railways and save taxpayers £1bn
http://tinyurl.com/pzt48jl
SY1141 at Yuxia shunting wagons Feb 2014 - final steam locomotive in Shaanxi, China
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIXg-tXok40
Tren Crucero A Vapor de Los Andes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygUoXTrC9q8
Indian Steam Railway Society
http://indiansteamrailwaysociety.in/
Reeves Lockheed Electra with damage engine landing, June 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AUhpx_ucxc
Clay Lacy and the Amazing Human Fly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dejuGeDpEU
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
The model railway chase scene from Wallace and Grommet's "The Wrong Trousers"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuInK_N9cLM
(Spotter: Jim O'Brien)
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IN THE NEWS
Dawlish work from the air
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW2B8pv0rKg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IIiED7SMF0
Hastings landslip line to reopen 'early next week'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26765120
HS2 will not link to Eurostar confirms minister
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26717518
DfT and TfL extend Crossrail route to Reading
http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/articles/dft-and-tfl-extend-crossrail-route-to-reading
Bristol train derailment disrupts services
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-26716181
Ipswich: New chord ready for first trains
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich_new_chord_ready_for_first_trains_1_3461773
Holme Tunnel due to reopen following repairs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-26705880
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/03/18/bottle-it/
Uniform dispensation for Bob Crow's funeral
http://www.rmt.org.uk/news/uniform-dispensation/
London Midland to shed clerical and management jobs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26753487
Invitation to tender published for East Coast franchise
http://tinyurl.com/kzn89rj
Northern Franchise extended to 2016
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/03/27/northern-franchise-extended-to-2016/
Great Barton rail crossing cyclist death 'not suspicious'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-26719096
Voith to retrofit Class 142 wheelsets for Angel Trains in the UK
http://voith.com/en/press/press-releases-99_57224.html
Million-dollar offer can't lure away WWII locomotive
http://tinyurl.com/qg4l2sr
Historic police merger talks on take over of railway patrols
http://tinyurl.com/ofx3tto
Edinburgh to Ayr service from May 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-26737440
Valleys rail electrification row intensifies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-26736014
Carno villagers consulted on new rail station proposals
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-26688564
Study wanted on reopening Aberystwyth to Carmarthen rail link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-26670962
RAIB report on LC accident near Welshpool
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/140327_R062014_Buttington_Hall.pdf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-26768953
Steam railway on track for extension
http://www.itv.com/news/west/2014-03-25/steam-railway-on-track-for-extension/
Thieves steal rare locomotive bell from historic South Devon Railway
http://tinyurl.com/pp6vead
Porthmadog Harbour railway station reopens after £1.3m rebuild
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-26706568
Eurostar trains halted by lightning strike in Kent
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26780631
NS cuts costs to cover Fyra losses
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/financial/ns-cuts-costs-to-cover-fyra-losses.html
Major incidents of theft set back high-speed rail project
http://tinyurl.com/nfny3qy
Chicago airport train derails, injuring 32
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26716619
http://tinyurl.com/kqyznpb
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-26757629
Union: Train operator dozed off
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/57725049-68/train-chicago-hare-monday.html.csp
World's oldest working model railway at NRM to enter Guinness Book of Records
http://tinyurl.com/nmgundt
August engineering blockade of Uxbridge lines
http://tinyurl.com/oxex3pq
Extension proposed for Tyne & Wear metro
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-26737711
Nottingham trams disrupted because of ice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-26711943
Sheffield Supertram marks 20-year journey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-26663137
Storm-damaged Seaton tramline set to reopen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-26707071
Last push made to save Vancouver streetcar
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/2014/03/23/last-push-made-to-save-vancouver-streetcar
Bus fire in Scarborough
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-26704828
McGills buses place £2.5 million order
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-26680892
Scottish Government grant for low emission buses
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-26765236
Mini Day at Brooklands museum
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-26688272
Clever animation shows how Amsterdam's canals developed
http://tinyurl.com/qjr3hs4
Norway: Wealthy sailor 'forgot' boat in Swedish harbour
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-26752292
New Titanic letter gives first-hand account of disaster
http://tinyurl.com/qhgk2du
Iranian ship, in plain view but shrouded in mystery, looks very familiar
http://tinyurl.com/k8d7por
MH370 search: Chinese plane lands at wrong airport in Australia
http://tinyurl.com/pkjc9v8
Edinburgh-Doha flights to start in May
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-26733061
Deal signed for new Channel Island Air Search aircraft
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-26724367
Airbus to supply 70 aircraft to China
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26758933
Airbus to offer 11-abreast economy seats on A380
http://tinyurl.com/ov2sthp
Lion Air 737 bounced five times in landing accident: NTSC
http://tinyurl.com/na4kyld
RAF Lossiemouth's 'Dambusters' squadron is disbanded
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-26780189
RAF TriStars to fly final sortie
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/raf-tristars-to-fly-final-sortie-397316/
RAF TriStars to be scrapped after US sale falls through
http://tinyurl.com/o5yzxsg
Voyager fleet takes the strain for RAF
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/voyager-fleet-takes-the-strain-for-raf-397393/
Gleision mine deaths: Explosion 'like jet engine'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-26767637
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, George Moffat, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien,
Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
29/03/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History" 3/3
30/03/14 BBC1 South 1615-1645
"Sea City" Behind the scenes at Southampton Docks 3/3
30/03/14 BBC4 1900-2000
"Timeshift: Full Throttle - the Glory Days of the British Motorbike"
30/03/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"The Dambusters' Great Escape: Secret History" The sinking of the Turpitz
31/03/14 BBC Radio 4 1100-1130
"The Enfield Thunderbolt" Story of the electric car 1/2
31/03/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" London
01/04/14 BBC Radio 4 1100-1130
"The Enfield Thunderbolt" Story of the electric car 2/2
01/04/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Lincolnshire
01/04/14 BBC4 2000-2030
"Great British Railway Journeys" Stirling
01/04/14 BBC4 2100-2200
"Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
01/04/14 BBC4 2350-0050
"Timeshift: Full Throttle - the Glory Days of the British Motorbike"
02/04/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journey" Dundee to Aberdeen
02/04/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"African Railway" The Tazara Railroad
03/04/14 BBC4 2300-0000
"Building Burma's Death Railway: Moving Half the Mountain
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
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
01/04/14 Priest's House Museum, Wimborne, Dorset, UK
30/04/14 Lost Tracks - Remembering East Dorset's Railways
Exhibition to mark 50 years since East Dorset's last scheduled passenger trains
http://www.priest-house.co.uk/
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/
04/04/14- Llangollen Railway: Croes Newydd 84J
06/04/14
http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk
05/04/14 Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Labour History Society
Chesterfield Labour Club, Saltergate, Chesterfield, S40 1NF
“Navvies on the Dore and Chinley Railway” by Clive Leivers
Starts 1400
http://www.ndlhs.com/
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
07/04/14 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“The New Forest & World War 2”
by Gareth Owen
1930 for a 1945 start
http://www.hias.org.uk
07/04/14 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“33 years as a Railway Civil Engineer” a slideshow by Tony Icke
Starts at 1930
For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcome
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
08/04/14 Great Western Society (Bristol Group)
Room 7, BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG
"8mm Railway Memories" by Paul Dibbens
1930 for 1945
There is no admission charge, but a donation of at least £2 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gwsmeetings.html
09/04/14 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"In and Around South Wales - a 1950s and 1960s Railtour" by Noel Thompson
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
11/04/14- The Battlefield Line: Spring Steam Gala
13/04/14
http://www.battlefieldline.co.uk
12/04/14 Kidderminster Railway Museum: Film show
Station Approach, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, Worcs, DY10 1QX
Railways Remembered with Rob Foxon - Mallard and the Record Breakers
1930-2200
http://www.krm.org.uk/
12/04/14- Tarka Valley Railway: Torrington Spring Gala
13/04/14
http://www.tarkavalleyrailway.co.uk/
12/04/14- Mid-Hants Railway: Day Out with Thomas
21/04/14
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
14/04/14 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"Watercress Line - Past and Present" by Dave Yelden
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
14/04/14 North East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology Society
St Thomas’s Church Centre, Chatsworth Road, Brampton, Chesterfield, S40 3AW
“Industrial Archaeology of Stoke-on-Trent” by Godfrey Holmes
Starts 1930, £2 admission for non-members
http://www.nedias.co.uk
15/04/14 Monmouthshire Railway Society
Lecture Theatre A10, Newport Riverside City Campus
"Strictly Freight only: 50 years of Railfreight, Part 3" by Brian Ringer
Starts at 1915 prompt, admission for non-members is £3.00
http://mrsoc.org.uk/
15/04/14 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Easter Operating Day
http://www.e-v-r.com
15/04/14- Great Central Railway: Easter Bunny Express
17/04/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
17/04/14 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Easter Operating Day
http://www.e-v-r.com
18/04/14- Great Central Railway: Easter Vintage Special
21/04/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
18/04/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Easter Open Days
21/04/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
18/04/14- Isle of Man Railways: Rush Hour on the Railways
21/04/14
http://www.iombusandrail.info
Cheers, Howard.
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