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NETWATCH
Rabies and four other things the Channel Tunnel did not deliver
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27239849
Inside the Eurotunnel service tunnel on its 20th anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27239290
London's derelict stations and railways
http://uk.weather.com/story/travel/eerie-derelict-stations-and-railway-lines-london-20140423
Building steam locomotives in the 1930s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRsYIiUxZeQ
North Yorkshire Moors Railway Spring Gala 2nd May
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x20Zp9QJaKU
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Kings Cross Canal Tunnels
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/05/01/tunnels-exercising-foresight/
Future of passenger rolling stock
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/05/01/looking-the-future/
Rebuilding Conisborough Tunnel
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/05/01/space-final-frontier/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Retronaut - the photographic time-machine
http://www.retronaut.com/
Five Titanic myths spread by films
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17515305
In 1938, Dutch photographer, Willem van de Poll, travelled on the "Flying Scotsman" and the
streamlined "Coronation", accompanied by model, Doreen Sinclair. His photographs can be seen
here (you can select an English language version).
http://retours.eu/en/17-edinburgh-flying-scotsman-coronation/
Other albums of his work, and that of other photographers, many of which feature other railway
photographs, are available from the main page.
http://retours.eu/
(Spotter: Kees Wielemaker)
Xingyang Brickworks Railway clay train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WznzgvP9cts
Wilfred Potter's Ford 302 V8 Powered 1954 Sunbeam-Talbot Alpine
http://www.britishv8.org/other/wilfredpotter.htm
Timelapse video of Costa Concordia
http://www.kielmonitor.de/kino.php?cam=concordia
Super Constellation trailer
http://vimeo.com/76275010
The ten most unbelievable airplane junkyards in the world
http://jalopnik.com/the-ten-most-unbelievable-airplane-junkyards-in-the-wor-1464369226
FlightAware - live flight tracking
http://uk.flightaware.com/
Latest participation details for IWM Duxford D-Day Anniversary Air Show
http://tinyurl.com/mu7pa8s
First-person view of Felix Baumgartner’s space jump
http://www.flixxy.com/first-person-view-of-felix-baumgartners-space-jump.htm
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
Labour should reform the railways, prospective MPs say
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27273672
Government must work with us to keep our railways on track, not seek a return to
nationalisation
http://tinyurl.com/pm4arzo
London mainline railway station workers to strike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27296538
Tube strike to go ahead with no further talks planned
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27267087
Strike suspended
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27282596
Plaque unveiled at former Southampton Terminus station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27300336
Network Rail and Chiltern Railways platform extension work commences
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27321535
Derby train firm could be put up for sale
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/City-train-firm-sale/story-21052218-detail/story.html
Future of Derby's Friar Gate Bridge in doubt
http://tinyurl.com/msa5omj
70-tonne 'ribs' of £44m Victoria Station revamp are lifted into place
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/victoria-station-roof-70-tonne-ribs-7074729
Bridge to be built over death rail crossing
http://www.chad.co.uk/news/local/bridge-to-be-built-over-death-rail-crossing-1-6593788
Malton rail level crossing crash victim, 77, dies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-27306152
http://tinyurl.com/oynug3y
Dauntsey railway bridge prepared for demolition
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-27267532
Highlands told to look at glass-roofed trains
http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/highlands-told-to-look-at-glass-roofed-trains-1-3398239
Clan Line volunteer recruitment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27306471
Locomotion No. 1 replica marks Tanfield Railway anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-27267000
Newcastle and North Shields Railway set to celebrate 175th anniversary
http://tinyurl.com/mcfd5yu
Bala Lake Railway bid to extend line to town
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-27263852
'Largest' model railway with miniature worlds opens in Wroxham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-27291916
http://tinyurl.com/mploovf
Volunteer steals nearly $100,000 from railroad, allegedly
http://tinyurl.com/k8gws5l
Restoration project for C&O 1309
http://www.movingfullsteamahead.com/content/co1309
Perry County business lets off steam
http://www.abc27.com/story/25439583/perry-county-business-lets-off-steam
The Hambaweheli Express
http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2014/05/06/hambaweheli-express/
Chinese experts 'in discussions' over building high-speed Beijing-US railway
http://tinyurl.com/ko8pwz3
http://tinyurl.com/leckr7t
Nigerian Coastal Railway framework agreement signed
http://tinyurl.com/kzjv2eq
Fatal accident at Prestwich, Manchester Tramlink
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-27285602
Lorry plunges from motorway bridge near Goole in flames
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-27343214
Poole bus service cuts 'will hit elderly', says Age UK
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-27329321
'Greener' freight key to more sustainable global trade
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27257957
National Motor Museum completes toy car record
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27321928
Toxic algae shuts Basingstoke Canal stretch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27267725
Cruise liner marks 10 years at sea in Southampton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27321934
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27337295
Was the Lusitania carrying munitions in 1915? Newly released documents raise questions
http://tinyurl.com/kl4qyqx
Cruise firm Cunard scraps 10,000 balloon release plans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27289951
Heathrow Airport congestion charge proposed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27344169
Manston Airport closed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-27307375
Air traffic chaos in Western USA caused by U2 spy plane
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27292440
Drone technology used in aircraft safety checks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27314262
Human power flying club to maintain UK summer meet tradition with June-July Lasham event
http://tinyurl.com/mjtxcuz
71 more jobs go as copper firm closes
http://www.leek-news.co.uk/71-jobs-copper-firm-closes/story-21066467-detail/story.html
Southsea's South Parade Pier 'music venue' plans
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27295152
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Jim O'Brien, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
10/05/14 BBC Radio 4 0607-0630
"Open Country" Brooklands racetrack
11/05/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"For the Love of Cars" 4/6 The Mini
12/05/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Classic Car Rescue" 4/8 A camper van
12/05/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Surrey
12/05/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Groundbreakers: the Man who Shrank the World" First transatlantic cable
13/05/14 BBC Radio 4 1630-1700
"Great Lives" Isambard Kingdom Brunel
13/05/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Waterloo to Canary Wharf
14/05/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Enfield to Cambridge
14/05/14 BBC2 2110-2200
"Coast Australia" 1/8 The Kimberley
16/05/14 BBC Radio 4 2300-2330
"Great Lives" Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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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
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
Wirksworth 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 Pathfinder Tours: charity special train visiting lines in the Carlisle area
Passenger and freight-only lines
http://tinyurl.com/n6y8ac6
10/05/14 Nation Train Day in the USA
http://www.nationaltrainday.com/
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/
11/05/14 Derby 175 - The Midland Railway
Quad, The Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AS
Historic films celebrating Derby's 175 years of railway heritage
Presented by Rob Foxon
Starts 1430
Tickets: £6.50, Box Office: 01332 290606
12/05/14 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“The Motor Industry”
by John Murden
1930 for a 1945 start
http://www.hias.org.uk
12/05/14 North East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology Society
St Thomas’s Church Centre, Chatsworth Road, Brampton, Chesterfield, S40 3AW
“The Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway”
by Martin Smith
Starts 1930, £2 admission for non-members
http://www.nedias.co.uk
13/05/14 Great Western Society (Bristol Group)
Room 7, BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG.
Vintage Colour Slides with Philip Lovell
1930 for 1945
There is no admission charge, but a donation of at least £2 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gwsmeetings.html
14/05/14 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"Steam on the Main Line 2013" by Karl Jauncey and Dave Richards
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
15/05/14 Monmouthshire Railway Society
Lecture Theatre A10, Newport Riverside City Campus
"Chile, Argentina & South Brazil - 1974" by Peter Gray
Starts at 1915 prompt, admission for non-members is £3.00
http://mrsoc.org.uk/
16/05/14- Nene Valley Railway: Diesel Gala
18/05/14
http://www.nvr.org.uk/
17/05/14 South Devon Railway Trust: Museums at Night
The Ashburton branch comes back to life
Starts 1930 at Buckfastleigh station
Adult: £3.00, Child: £2.00, Family: £8.00
No need to book – just turn up on the evening
http://www.culture24.org.uk/am82803?id=EVENT470529
17/05/14- Great Central Railway: Classic & Vintage Vehicle Festival
18/05/14 Real Ale Train, Saturday only
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
18/05/14 Mid-Hants Railway: Watercress Festival
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
19/05/14 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"The Berks & Wilts Canal" by Brian Stovold
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
19/05/14 Friends of the Cromford Canal: Talk
"The Fossdyke - a watery tale of mystery and intrigue" by Ian Morgan
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
19/05/14 Peak Rail Sheffield Branch
Central Library Theatre (by The Crucible), Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
“Railways Remembered” a film show by Rob Foxon
1900 for a 1930 start
£6.50 on the door or £5.75 in advance
http://peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch.html
23/05/14 WC&P Railway Group
St Andrew’s Church Centre, Old Church Road, Clevedon, BS21 7UF
“Chronicling the WC&PR - Part 2” by Christopher Redwood
Starts 19:30
Visitors are welcome - cost £2 (refunded if you join)
http://www.wcprgroup.org.uk/coming%20events.html
24/05/14- Dean Forest Railway: A Day Out with Thomas
26/05/14
http://www.dfr.co.uk
24/05/14- Gloucester Warwickshire Railway: Festival of Steam
26/05/14
http://www.gwsr.com
24/05/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Wirksworth Carnival Open Days
26/05/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
25/05/14- Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Superheroes & Villains
26/05/14
http://www.rhts.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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