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NETWATCH
Borders Railway - new website
http://www.bordersrailway.co.uk/
Mark Higginson explores the Midland Railway's Stonehouse to Nailsworth branch line
http://tinyurl.com/o5qdnwn
First Great Western's (frankly weird) Scalextric-based model railway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7-OS89y5t8
Latest Andrew Cook videos...
Manchester Metrolink May 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tabRzF9_x8I
Manchester Victoria Freight May 30, 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4mKtLCQWys
Mid Hants Autumn gala guest locos
http://tinyurl.com/oh6xlsz
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Class 40 40345 to visit Mid-Hants railway in September
http://www.cfps.co.uk/
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
London Transport Museum heritage vehicle outings
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/events-calendar/heritage-vehicles-outings
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Stafford railway memories
http://tinyurl.com/ngmvo7n
Steamsounds - Australian steam and diesel recordings
http://www.steamsounds.org.au/
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
30 stunning pictures of Birmingham’s Age of Steam
http://tinyurl.com/q7q3x8c
Sandaoling Stall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HSRA58t-ME
10 amazing transport inventions
http://www.britishpathe.com/gallery/amazing-transport-inventions
DC4 Skymaster Flight Sequence - SAAF Harvard 50 Year Anniversary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrziTee4b2c
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Farnborough Airshow
http://www.farnborough.com/public/
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IN THE NEWS
Network Rail reports £1bn profit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27807509
Crossrail 2 changed following consultation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27764476
http://crossrail2.co.uk/
Lincoln–Worksop line closed after flooding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27769457
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27775454
New West Coast open access operator
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/06/12/gnwr-granted-access-to-west-coast-main-line/
http://tinyurl.com/n7o4gau
London Midland rail franchise extended to 2016
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27780861
Windsor Link Railway funding on track
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-27760760
http://windsorlink.co.uk/
GW electrification
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/06/12/changing-electrification-programme/
Bidding for Northern and Trans Pennine franchises started
http://tinyurl.com/njuo2lr
Haddenham and Thame Parkway station's revamp unveiled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27776980
Rebuilding Todmorden curve
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/06/11/striking-right-chord/
Police hunt angle grinder ticket machine thieves
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27784636
HS2 National High Speed Rail College shortlist announced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27828956
Fury as Derby's London Road bridge work faces four-month delay
http://tinyurl.com/l6jn832
Storm-hit Dawlish rail line: Brunel seawall row starts again
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-27798881
Cambridge NCP road painters in '20 minuites' spelling lessons
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-27760927
RAIB report into derailment at Paddington
http://tinyurl.com/oylglvw
COLAS purchase ten class 60 diesels
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/06/09/colas-rail-buys-class-60-locomotives/
COLAS/TNT freight trial to Euston to be continued
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/06/06/freight-trials-continue-at-euston/
Freight train trial could lead to railway rebirth
http://postandparcel.info/61422/news/61422/
£1k reward over Black Country rail arson attacks
http://tinyurl.com/lftelex
St Blazey turntable vital to steam tours
http://tinyurl.com/oh9us42
New rail company steams into Radstock
http://tinyurl.com/mruo6fm
Rail staff help with project
http://tinyurl.com/mjcnaj9
Borders to Edinburgh railway role offered to fashion students
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-27762843
Borders to Edinburgh railway: Galashiels transport interchange work starts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-27813207
125th anniversary of Armagh collision (and legislation for continuous brakes)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-27817787
£1.88m appeal launched to lay full Aln Valley Railway track
http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/aln-valley-railway-launches-188m-7260219
Watercress Line searching for new apprentices
http://tinyurl.com/k3ro9m9
West Somerset Railway sale investigation launched
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-27780541
US Army locomotive given warm 1940s welcome at County Durham museum
http://tinyurl.com/pv7gaz7
Downton Abbey cast film Christmas scenes at station (with a BR Standard 4 or 5!)
http://tinyurl.com/qhylyhv
Better weather boosts Snowdon Mountain Railway visitors
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-27768598
DB order TRAXX multi engine diesel locos
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/06/06/db-orders-syltshuttle-traxx-locomotives/
Chile and Argentina discuss Northern Transandine revival
http://tinyurl.com/pzzmlcu
The ruin-hunters who drove a car down Mexico's forgotten railways
http://tinyurl.com/k2y9fpa
End of LUL "C68" stock
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/06/05/c-stock-bow-out/
No Midland Metro trams in Wolverhampton city centre for five months
http://tinyurl.com/py85yoz
Automation of RATP line 14
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/06/10/paris-sets-out-line-4-automation-plan/
Contract awarded for tunnelling new Copenhagen metro line
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2014/06/12/cityringen-tunnelling-contract-awarded/
Mumbai opens first metro line
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/metros/mumbai-opens-first-metro-line.html
Salvador metro opens in time for World Cup
http://tinyurl.com/ozk8qhy
Fatal accident on under construction Sao Paolo monorail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-27774763
Trams v Buses: Video race for supremacy
http://tinyurl.com/q2fh39a
Guernsey bus services for tender
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-27764284
Bus stuck in hole created by burst water main
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-27780518
Bus fire in Birmingham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-27822373
Bus fire at Coventry University
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-27809518
Bus fire in Essex
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-27814646
Changes to First Group bus fares in Bath & Weston
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-27808535
Tesla boss Elon Musk hints at technology giveaway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27741041
Inside the Bloodhound 1,000mph car
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27721749
Section of Montgomery canal reopened
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-27732975
MV Balmoral safety checks complete
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-27739707
Kylerhea Straits ferry repainted
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-27792642
Norwich airport sold
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-27794172
FlyBe to start Southampton-Hamburg service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-27816245
Dornier bomber: The smelly job of saving a unique plane
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27768464
Newcastle Airport concern over Scottish Independence vote
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-27775468
Logan air to operate Dundee to London service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-27731600
Long-lost US plane finally found - 56 years after vanishing
http://tinyurl.com/ntgcllo
Karachi airport reopens after Pakistan Taliban assault
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-27770615
A350: The aircraft that Airbus did not want to build
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22803218
Airbus shows off A350 after a year of testing
http://tinyurl.com/nu4nm2a
Emirates cancels 70 A350s after A380 deal
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/emirates-cancels-70-a350s-after-a380-deal-400279/
Killed Royal Navy co-pilot honoured at ceremony in Dorset
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-27813066
Eurofighter crashes at Spain's Moron base near Seville
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27768001
Bomber pilot helped in airline cockpit during emergency
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/03/travel/737-emergency-pilot/index.html
Official opening of Dorset Clay museum
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-27729945
South Georgia: The lost whaling station at the end of the world
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27734930
Update and background of Google streetview
http://www.google.com/maps/about/behind-the-scenes/streetview/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
16/06/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" London
16/06/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"A Very British Airline" A look at British Airways 3/3
16/06/14 BBC4 2200-2300
"Deadliest Crash: the Le Mans 1955 Disaster"
17/06/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Maidstone
17/06/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"Horizon: Where is Flight MH370?"
17/06/14 BBC2 2320-0020
"A Very British Airline" A look at British Airways 3/3
18/06/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Canterbury
18/06/14 BBC4 2100-2200
"Majesty and Mortar: Britain's Great Palaces" 1/3
18/06/14 BBC1 2240-2330
"The Trouble with Mobility Scooters"
18/06/14 BBC2 2320-0020
"Horizon: Where is Flight MH370?"
19/06/14 BBC2 1820-1900
"Building Dream Homes" Extending an old railway station
19/06/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Clydebuilt: the Ships that Made the Commonwealth" 4/4 HMS Hood
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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
13/06/14 Railway Club of Wales
Dyfatty Community Centre, Chapel Street, off High Street, Swansea, SA1 1NB
“Welsh Holocaust Continued" by Nigel Wassell
There is a donation box at all meetings (but no compulsion to put anything in it)
Starts at 1930 (meetings finish by 2130)
13/06/14- North Norfolk Railway: Diesel Gala
15/06/14
http://www.nnrailway.co.uk/
13/06/14- Great Central Railway: 1940s Wartime Weekend
15/06/14
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
14/06/14- Mid-Hants Railway: War On The Line
15/06/14
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
14/06/14- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Heritage Transport Weekend
15/06/14
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
14/06/14- Middleton Railway: Families and Fathers Day Event
15/06/14
http://www.middletonrailway.org.uk
15/06/14 Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Fathers' Day
http://www.rhts.co.uk
15/06/14 Peak Rail: Peak Park Preserved Bus Gathering
http://www.peakrail.co.uk
15/06/14 Corris Railway: Fathers' Day
http://www.corris.co.uk
16/06/14 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"Trains and Ships" by Terry & Justin Foulger
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
16/06/14 Friends of the Cromford Canal: Talk
"The Building of the Falkirk Wheel" by Peter Travis
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
17/06/14 Monmouthshire Railway Society
Lecture Theatre A10, Newport Riverside City Campus
"Railways of Central Wales in the 50s & 60s" by Mike Clemens
Starts at 1915 prompt, admission for non-members is £3.00
http://mrsoc.org.uk/
18/06/14- Dorset Vintage and Classic Car Auction
19/06/13 Athelhampton House, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 7LG
Wednesday: viewing, Thursday: auction
http://www.athelhampton.co.uk
19/06/14 Severn Valley Railway: Peep Behind the Scenes
http://www.svr.co.uk/
20/06/14- Great Central Railway: 8-mile Long Model Railway & Engineering Exhibition
22/06/13 In association with the Soar Valley Model Railway Club
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
EMT link:
http://tinyurl.com/kqsv5hj
21/06/14 Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Armed Forces Day
http://www.rhts.co.uk
21/06/14- Mid-Hants Railway: Dene Rally
22/06/14
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
21/06/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Diesel Locomotive Weekend
22/06/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
21/06/14- European Railways Association: Cromford 2014
22/06/14 Cromford Community Centre, Market Place, Cromford, Derbyshire, DE4 3QF
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be attending with New Stanton Lees Mk3
1030-1700 both days
21/06/14- Churnet Valley Railway: Anything Goes Gala
22/06/14
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
21/06/14- Llangollen Railway: Heritage Railcar Gala
22/06/14
http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk
21/06/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Worldwide Weekend Trolleydays
22/06/14
http://www.sandtoft.org
22/05/14 Peak Rail: Vintage Car Rally
http://www.peakrail.co.uk
26/05/14- Mid-Norfolk Railway: East Coast Summer Steam Gala
29/05/14
http://www.mnr.org.uk
28/06/14 Winchester: Chesil Railway and Tunnel Tour
http://winchestertouristguides.com/index.php/tours/themed-tours
28/05/14- The Battlefield Line: Fireman Sam
29/05/14
http://www.battlefieldline.co.uk
29/06/14 Ilkeston Heritage & Classic Vehicle Show
Ilkeston Market Place, Derbyshire
1000-1600
Cheers, Howard.
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