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NETWATCH
RIP Bob Symes - a hero to many of us, I'm sure. Here's a nice piece by Tim Dunn
https://themodelvillager.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/bob-symes/
Toy trains from the past 200 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30793868
The Last Train To Callington
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTCwe-oj6LA
Appeal to build a class 22 diesel
http://www.class22newbuild.co.uk/
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Dave's Model Railway First Run Session 2015
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYvyxqTB25w
Dave's Model Railway Few Tips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEUvQdRBMg4
Internationaal Historisch Festival Panningen 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtfVNYxzyP4
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Oxford Rail
http://www.oxfordrail.com/
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
35005 restoration Blog
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/article.php/886/canadian-pacific-report-december
6023 newsheet
http://www.6023.co.uk/news/news.htm
Learning the rails - college course on railway operations in Manitoba
http://globalnews.ca/video/912162/learning-the-rails
Switzerland and France in 1950s
http://www.sutherland.davenportstation.org.uk/aaprint/swi.html
Gatwick Airport History
http://www.gatwickairport.com/business-community/about-gatwick/at-a-glance/history/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Harrier - a 1988 documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxzpKtbNKQ0
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Goldsworthy Gurney: Inventor took hot air out of Parliament
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30777326
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IN THE NEWS
Hong Kong investor buys up a third of UK's trains
http://tinyurl.com/pey3c4b
http://tinyurl.com/ogjd5n2
Online train ticket seller bought by American equity firm
http://tinyurl.com/op4wq2l
Criticism of London Bridge revised timetable
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30873189
Possible signalling integration problems form Crossrail
http://tinyurl.com/n24nuf5
Work to start on D78 stock conversions
http://tinyurl.com/khm8kfx
Engineers bridge the gap with flat pack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-30936772
Removal of conveyor belt at Bristol Temple Meads station time-lapse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTEHtMxuRNA
Avonmouth station demolition plan fought by campaigners
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-30845919
Cab ride from Tilehurst to Reading over the new Reading Viaduct
http://tinyurl.com/nm55pmw
Views sought on railway crossings from Aylesbury to Princes Risborough
http://www.getbucks.co.uk/news/local-news/your-say-views-sought-railway-8471543
No Norwich to London weekend trains for two months
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-30895186
Protests over possible level crossing closures in Suffolk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30859201
Trains outside London are 'cast-offs' MPs say
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30945127
Thirty-year campaign for new £10m Elland railway station gets major boost
http://tinyurl.com/olhljlb
Is this the biggest Merseyrail train ever?
http://tinyurl.com/myag4gy
'Kiss and ride' sign erected outside Preston railway station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-30898895
Businesses invited to discuss possible impact of railway
http://tinyurl.com/omsdu6b
Rail link bid for Aberystwyth and Carmarthen outlined at meeting
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-30844784
Billionaire John Caudwell has plans approved for a light railway at his estate
http://tinyurl.com/mfj3gxr
New manager aims to keep Shildon railway museum on the track to success
http://tinyurl.com/q6fg9vv
Euro tunnel lorry fire and tunnel closure
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30867007
Channel Tunnel delays to continue 'for two more days'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-30914010
Finland to abandon GSM-R in favour of own system
http://tinyurl.com/q24hobz
Legal challenge to NS EMU order dropped
http://tinyurl.com/o9b286a
Indian Railways needs investment from all possible sources
http://tinyurl.com/jvpwca5
Canarail to refurbish Rocky Mountaineer coaches
http://tinyurl.com/q9xcymx
Self-propelled rail cars are blast from MBTA’s past
http://tinyurl.com/lgo62kd
Tunnelling milestone reached on North West Rail Link
http://tinyurl.com/k6fswdk
Wireless level crossing control debuts in Japan
http://tinyurl.com/pvnpbor
London Underground station worker stabbed in face
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-30948687
Stockport light rail plan released
http://tinyurl.com/mct7rkh
Photos of retired subway cars being dumped into the Atlantic Ocean
http://petapixel.com/2015/01/19/photos-retired-subway-cars-dumped-atlantic-ocean/
UK car production at seven-year high
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30945288
Increase in bus passengers on Guernsey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-30857038
The end of Black Velvet buses
http://www.xelabus.info/
Lorry retrieved from canal near Welshpool
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-30898414
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2015/01/22/canal-plunge-lorry-is-recovered-in-pictures/
Stricken Solent ship: Hoegh Osaka docks in Southampton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-30933237
Hoegh Osaka: Praise for Solent salvage operation
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-30946643
Funding appeal for Medway Queen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-30862721
Building second Suez canal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30895545
Plane from Manchester skids off taxiway at Inverness
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-30877788
County Councils withdraw support for second runway at Gatwick
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30889144
Solar Impulse 2 plane set for round-the-world flight
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30908494
Indonesia to restrict publication of QZ8501 preliminary report
http://tinyurl.com/n7g3gu7
Rare planes continue to fly Alaska skies
http://tinyurl.com/o8fev82
Burslem service marks Sneyd Pit disaster
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-30854429
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
24/01/15 Channel 4 1830-1930
"Restoration Man" A wartime control tower in the Highlands
24/01/15 Channel 4 1930-2100
"Guy Martin's Spitfire"
26/01/15 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Pembroke Dock to Swansea
27/01/15 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Llandilo to Hereford
28/01/15 BBC2 0900-1000
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Lyon to Marseille (signed)
28/01/15 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Blaenavon to Ascott-under-Wychwood
28/01/15 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Restoration Man" A brick water tower in Yorkshire
29/01/15 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Oxford
29/01/15 BBC4 2000-2100
"The First World War from Above"
30/01/15 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Oakham to Cambridge
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
23/01/15 Oxford House Industrial History Society (Risca)
Risca Colliers Institute, Oxford House Adult Ed Centre, Grove Road, Risca, NP11 6GN
"Crumlin Viaduct and TVR Extension" by Keith Sankey
1900 for 1915, meetings finish by 2130
Friends and visitors welcome: admission £2
http://www.riscamuseum.org.uk
25/01/15 Gauge 0 Guild: Bristol show
UWE Exhibition and Conference Centre, Filton Road, Bristol, BS34 8QZ
1000-1600
http://www.gauge0guild.com/events/events.aspx
30/01/15 Oxford House Industrial History Society (Risca)
Risca Colliers Institute, Oxford House Adult Ed Centre, Grove Road, Risca, NP11 6GN
Artefacts night - bring something interesting
1900 for 1915, meetings finish by 2130
Friends and visitors welcome: admission £2
http://www.riscamuseum.org.uk
31/01/15 Town Hall, Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, BS37 6AD
“Railways Remembered - GWR” a film show by Rob Foxon
Starts 1430
Tickets: £7.50, Child: £5.00
31/01/15 A New Life for Bennerley Viaduct? A Sustrans consultation
Ilkeston Football Club, New Manor Ground, DE7 8JF
1000-1300
02/02/15 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“What's in the Pantry?” by Jenny Carter
Starts at 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
02/02/15 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“The Matlock Cable Tramway” by Glynn Waite
Starts at 1930
For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcome
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
04/02/15 A New Life for Bennerley Viaduct? A Sustrans consultation
The Gardeners Inn, Awsworth Lane, NG16 2RZ
1900-2100
06/02/15 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
"St Pancras District Part 4: Bringing the Story Up to Date" with Arthur Turner
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
At each meeting we ask for a donation of £2 from non-members and £1 from members
A free cup of tea or coffee will be available during the interval, and a large
selection of new and second hand books will be on sale
http://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/bristol/events.htm
06/02/15 Oxford House Industrial History Society (Risca)
Risca Colliers Institute, Oxford House Adult Ed Centre, Grove Road, Risca, NP11 6GN
"Surviving Stationary Steam Engines in South Wales" by Brian Davies
1900 for 1915, meetings finish by 2130
Friends and visitors welcome: admission £2
http://www.riscamuseum.org.uk
07/02/15 Trinity Church Hall, Higher Market Street, Farnworth,Bolton, BL4 SEX
“Railways Remembered” a film show by Rob Foxon
Starts 1900
Cheers, Howard.
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