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NETWATCH
Rolls Royce - Our target for a sustainable future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySko5dgxfOY
Derby Celebrates 175 Years of Rail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TscxKP7FhU
Who on earth chose this picture?!
http://tinyurl.com/pr2vgwt
Didcot Railway Centre - TV & Film credits
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/filmandfunction/filmtv_credits.html
Southern Steam in London - Brixton, Clapham and Wandsworth Road in the 50s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H98D2xjBet8
Irish Rail live maps
http://www.irishrail.ie/timetables/live-map-dart
West Coast (of Africa) High Speed rail project
http://www.thewestcoastrail.com/2-columns-right-sidebar/project-overview
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Great miscalculations: The French railway error and 10 others
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27509559
Mike Morant's new USA steam & diesel traction gallery
http://tinyurl.com/kmaed6d
Project 22 - ?recreation of a lost class of locomotive
http://nblproject22.wix.com/nbl-project22
The First of the Few : British Aviation Pictures
https://archive.org/details/TheFirstOfTheFew
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Live steam at Penn Live Steamers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU53zRWeUHM
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
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IN THE NEWS
New investment causes Yorkshire rail timetable changes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27460512
Train to commemorate famous poem
http://www.tewkesburyadmag.co.uk/news/cotswolds/11222333.Train_to_commemorate_famous_poem/
Middlesbrough James Cook Hospital railway station opens
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-27460507
Extra trains planned for Tour de France in Yorkshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27481909
St Blazey turntable in need of repair
http://tinyurl.com/k3kka3m
No share dividend being paid by First Group again
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-27506241
Folkestone Harbour closure consultation completed
http://tinyurl.com/k9ek99j
Engineering works over-run at Colchester
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27466407
Engineering works over-run Poole - Dorchester resignalling
http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/alerts.aspx#7C7F74DEA568F891EE8C54EB7C98039A
Valuable Derby railway poster sold at Christie's in London
http://tinyurl.com/oom8blk
Belper gets a Southbound Mainline train service
http://www.friendsdvl.btck.co.uk/News2014/NewsItem88
Govia wins Thameslink rail franchise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27534731
http://tinyurl.com/ocn8jdv
Talks to resolve Tyne & Wear Metro strike fail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-27512362
Cumbernauld electrification completed
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/cumbernauld-electrification-completed.html
Serco on track to run Caledonian Sleeper service
http://tinyurl.com/nue6odk
CGI "fly-through" of Pontypridd's railway station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8y_fw9UAB0
New lines proposed in Northern Ireland rail plan
http://tinyurl.com/ps7l7se
National rail link puts Wirksworth on the map
http://tinyurl.com/px99rp3
Revamp of historic Wycombe Brunel Sheds underway
http://tinyurl.com/phvyaht
Steam trains will no longer run to historic Liverpool Road station at MOSI
http://tinyurl.com/kzdkr7p
Pete Waterman: steam heritage must be sacrificed for Manchester's commuters
http://tinyurl.com/nkxzkrm
West Somerset Railway sell-off plans shelved by council
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-27484808
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-27516140
Restored steam engine back in service for first time in 50 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-27440334
£1.3m railway station to be unveiled in Porthmadog
http://tinyurl.com/qbrx6p3
Talyllyn Railway turns to Ffestiniog Railway for train repair
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-27514850
French red faces over trains that are 'too wide'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27502184
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27497727
http://tinyurl.com/oly9c8n
DB to maintain Veolia DMUs
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/05/22/db-to-maintain-veolia-dmus/
Dutch trains to be wind-powered from 2018
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/europe/dutch-trains-to-be-wind-powered-from-2018.html
Collision near Moscow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27484148
Essex 21-tonne steam engine falls off lorry trailer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-27508118
Towed bus hit shops in Glossop
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-27496756
Bendy bus rapid transit for Belfast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-27461289
Car fires caused by starlings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-27520047
Jaguar E-types to be handmade in Coventry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-27420813
US fire engine narrowly avoids blazing bus
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27518262
Maltese ferries to be built in Exeter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-27453497
Weymouth Council fails to get Government funding for new Condor Ferries vessel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-27465968
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-27465968
QE2 crew on strike ahead of Asia hotel refit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27469795
$79,100 bid lands seat on Lancaster bomber Europe trip
http://tinyurl.com/q6497fv
Ryanair profits drop for the first time in five years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27465993
Loganair flight diverted to Inverness due to icing.
http://tinyurl.com/nbtnp7c
Nature inspires flying robot design
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27496731
Ruins on New York's abandoned island reclaimed by nature
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27509955
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
24/05/14 Channel 4 1905-2000
"The Restoration Man" A WW2 RAF bunker becomes a home
25/05/14 Channel 4 2000-2100
"For the Love of Cars" 6/7 A De Lorean
26/05/14 Channel 5 1830-2050
"The Dam Busters" 1954 feature film
26/05/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Shropshire & Cheshire
26/05/14 Channel 5 2100-2240
"What the Dambusters Did Next" Portrait of 617 Squadron
27/05/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Classic Car Rescue" 6/8 A Ferrari Mondial
27/05/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Chester to Conwy
27/05/14 Channel 4 2100-2200
"The Complainers" A visit to TfL's complaints department
28/05/14 BBC4 2250-2350
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways" 1/2 Narrow gauge rescues
29/05/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Clydebuilt: the Ships that Made the Commonwealth" 1/4 The Cutty Sark
29/05/14 BBC4 2250-2350
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways" 2/2 Standard gauge rescues
29/05/14 BBC Radio 4 2330-0000
"Lives in a Landscape" Freeminers in the Forest of Dean
30/05/14 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Eddie Stobart's Excellent Adventures" 2/4
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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
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- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Spring Gala - Dinosaurs of Island Steam
26/05/14
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk/
24/05/14- Kent & East Sussex Railway: 40th Anniversary Gala
26/05/14
http://www.kesr.org.uk
24/05/14- Didcot Railway Centre: Diesel Shed Bash
26/05/14
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
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
24/05/14- Peak Rail: Mixed Traffic Weekend
26/05/14
http://www.peakrail.co.uk
24/05/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Spring Bank Holiday Trolleydays
26/05/14
http://www.sandtoft.org
25/05/14- Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Superheroes & Villains
26/05/14
http://www.rhts.co.uk
25/05/14- The Battlefield Line: Model & Toy Trains Weekend
26/05/14
http://www.battlefieldline.co.uk
26/05/14- Great Central Railway: Midweek Running
29/05/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
26/05/14- Mid-Hants Railway: Peppa Pig
01/06/14
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
27/05/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Half Term Operating Days
28/05/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
31/05/14- Mid-Norfolk Railway: West Coast Railways Gala
01/06/14
http://www.westcoast.mnr.com
02/06/14 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“Royal Naval Cordite Factory”
by Bob Duke
1930 for a 1945 start
http://www.hias.org.uk
02/06/14 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Narrow Gauge Niceties” a slideshow by John Holroyd
Starts at 1930
For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcome
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
06/06/14- Epping Ongar Railway: Steam Gala
08/06/14
http://www.eorailway.co.uk/
06/06/14- West Somerset Railway: Mixed Traction Weekend
08/06/14
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
06/06/14- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Diesel Gala
08/06/14
http://www.kwvr.co.uk/
07/06/14- Wingfield Railway Group Model Railway Exhibition
08/06/14 Agricultural Business Centre, Bakewell, DE45 1AH
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be attending with New Stanton Lees Mk3
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
http://www.wingfieldrailwaygroup.co.uk/
07/06/14- Friends of the Cromford Canal - Horseboat trips
08/06/14
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
07/06/14- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
08/06/14 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
07/06/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Diesel Weekend & Trolleydays
08/06/14
http://www.sandtoft.org
07/06/13- Wigan Finescale Railway Modellers Show
08/06/13 Robin Park Arena & Sports Centre, Loire Road, Wigan, WN5 0UH
http://www.wiganfrm.org.uk
07/06/14- Middleton Railway: Summer Diesel Gala
08/06/14
http://www.middletonrailway.org.uk/
08/06/14 The Friends of St James' Park (Southampton)
Shirley Parish Hall, St James Road, Shirley, Southampton
"Southampton from Blitz to D-Day" by Jake Simpkin
1500-1700, admission free
http://fosjp.org.uk/hist_about.html
Cheers, Howard.
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