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NETWATCH
Mike Wilcock's Youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMichaelWilcock
New videos from Andrew Cook...
Three German tram systems
http://youtu.be/nMq1MdTDrG8
Sleepers in Berlin
http://youtu.be/9e8UuJ-eBxQ
Tickety-Split split ticketing website
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/split-cheap-train-tickets/
(Spotter: Adrian Hirst)
Great Central Railway Autumn Gala, 3rd October
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDoX_wxY7rc
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Great Central Railway Autumn Gala, 5th October
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_qALgJ4uZg
National Operating Strategy unveiled
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/10/06/national-operating-strategy-unveiled/
High output electrification train
http://tinyurl.com/n6as5lt
Lifting "Flying Arches" in Lancashire
http://www.therailengineer.com/2014/10/07/amalfi-lancashire/
Future airliner design
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140217-whale-shaped-giant-of-the-skies
Rules of aircraft design
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130730-five-golden-rules-of-plane-design
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
An interview with Dr Alan Wicken, who worked on the APT
http://www.nrm.org.uk/RailwayStories/railwayvoices/dralanwicken.aspx
Barnstaple & Ilfracombe Railway, 1970
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djcVdpr7Vx8
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
The SRN4 hovercraft
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60539035@N02/sets/72157648341136395/
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Why do people love Ordnance Survey maps?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-29524842
Ordinary beauty - Edwin Smith's striking photographs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29521098
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IN THE NEWS
HS2: East Cheshire residents 'in limbo' over planned new railway line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-29479818
Derbyshire 'now favoured' for station on new HS2 line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29538362
http://tinyurl.com/o6g66ck
First Great Western set to get five-year contract extension
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29489170
Paddington rail disaster remembered 15 years on
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29493287
Signal failure at Slough after weekend engineering works
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-29503523
Mum’s horror after near miss by train
http://tinyurl.com/ouen7m2
Keymer Jn renewal
http://tinyurl.com/pv9tbwh
Work on Bermuda Park railway station in Nuneaton starts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-29509013
Derby railway nostalgia to go on display
http://tinyurl.com/oss6q55
Matlock station steams ahead in industry awards
http://tinyurl.com/laxwpld
Taunton-Castle Cary railway line closed for flood work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-29503275
Concerns over rebuilt Minety LC (Swindon - Kemble)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-29483906
Landslip blocks railway at Brampton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29489445
Garden cities between Oxford and Cambridge ("Modernising the Bedford-Cambridge line"?)
http://tinyurl.com/pc8aura
Halfords 'We Fit' lorry gets stuck under bridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29514013
http://tinyurl.com/qc7hogk
Lorry crash at North Walsham bridge is latest in a string of incidents
http://tinyurl.com/la3gjlw
Train derailment in Gloucester was due to badly repaired track
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-29553760
http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/141009_R202014_Gloucester.pdf
Designs for Tube trains unveiled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29520761
Tube strike suspended after 'substantial progress' in talks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29555493
Abandoned Tube stations and tunnels to be sold off as tourist attractions
http://tinyurl.com/lvrurb7
First lose ScotRail franchise to Dutch firm Abellio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29531099
http://tinyurl.com/mfuvv4l
http://tinyurl.com/m6j3hup
Rail bid signals good news for Stranraer line’s future, says MSP
http://tinyurl.com/lkkqdsq
Hitachi selected for Scottish EMU contract
http://tinyurl.com/ovcq2ah
Aberdeen station improvements
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-29554463
Borders to Edinburgh railway: Track laying gets under way
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-29505220
Borders to Edinburgh railway: Galashiels opportunities analysed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-29519274
Potato picker just misses railway bridge
http://tinyurl.com/kdqc2f2
Cyclist takes bike into a busy rail tunnel
http://tinyurl.com/lbe25bq
Theatre spectacular to be staged at National Railway Museum
http://tinyurl.com/nnv5gf9
Derailment in Wadenda, Saskatchewan, Canada
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29538567
http://tinyurl.com/klnbpmw
Level Crossing accident in Louisiana
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/10/06/2-injured-when-train-derails-in-louisiana/
Eyeing up a miniature world of railways
http://www.heraldseries.co.uk/news/11517708.Eyeing_up_a_miniature_world_of_railways/
Routes considered for Metro tram extension in Digbeth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-29552062
Dynamic testing starts on Atlanta tram line
http://tinyurl.com/q4c55v7
Cambridgeshire guided busway: BAM Nuttall 'to account for' £31m defects
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-29523111
Operators licence revoked for school bus operator
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-29506786
Mexico sets new record for largest parade of classic cars
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-29502813
Radioactive waste ship Parida loses power in Moray Firth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-29531103
http://tinyurl.com/kf5xclh
Video captures collision between laden container ships in the Suez
http://gcaptain.com/containerships-collide-suez-canal/
Lake Victoria hospital ship
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29516911
Blackpool Airport to close
http://tinyurl.com/m4jr3sj
Blow for Cardiff Airport as airline withdraws its service to Glasgow
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/blow-cardiff-airport-airline-withdraws-7906484
Tesco make the difference - by taking delivery of Gulfstream biz-jet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29488777
USAF F-15 jet crashes in Lincolnshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-29544064
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/usaf-pilot-escapes-uk-f-15-crash-404586/
Ryanair 737s in taxiing collision at Dublin airport
http://tinyurl.com/pjd7cht
Are these the worst 10 airline liveries?
http://tinyurl.com/pyvev8c
KLM celebrates 95th anniversary in Amsterdam style
http://tinyurl.com/kgsx7zy
Why Airbus still has a widebody race to run
http://tinyurl.com/o44se4c
Airbus 'will be ready' for 2014 Qatar A350 handover
http://tinyurl.com/okjhdq3
Virgin Atlantic axes loss-making carrier Little Red
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29516911
http://tinyurl.com/ou6kz9f
Firefighting aeroplane crashes in Yosemite National Park
http://www.mariposagazette.com/node/50637
New data, refined analysis nudge MH370 search southwards
http://tinyurl.com/pheoao8
The Victorian Society: colliery and crane on at risk list
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-29530565
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
11/10/14 BBC2 1800-1830
"Restoring England's Heritage" The East Midlands
11/10/14 Channel 5 1905-2000
"World War II in Colour" 5/13 Red Sun Rampant
11/10/14 BBC1 2035-2120
"Dr Who: Mummy on the Orient Express"
12/10/14 BBC4 1900-2000
"Crossing England in a Punt" The River Trent
12/10/14 C4 1930-2100
"Guy Martin's Spitfire" Restoring a Spit
12/10/14 BBC4 2100-2200
"Mechanical Marvels: Clockwork Dreams"
13/10/14 BBC2 1650-1720
"Great British Railway Journeys" Windsor
13/10/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Carlisle
14/10/14 BBC2 1650-1720
"Great British Railway Journeys" The Watercress Line
14/10/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Lanarkshire
14/10/14 BBC4 2000-2030
"Great British Railway Journeys" The Great Western Railway
15/10/14 BBC2 1650-1720
"Great British Railway Journeys" Eastleigh, Hants
15/10/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" The Strawberry Line
16/10/14 BBC2 1650-1720
"Great British Railway Journeys" Brockenhurst to Poole
16/10/14 ITV 1930-2000
"Future Transport: Tonight" Solutions to overcrowding
16/10/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"Majesty and Mortar: Britain's Great Palaces"
17/10/14 BBC2 1650-1720
"Great British Railway Journeys" Weymouth
17/10/14 Channel 5 1900-2000
"World War II in Colour" 6/13 Mediterranean and North Africa
17/10/14 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Titanic: Three Hours that Shook the World"
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
10/10/14 Railway Club of Wales
Dyfatty Community Centre, Chapel Street, off High Street, Swansea, SA1 1NB
“Travels by train and other forms of transport throughout Russia and the former
Soviet Union" by Rhys ab Elis
There is a donation box at all meetings (but no compulsion to put anything in it)
Starts at 1930 (meetings finish by 2130)
10/10/14 Derwent Railway Society
Distington Community Centre, West Cumbria
“La'l Ratty - a Railway of the Past and the Future" by Peter Vanzeller
Members: £1.50, Non-members: £3.00
Starts at 1900
10/10/14- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Autumn Steam Spectacular
12/10/14
http://www.kwvr.co.uk/
11/10/14- Kings Cross station: Steam Extravaganza
12/10/14 Railwaylands area between Kings Cross and St Pancras
A family weekend to celebrate the age of steam at King's Cross
Featuring two famous layouts - "The Gresley Beat" and "Copenhagen Fields"
http://www.kingscross.co.uk/stories
11/10/14- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Victorian Weekend
12/10/14
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
11/10/13- Farnham & District Model Railway Exhibition
12/10/13
http://farnhammrc.org.uk/?page_id=158
11/10/14- The Battlefield Line: Vintage Crafts
12/10/14
http://www.battlefieldline.co.uk
12/10/14 Warminster Vintage Bus Running Day
http://www.warminstervbrd.wordpress.com
13/10/14 North East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology Society
St Thomas’s Church Centre, Chatsworth Road, Brampton, Chesterfield, S40 3AW
“The Arkwrights and the Sutton Scarsdale Estate” by Paul Halksworth
Starts 1930, £2 admission for non-members
http://www.nedias.co.uk
13/10/14 RCTS Sheffield
Sheffield Scouts HQ, 60-68 Trippett Lane, Sheffield, S1 4EL
“The Midland Railway in the East End of Sheffield" by Ted Hancock
1900 for a prompt 1930 start
14/10/14 Great Western Society (Bristol Group)
Room 7, BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG
"Old Railway Stations of the Bristol Area" by Mike Oakley
1930 for 1945
There is no admission charge, but a donation of at least £2 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gwsmeetings.html
14/10/14 Monmouthshire Railway Society
Lecture Theatre A10, Newport Riverside City Campus
"The Gloucester, Ross & Hereford Line" by Dr Martin Connop-Price
Starts at 1915 prompt, admission for non-members is £3.00
http://mrsoc.org.uk/
16/10/14- Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition
19/10/14
http://www.midlandsmodelengineering.co.uk
17/10/14- Swanage Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
19/10/14
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
18/10/14 Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Branch Line Day
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
18/10/14- IW CAMRA & IoW Bus Museum: Classic Buses, Beer & Walks Weekend
19/10/14
http://iwbeerandbuses.co.uk/
18/10/14- Avon Valley Railway: End of Season Gala
19/10/14
http://www.avonvalleyrailway.org
18/10/14- Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: LMS Branch Line at War - 1940s
19/10/14
http://www.rhts.co.uk
18/10/14- The Battlefield Line: Diesel Gala
19/10/14
http://www.battlefieldline.co.uk
18/10/14- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Wirksworth Model Railway Show
19/10/14
http://www.e-v-r.com
18/10/14- East Lancashire Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
19/10/14
http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
18/10/14- Middleton Railway: Model Mania
19/10/14
http://www.middletonrailway.org.uk
19/10/14 Wimborne District Society of Model Engineers: Open Day
http://wdsme.co.uk/
20/10/14 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"Denver to Detroit in a Model T Ford" by Peter Yeoman
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
20/10/14 Friends of the Cromford Canal: Talk
"William Jessop - The Man" by Martyn Taylor-Cockayne
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
21/10/14 RCTS Cheltenham
Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham GL50 2SY
"Signalling on the G-WR and the Preservation of Swindon Panel" by Danny Scroggins
Starts at 1930
Non-members are very welcome - a donation of £3.50 is requested
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/cheltenham/events.htm
24/10/14- Mid-Hants Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
26/10/14
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
25/10/14 London Omnibus Traction Society: Autumn Transport Spectacular
http://www.lots.org.uk/
25/10/14 Wimborne District Society of Model Engineers: Halloween Open Day
http://wdsme.co.uk/
25/10/14 Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Hallowe'en Ghost Train
http://www.rhts.co.uk
25/10/14- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Twilight Trolleydays
26/10/14
http://www.sandtoft.org
Cheers, Howard.
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