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NETWATCH
Walking Tour: "How the Railway Changed Somers Town"
http://thesomerstownrailwaytour.wordpress.com/
A recent exploration of GWR railway tunnels in Devon and Somerset
http://tinyurl.com/l57cuz5
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
A recent exploration of the Standedge Tunnels
http://tinyurl.com/lzuvo6w
Some recent photos of the remains of the Severn Railway Bridge
http://tinyurl.com/mpfu45t
Railway clocks web site
http://www.railwayclocks.net/index.html
Memories of Shannon (the airport, not the loco at GWS Didcot!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27040076
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
4566 charter, Severn Valley Railway, 7th April
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O8by4MOMjk
Battlefield Line Spring Gala 11th April
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydca-N1s1IU
How to fire a steam locomotive (LMS film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHo860Q66Gw
A German steam tractor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkEukI6H9cA
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Experience the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing in real time
http://www.firstmenonthemoon.com
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
The baffling map of England's counties
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27140505
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IN THE NEWS
Network Rail admits 'considerable problems' with £1bn rail electrification project
http://tinyurl.com/nu5vs76
Pudding Mill Lane DLR station moved for Crossrail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27077851
Underpass 'slotted in' to Rochester station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-27052668
Oxford Parkway station plans unveiled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-27107547
Good times for the railways
http://tinyurl.com/mfky8vy
East Midlands safety trains scheme hailed a success as trespassing incidents drop
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27121007
Glossop station’s poetry platform
http://tinyurl.com/l5m36tc
£70m railway depot plan to bring 160 jobs
http://tinyurl.com/kcb7d3x
Plans on track to reopen Leamside railway line
http://tinyurl.com/k54dt3o
Morpeth could lose rail services as East Coast train franchise sold on
http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/morpeth-could-lose-rail-services-7020425
Heathrow Express workers plan 48-hour strike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27103230
Borders to Edinburgh railway: Carlisle extension would be 'wonderful'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-27140140
Scotland would beat UK to high speed rail - Salmond
http://tinyurl.com/mv8dbdx
Scottish and Welsh train travel get most subsidies (who chose the photo?)
http://www.railwaybulletin.com/2014/04/scottish-and-welsh-train-travel-get-most-subsidies
Tributes to inspirational Derby company boss and loco enthusiast Richard Shaw
http://tinyurl.com/m4rbha7
Great Central bridge planning application
http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/gcr-bridge-plan-lodged-planners-7003515
Swanage Railway Wareham service undergoes restoration
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-27109322
Swanage Diesel Gala
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/events/detail/diesel-gala
Purbeck explorer railtours Class 20s & 4TC
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/events/detail/the-purbeck-explorer
SVR head office to move & new contact details
http://www.svr.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?a=564
Eurostar reports strong first quarter growth
http://tinyurl.com/mqyoqq5
Pensioner escapes with minor injuries on a rail crossing in the Czech Republic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27137939
Senator nearly hit by train at press conference
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27104700
Canada to drop 'flawed' tankers after Lac-Megantic blast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27136272
My Day: Pakistani station master
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26633792
DR Congo train in deadly Katanga derailment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27133215
Isle of Man village 'reinvigoration' begins
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-27064977
£1.5m investment will revive Derby firm's project for revolutionary tram
http://tinyurl.com/ogvdvql
Northampton Greyfriars: Demise of the Brutalist 'mouth of hell'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-26936810
Bugsworth basin reopens after restoration
http://tinyurl.com/mqff82a
Work to develop the next phase of Staveley basin gets underway
http://www.chesterfieldpost.co.uk/news/local/localnews_00000620.html
The book shop on a boat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27065292
Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal reopens after £1m repair
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-27131998
Windermere ferry out of service for refit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-27088026
Are passenger Ro-Ros inherently unsafe?
http://tinyurl.com/l32bvty
FlyBe move to London City Airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27122754
Fuel pipeline illegally tapped
http://tinyurl.com/kuyw4et
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Richard Maund, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
27/04/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"For the Love of Cars" 2/6 Land Rover Series 1
28/04/14 BBC1 1930-2000
"Bang Goes the Theory" Improvements to the railway network
28/04/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys goes to Ireland" Killarney to Cobh
28/04/14 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Classic Car Rescue" 3/8 Mercedes SL
28/04/14 BBC1 2030-2100
"Panorama: Bernie Ecclestone - Lies, Bribes and Formula One"
29/04/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys goes to Ireland" Charleville to Waterford
29/04/14 BBC4 2200-2300
"Britain's Park Story" with Dan Cruickshank
29/04/14 BBC4 2300-0000
"Caravans: a British Love Affair"
30/04/14 BBC Radio 4 1100-1130
"Voices from Our Industrial Past" Contemporary accounts
30/04/14 BBC4 2000-2030
"Great British Railway Journeys goes to Ireland"
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
Until Priest's House Museum, Wimborne, Dorset, UK
30/06/14 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/exhibitions.html
25/04/14- North Yorkshire Moors Railway: Spring Steam Gala
27/04/14
http://www.nymr.co.uk/
26/04/14 Fareham Rotary Club: "Rotarail 2014"
Fareham College, Bishopsfield Road, Fareham, PO14 1NH
1030-1700
Adult: £5.00, Child: £2.50
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be attending with Boden am See and
Coniston Junction
http://rotarail2014.webs.com
26/04/14- Epsom & Ewell Model Railway Exhibition
27/04/14 North East Surrey College of Technology, Reigate Road, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 3DS
http://www.eemrc.org.uk/
26/04/14- Epping Ongar Railway: Spring Diesel Gala
27/04/14
http://www.eorailway.co.uk
26/04/14- Great Central Railway: Quorn Bus & Rail Event
27/04/14 Toy and Train Fayre (Sunday only)
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
30/04/14 Vulcan to the Sky: Talk
"The Operational History of the Vulcan" by Barry Masefield & Andy Marson
Royal British Legion, Haig House, Pelican Lane, Newbury, Berks, RG14 1NP
1800 for an 1830 start - talk lasts about 3 hours, refreshments available
Tickets £10 available online
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/543/82/Regional-presentations.html
01/05/14 Vulcan to the Sky: Talk
"The Operational History of the Vulcan" by Barry Masefield & Andy Marson
Wollstonecraft Lecture Theatre, Bournemouth House, 19 Christchurch Road,
Bournemouth, BH1 3LH
1800 for an 1830 start - talk lasts about 3 hours, refreshments available
Tickets £10 available online
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/543/82/Regional-presentations.html
02/05/14 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
30-minute AGM followed by members presentations.
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/bristol/events.htm
02/05/14- North Yorkshire Moors Railway: Spring Steam Gala
03/05/14
http://www.nymr.co.uk/
03/05/14 Kidderminster Railway Museum: A day of classic railway films
Station Approach, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, Worcs, DY10 1QX
21 films being shown throughout the day and evening
Starts at 1100
http://www.krm.org.uk/
03/05/14- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Spring Steam Gala
05/05/14
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
03/05/14- Didcot Railway Centre: Steam Gala
05/05/14
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
03/05/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Rocks and Rails Weekend
05/05/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
04/05/14- Friends of the Cromford Canal - Horseboat trips
05/05/14
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
04/05/14- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
05/05/14 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
05/05/14 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Doug Copley’s Lineside Images” - cine films taken by the late Doug Copley
Starts at 1930
For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcome
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
05/05/14 Dean Forest Railway: Come and see Peppa Pig
http://www.dfr.co.uk
05/05/14 Great Central Railway: Bank Holiday Monday Steam Special
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
08/05/14- Swanage Railway: Diesel Gala & Beer Festival
11/05/14
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
09/05/14- Great Central Railway: Swithland Gala
10/05/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
10/05/14 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway and Trent Barton: Big Bus and Train Bash
Wirkswirth station
http://www.trentbarton.co.uk/bigbash
10/05/14 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
10/05/14- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Steam & Diesel Gala Weekend
11/05/14
http://www.rhdr.org.uk/
10/05/14- Derby Model Railway Exhibition
11/05/14 Moorway Sports Centre, Moorway Lane, Derby, DE24 9HY
1000-1700 both days
http://www.mmrg.org.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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