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NETWATCH
Network Rail’s mobile flash butt welding machines
http://www.railengineer.uk/2015/02/02/video-mobile-flash-butt-welding/
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Introduction to Archives Resources - a very useful article by Tamara Thornhill of Transport for
London on the HMRS website
http://hmrs.org.uk/archives/Introduction_to_Archives_Resources.php
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
Split-screen time machine
Newport to Freshwater:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dggHRIZ4mFw
Farewell to the Derry Road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_7opKApA04
Photos of Mid Hants gala
http://dangreen.zenfolio.com/p150149326
5972 Olton Hall at Warner Brothers Harry Potter exhibition
http://locoyard.com/2015/01/26/arriving-soon-at-platform-9-34/
Leadhills & Wanlockhead signalling
http://www.leadhillsrailway.co.uk/signalling
Salzberg historic trolleybuses
http://www.salzburg-ag.at/verkehr/obus/obus-nostalgie/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Swindon Panel Society
http://www.swindonpanel.org.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-31517814
(Spotter: Jim O'Brien)
Steam trains at work during WW2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY578lWlf-E
Railways of Le Chatelard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRyBX68TtLo
Riding the rails in style, Nullarbor, Australia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hr1bklcZzI
Trolley riding on the Waihi Goldfields Railway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtGzAsSAxo0e
Train ploughing through deep snow Arthurs Pass
http://safeshare.tv/w/DYEsPODBwX
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
A Dutch steam train filmed from a drone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K22UDRZ6xjs
(Spotter: Kees Wielemaker)
Rebuilding the Farnworth tunnel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w591AQh7DT8
Vickers Vanguard lands at Brooklands - the incredible story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmakSwlYLs0
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
How to spot a Russian bomber
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-31537705
A time capsule of the BBC at Alexandra Palace?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31441233
One man's obsession with rediscovering a lost typeface
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31534032
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IN THE NEWS
Passengers bearing greater share of rail travel costs as subsidy falls by a sixth
http://tinyurl.com/qfbvhd5
Rail passengers frustrated by poor service
http://news.sky.com/story/1428154/rail-passengers-frustrated-by-poor-service
Tata Steel to supply Crossrail rails
http://www.globalrailnews.com/blog/2015/02/19/tata-steel-to-supply-crossrail-rails/
South West Trains gives passengers a romantic send-off
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31469515
South East passengers 'most delayed'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31483691
Victoria Station transformation nears completion
http://tinyurl.com/phlwxg7
Nightclub reveller electrocuted after falling over on railway level crossing
http://tinyurl.com/oblp2le
RAIB report into 458 Unit electrical fire at Windsor
http://www.raib.gov.uk/publications/current_investigations_register/150130_windsor.cfm
New railway bridge in Brinkworth labelled a 'monstrosity'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-31495972
http://tinyurl.com/k8q2mlj
East Anglia franchise competition launched
http://tinyurl.com/oyfdnax
Railway between Leamington Spa and Banbury to reopen by Easter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31504690
http://tinyurl.com/osda57v
Rail worker prosecuted over colleague John Wright's death
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-31517336
Newark North Gate rail death: Worker walked into train's path
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-31486188
Alstom inaugurates British bogie workshop
http://tinyurl.com/o3ucbeo
Manchester commuters 'could soon be going to work on old London Tube trains'
http://tinyurl.com/mtumlus
Background to rebuilding "D" stock
http://tinyurl.com/nqta9h4
Plan for old London trains in North attacked by union
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31536600
Hawarden Swing Bridge
http://www.railengineer.uk/2015/02/16/hawarden-swing-bridge/
York to Seamer rail line closes for repairs to railway bridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-31460216
More commuters, fewer seats for squeezed ScotRail
http://tinyurl.com/q28nny3
Sturgeon’s dream of a Scots ‘bullet train’ is derailed
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/558251/Sturgeon-s-dream-of-a-Scots-bullet-train-is-derailed
Serco signs GB Railfreight to run Scots sleeper services
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-31508913
Whitland level crossing crash driver cleared
http://pembrokeshire-herald.com/14041/whitland-level-crossing-crash-driver-cleared/
Translink: Bus and rail fare increases come into effect
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31478640
Historic railway workers' banner coming home
http://tinyurl.com/nwvqqln
"Retro Train" to celebrate the opening of New Mills Central station 150 years ago
http://visitnewmills.co.uk/the-train-now-standing-on-platform-1/
Bluebell Railway Deltic weekend
http://www.bluebell-railway.com/event/diesel-weekend/
Barrow Hill Roundhouse steams ahead in bid for £100k fund
http://tinyurl.com/ne63yta
Ffestiniog Railway workshop gives up its secrets to archaeology dig
http://tinyurl.com/nqthvdb
Eurostar sales and passengers up in 2014
http://tinyurl.com/q2t4z6y
http://www.globalrailnews.com/blog/2015/02/18/eurostar-performance-continues-to-improve/
Power failure leaves 500 stuck on French train
http://www.thelocal.fr/20150213/500-stuck-on-french-train-after-power-failure
WWII bomb brings Paris trains to a halt
http://www.thelocal.fr/20150217/world-war-two-shell-brings-paris-trains-to-a-halt
Switzerland Zurich: Injuries as trains collide in Rafz
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31547979
Tracks laid in Hallandsas Tunnel
http://www.globalrailnews.com/blog/2015/02/13/tracks-laid-in-hallandsas-tunnel/
High-speed AVE trains to move transplant organs
http://tinyurl.com/nbtgdga
Trenitalia cuts Sicily train ferries
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/main-line/trenitalia-cuts-sicily-train-ferries.html
World Bank loan for Kamchik Pass railway
http://tinyurl.com/ntrjmzc
Fiery train crash forces W Virginia towns to evacuate
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-31492659
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/17/fire-west-virginia-oil-tanker-train
Could your daily commute really make you younger? How time slows down as we speed up
http://tinyurl.com/kxu4axm
Victoria Line engineering works planned
http://tinyurl.com/p66jz75
Cagliari opens light rail extension
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/light-rail/cagliari-opens-light-rail-extension.html
Changes to Jersey bus fares - promoting pre-payment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-31464942
Facelift for Brooklands, birthplace of UK motor racing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-31491554
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31506646
'Lost' Staffordshire canal lock rediscovered
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-31508790
Draining of canal at Gas Street in Birmingham delayed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-31531216
Award-winning Coventry canal gets £470,000 upgrade
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-31515964
Wightlink cross-Solent Isle of Wight ferry firm sold
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-31485563
Flybe flight diverted to Aberdeen due to fumes in cockpit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-31550065
Scottish Airshow 2015 to be held in Ayrshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-31503435
Rolls-Royce to fly Trent XWB with largest-ever 3D-printed part
http://tinyurl.com/l7x58gt
Incredible footage shows A320 Airbus in formation with six Swiss air force fighters
http://tinyurl.com/nn7a25g
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
22/02/15 BBC2 1800-1900
"Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth" Bonneville, Utah 1/2
22/02/15 BBC2 1900-2000
"The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway" Story of Crossrail 1/3
22/02/15 Yesterday 2100-2130
"Great British Railway Journeys" Manchester
22/02/15 Yesterday 2130-2200
"Great British Railway Journeys" Carlisle
22/02/15 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways"
23/02/15 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Germany (1)
24/02/15 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Germany (2)
24/02/15 BBC4 2100-2200
"Timeshift: The Nation's Railway - the Golden Age of British Rail"
25/02/15 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Spain (1)
25/02/15 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways"
25/02/15 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Chris Tarrant Extreme Railways" Adelaide to Darwin
25/02/15 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Indian Hill Railways" The Nilgiri Mountain Railway
26/02/15 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The Classic Car Show" 4/13
26/02/15 BBC4 2200-2300
"Timeshift: The Nation's Railway - the Golden Age of British Rail"
27/02/15 ITV 2000-2030
"Barging Around Britain with John Sergeant" 3/8 Aire & Calder
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
20/02/15- Model Rail Scotland
22/02/15 Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), Glasgow
http://www.modelrail-scotland.co.uk/
21/02/15 Welsh Railways Research Circle
Dockside Room, National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, SA1 3RD
"130 years of the Port Talbot Railway & Docks Company, 1894-1922" by Robin Simmonds
1400-1500
http://www.wrrc.org.uk/
21/02/15- New Mills & District Railway Modellers Exhibition
22/02/15 Chapel-en-le-Frith High School, Long Lane, Chapel-en-le-Frith, SK23 0TQ
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
http://www.nmdrm.co.uk/
21/02/15- East Lancashire Railway: Steam Weekend
22/02/15
http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/
25/02/15 The Benn Hall, Newbold Road, Rugby CV21 2LN
“Railways Remembered” a film show by Rob Foxon
Starts 1930
27/02/15 Great Central Railway: Crompton Bash
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
27/02/15 Oxford House Industrial History Society (Risca)
Risca Colliers Institute, Oxford House Adult Ed Centre, Grove Road, Risca, NP11 6GN
Members' contributions
1900 for 1915, meetings finish by 2130
Friends and visitors welcome: admission £2
http://www.riscamuseum.org.uk
27/02/15- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Winter Steam Gala
01/03/15
http://www.kwvr.co.uk/
02/03/15 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“Industrial Archaeology in Polar Regions” by Angela & Nigel Smith
Starts at 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
02/03/15 Peak Railway Association (Sheffield Branch)
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“The Greater Sheffield Area Transport Scene” by Roy Wilson
Starts at 1930
For a requested £3 donation on the door, all welcome
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
04/03/15 The Rothley Centre, Mountsorrel Lane, Rothley, LE7 7PR
“Railways Remembered” a film show by Rob Foxon
Starts 1930
06/03/15 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
AGM and Members' Evening
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
06/03/15 Oxford House Industrial History Society (Risca)
Risca Colliers Institute, Oxford House Adult Ed Centre, Grove Road, Risca, NP11 6GN
"The British Family Car in the 1950s" by David Woodliffe
1900 for 1915, meetings finish by 2130
Friends and visitors welcome: admission £2
http://www.riscamuseum.org.uk
06/03/15- North Norfolk Railway: Spring Steam Up
08/03/15
http://www.nnrailway.co.uk/
06/03/15- 6880 Betton Grange Society: Steel, Steam & Stars IV at the Llangollen Railway
08/03/15
http://www.6880.co.uk/
06/03/15- North Yorkshire Moors Railway: 50th Anniversary Closure of the Line
08/03/15
http://www.nymr.co.uk/
07/03/15 Gauge 0 Guild: Spring Show 2015 - Kettering
Kettering Leisure Village, Thurston Drive, Kettering, NN15 6GN
1000-1600
http://www.gauge0guild.com/events/events.aspx
07/03/15- Romsey and District Railway Modellers Society Exhibition
08/03/15 Crosfield Hall, Broadwater Road, Romsey, SO51 8GL
http://www.rdrms.hampshire.org.uk/
07/03/15- Romsey Signal Box opening
08/03/15 In association with the 150th Anniversary of the opening of the Andover-Redbridge
line
Admission free (donations welcome!)
1000-1600
off Latham Road, Romsey, SO51 7DB
Parking available at the Nightingale Surgery near the top of Greatwell Drive
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
07/03/15- East Lancashire Railway: Spring Diesel Gala
08/03/15
http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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