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NETWATCH
Victorian arches cleared as London Bridge station undergoes renovation
http://tinyurl.com/lsyjd4g
(Spotter: Barry Emmott, who tells me that his great grand-uncle started his umbrella business
here more than 100 years ago!)
Helicopter ride: Brighton to St Pancras
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1OsuI4zco
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Footage of the final train to run on the Sidmouth to Sidmouth Junction line in 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZxwqrtQSA8
Chasewater Stuff's Railway and Canal Blog
https://chasewaterstuff.wordpress.com/
Four Seasons Of Steam: 61 Steam Locos In Action!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSw1-k6vBO0
Bristol Performance Improvements Route (Route learning, Bath-Bristol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oCupK2Ig0Y
A Perfect Misunderstanding (Network Rail) - a film about preventing SPADs based on a real event
in 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH-uwNsyzf0
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Virgin Trains Christmas #Traindeer Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML5GXsE5cZ4
Just the ticket: the joy of England’s railway stations
http://tinyurl.com/obs9weg
UK National Grid Status
http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/index.php
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
The Mainline Steam Heritage Trust of New Zealand
http://mainlinesteam.co.nz/
The news page notes that Kiwirail has served the Mainline Steam Heritage Trust notice to vacate
their main depot in central Auckland by April 2015. They need to raise a considerable amount
of money to build a new facility to house all the locomotives and the workshop equipment, or
else everything will be scrapped. Donations are invited - imagine if this were to happen in
the UK!
http://mainlinesteam.co.nz/news.html
Richard Dean, visited in 2012, and a mainline steam tour went past as they were driving north
from Auckland - they chased it to Helensbrough, and made a quick video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfNjvGbDFy4
RAILvintageTV
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvYDOqRgTQTBVU0J_X0ITgQ
India's railways: Celebrating the country's narrow-gauge lines
http://tinyurl.com/l4yeulb
Eurotrash Automotive Hall of Shame - British Leyland - The Entire British Car Industry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGgM_qyujKw
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Ordnance Survey of Ireland - Historic maps
http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,714831,735297,7,9
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Trap door reveals Liverpool church 'time capsule'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30257978
Furness Hidden Heritage
http://furnesshiddenheritage.blogspot.com.au/
What happened to England's abandoned mansions?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30004491
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IN THE NEWS
Rail fares to rise by 2.2% next year
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30341586
UK rail stations getting busier, figures suggest
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30333825
HS2 East Midlands hub: Breaston option 'rejected in 2012'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30289512
HS2 opponents call for Leicestershire's Ivanhoe line to reopen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-30328241
Going underground: Latest photos from Crossrail project under London
http://tinyurl.com/nrzk527
Denmark Hill station shut after fire underneath train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-30323137
Gatwick Airport railway station revamp backed with £60m
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-30316577
“Astronaut” travelling on Thameslink
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-30337032
GE Main line upgrade - "will not disrupt commuters"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30295249
Temporary reprieve for Victorian railway station
http://tinyurl.com/l74rh5l
Dartmoor rail line to be considered by Government as alternative route to Dawlish
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-30292756
http://tinyurl.com/ll7xv8e
Waitrose lorry wedged under Colchester railway bridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-30273687
Northampton Station: MP Brian Binley writes to Network Rail chief
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-30291360
Derby's Friar Gate bridge needs £1m facelift (we know... when's it going to get it???)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-30278192
Friar Gate bridge, Derby - a dedicated blog to this structure and its maker, Andrew Handyside
http://friargatebridge.blogspot.co.uk/
Cable theft in Manchester
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-30272402
Autumn Statement: New trains for northern rail routes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30311722
Northern Pacers to be retired
http://www.globalrailnews.com/blog/2014/12/04/northern-pacers-to-be-retired/
New rail terminal to be opened at Teesport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-28361691
RAIB investigation into freight train derailment at Ashburys
http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/current_investigations_register/141113_ashburys.cfm
RAIB report into fallen signal at Newbury
http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/current_investigations_register/141117_newbury.cfm
Borders to Edinburgh railway: Sleeper injury halts rail route work
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-30308024
Future Wales and Borders rail service will be on a not-for-profit basis, minister indicates
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/future-wales-borders-rail-service-8230827
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-30344443
Plan to dig out and re-open Wales' longest railway tunnel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-30306243
Carriage that carried Churchill on his final journey restored to former glory
http://tinyurl.com/qamsq6g
Class 68 to star at Mid Norfolk Railway gala
http://tinyurl.com/njeuj7m
First train to use commissioned Alton signalling
http://tinyurl.com/qctykht
Severn Valley LNER restored coach
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30267534
World class railway museum could come to Leicester if fresh £10m lottery bid succeeds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-30267922
http://tinyurl.com/loxpf2f
French train travel rattled by ticket inspector strike
http://www.thelocal.fr/20141203/sncf-ticket-inspectors-to-go-on-strike
Railways set to privatise clean-up at 50 major stations
http://tinyurl.com/nscxrsg
H5 Shinkansen begins testing
http://www.globalrailnews.com/blog/2014/12/04/h5-shinkansen-begins-testing/
Utrecht light rail contracts awarded
http://www.globalrailnews.com/blog/2014/12/02/utrecht-light-rail-contracts-awarded/
Roads funding: £15bn to be spent on schemes for England
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30269231
Sheffield to Manchester £6bn road tunnel 'plan' announced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30277068
Changes to payment methods for Dartford crossing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30262125
New motorway services planned for M42
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-30315572
http://tinyurl.com/poohddz
Sutton firm gets classic Peel 50 back on the road again
http://tinyurl.com/l2fzror
Brough Superior sold for record price
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-30195048
Autumn Statement: Stagecoach bus chief in devolution warning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30289913
Costa Concordia: Captain Schettino tried to 'impress'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30297395
Australia commissions helicopter carrier Canberra
http://tinyurl.com/non3w9k
Development of Carlisle airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-30307604
MH17 wreckage en route to the Netherlands
http://tinyurl.com/mbvubwt
Huge biplane airliner may fly again – the Handley Page HP42
http://airnation.net/2014/11/04/huge-biplane-airliner-may-fly-again-the-handley-page-hp42/
Ten veteran airliner types still in service
http://tinyurl.com/p5e3ola
Europe to press ahead with Ariane 6 rocket
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30251863
Bursledon Windmill reopens after £94,000 revamp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-30252179
Point of Ayr Colliery headgear returns as memorial
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-30335489
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
05/12/14 Film 4 1655-1915
"Von Ryan's Express"
06/12/14 BBC2 1730-1800
"Restoring Britain's Heritage" Devon and Cornwall
06/12/14 Channel 4 1900-2000
"Inside Rolls Royce" Behind the scenes at the car makers
08/12/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Hythe to Hastings
08/12/14 BBC4 2000-2100
"London: a Tale of Two Cities with Dan Cruickshank"
08/12/14 BBC2 2320-0020
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" La Coruna to Lisbon
09/12/14 BBC2 1900-2000
"James May's Cars of the People" 1/3
09/12/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" South-west Scotland
10/12/14 BBC2 1900-2000
"James May's Cars of the People" 2/3
10/12/14 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Dumbarton
10/12/14 BBC2 2100-2200
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Lyon to Marseille
11/12/14 BBC2 1900-2000
"James May's Cars of the People" 3/3
11/12/14 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The Railway: First Great Western" Fly on the track - new series 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.
05/12/14 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
"Mostly Narrow Gauge - an Evening of Sound Cine" by Terry Nicholls
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/bristol/events.htm
07/12/14 Model Railway and Toy Collectors Table Top Sale
The Old Schoolroom, The Kingsley Hall, 17 Atlantic Way, Westward Ho!
1000-1400
Free admission, light refreshments
09/12/14 Great Western Society (Bristol Group)
Room 7, BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG
"Martin's Miscellany Again - incorporating the famous quiz" by Martin Baker
1930 for 1945
There is no admission charge, but a donation of at least £2 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gwsmeetings.html
10/12/14 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"Rails through the Tongwynlais Gap - an historical perspective" by Jeff Morgan
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome - a donation of £2.00 is requested
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/south_wales/events.htm
15/12/14 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
Members Photographs
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
16/12/14 RCTS Cheltenham
Victory Club, Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham GL50 2SY
"Taking the Broad Gauge to Great Western, Ramblings around Sri Lanka" by Stewart
Blencowe
Starts at 1930
Non-members are very welcome - a donation of £3.50 is requested
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/cheltenham/events.htm
19/12/14 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
Christmas Buffet & Quiz set by Branch President Arthur Turner
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/bristol/events.htm
21/12/14 Leicester Film Archive, Phoenix, Middleton Street, LE7 7PR
“Bygone Leicester Picture Show” a film show by Rob Foxon
1130 and 1430
Cheers, Howard.
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