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NETWATCH
Advance notice of trips through Pinnock tunnel (Par-Fowey branch) on 26th April - advance
booking recommended - full details here
http://www.parcommunity.org.uk/page17.htm
And advance notice of the DRS Open Day at Kingmoor Depot, Carlisle on 18th July - advance
booking recommended - full details here
http://www.directrailservices.com/news-articles/2015/02/23/drs-open-day-2015/
(Spotter: Philip Godfrey)
Mike Wilcock's video of 50007 & 50017 at Cardiff to collect failed 56087, 22nd February
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDh6-FQoLfI
Permanent Way Junction renewal - LMS Film Unit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwHKOMq5WzI
How to repair a steam locomotive - LMS Film Unit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktHw1wR9XOU
Steam Locomotives: Power To Order - 1942 educational documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI9jeGnY5sA
37 links to various US railway locomotive whistles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_wDrEGJpts&list=PL9457AA0B38A15776
'Perpetual Motion' The Avro Shackleton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elENLa01XHA
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Rerailing 37273, 28th April 1991
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAZkvDKomhs
(Spotter: John Simmonds)
Photos of East Lancs Winter Gala, 21st/22nd February
http://www.steamingaroundyorkshire.co.uk/Pages/2015/february/21st.htm
http://preservedrailway.weebly.com/east-lancashire-railway
"The Signalman" by Charles Dickens
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Charles_Dickens/The_Signal_Man/The_Signal_Man_p1.html
JingPeng Pass March 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRPf0SOgp64
Detroit Michigan Central station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31596161
Storage of surplus aircraft
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140918-secrets-of-the-aircraft-boneyards
The buses you choose because of their music
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31539776
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Website finds cheaper tickets by splitting a journey into legs while travelling on same train
http://tinyurl.com/k3glpv2
http://raileasy.trainsplit.com/
http://www.splitticketing.com/test.html
(Spotter: Jim O'Brien)
The first paper photographs on display at Tate Britain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/31606442
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IN THE NEWS
RMT plans rail privatisation demos
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/rmt-plans-rail-privatisation-demos.1424765902
Genesee & Wyoming to acquire Freightliner
http://tinyurl.com/q2nr2y5
Network Rail orders fifth ballast cleaner
http://tinyurl.com/nwx2m7w
Great Western electrification scheme 'one year behind schedule'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-31610849
East Sussex Coast Re-Signalling Project, including removal of Hampden Park signal box
https://vimeo.com/120134360
http://tinyurl.com/nsf252b
Debris from damaged bridge delays train on B&H
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-31583420
Chiltern Railways to build a new depot on the site on Banbury loco shed.
http://www.cherwell.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=10537
Trains to gridlock Spalding over next five Saturdays
http://tinyurl.com/pb46vmj
Nottingham–Lincoln service improvements from May 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-31618775
Wrexham to Birmingham peak-time service to be retained
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-31566632
Persistent newts put the brake on a Transport Secretary's rail showpiece
http://tinyurl.com/qecwawo
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-31605334
Cost of removing newts at Ilkeston station site amounts to £74,120
http://tinyurl.com/lxj73jh
Ref stops play at South Yorkshire game – to watch steam train go by!
http://tinyurl.com/p295ghc
New northern rail franchises 'must scrap Pacers trains'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31650705
Northern and TransPennine franchise improvements
http://maps.dft.gov.uk/northern-and-transpennine/index.html
Let the train take more of the strain
http://tinyurl.com/pu94x8a
More commuters, fewer seats for squeezed ScotRail
http://tinyurl.com/q28nny3
Holyrood calls for high-speed rail in Scotland
http://tinyurl.com/ps3pjnr
Investigation after railway worker shot with air rifle
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-31589189
Tree damages windscreen on Inverness-Edinburgh train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-31602320
Plan to upgrade Inverness railway station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-31620222
Last chance to save rail services say SAYLSA
http://tinyurl.com/pqlhlpf
Job cuts on Translink
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31610345
Severn Valley Railway hunts founding plaque
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31628140
Isle of Man Steam Railway stations to lose their staff
http://tinyurl.com/ld2xe5v
SNCF to increase fines for ticket dodgers
http://www.thelocal.fr/20150220/sncf-to-increase-fines-for-ticket-dodgers
Iron Rhine reopening back on the table
http://tinyurl.com/k3tzcem
Freightliner leases electro diesels for Polish operation
https://www.railpage.com.au/news/s/freightliner-pl-orders-dragon-locomotives
Collision between trains between Zurich and Schaffhausen
http://www.thelocal.ch/20150220/breaking-several-injured-in-train-collision
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/trains-crashed-despite-latest-technology/41285022
Successful first 16,156-mile round trip on world's longest railway
http://tinyurl.com/q7y6ph4
Hitachi wins race for Finmeccanica rail assets
http://tinyurl.com/pma6dxa
British consortium to support Saudi N-S Railway
http://tinyurl.com/kl9m2sg
California train derails after collision with truck
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-31609770
National Express optimistic about North America growth
http://tinyurl.com/npgrfcw
Indian railways given $137bn boost in budget
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-31635901
Eddie Redmayne couples up for Thomas the Tank Engine movie
http://tinyurl.com/pqz28dq
Auschwitz display at model railway centre dubbed 'bizarre' by visitors
http://tinyurl.com/pr8fq98
Plans for more 24-hour trains are unveiled in London
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2015/02/20-plans-for-more-24hour-trains.html
Expanded all-night tube plans are pre-election stunt, say rail unions
http://tinyurl.com/kfqwobm
SNP open to more Scottish tram line projects
http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/snp-open-to-more-scottish-tram-line-projects-1-3697901
Poole harbour bridge stuck closed to road traffic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-31546882
Bus fire in Stirling
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-31538017
Campaign against bus operators ring a bell for many
http://tinyurl.com/pknslej
Queensferry Crossing ‘making drivers slow down’
http://tinyurl.com/ozprz42
Gas Street Basin fish rescue delayed by leaking canal dams
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-31566631
Fish removed for repairs to Caen Hill lock gates
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-31584723
Fish delays repairs to Birmingham canal leak
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-31575430
New high speed ferry service proposed from Weymouth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-31585673
Cowes chain ferry: passenger toll approved
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-31638010
Oil leak from container ship stranded in Highlands
http://tinyurl.com/qghhnlu
Red Arrows reveal new union jack-inspired design
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31621958
Newark Air Museum: £500,000 expansion plans approved
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-31575717
Restoring fun to aviation at Belfast International
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31592849
Win for passengers after flight delay ruling
http://tinyurl.com/qcdskqp
Prestwick involvement was flight of fancy
http://www.scotsman.com/news/leaders-prestwick-involvement-was-flight-of-fancy-1-3699369
Air France flight diverts to UK so pilot can 'rest'
http://www.thelocal.fr/20150223/air-france-flight-diverted-so-pilot-can-sleep
South West Airlines ground uninspected planes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31629480
The "Ghost Rider" B-52 rises from the grave to ride again
http://tinyurl.com/k3ogekl
Intercepted Russian bomber was carrying a nuclear missile over the Channel
http://tinyurl.com/jwhajj2
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
01/03/15 BBC2 1900-2000
"The Fifteen Billion Pound Railway" Story of Crossrail 2/3
01/03/15 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Timeshift: The Joy of (Train) Sets - the Model Railway Story
01/03/15 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways"
02/03/15 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Spain (2)
03/03/15 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Italy (1)
03/03/15 BBC4 2000-2030
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Italy (2)
04/03/15 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Germany (1)
05/03/15 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The Classic Car Show" 5/13
06/03/15 ITV 2000-2030
"Barging Around Britain with John Sergeant" 4/8 Caledonian
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
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/
10/03/15 Great Western Society (Bristol Group)
Room 7, BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG
"The Unknown Warrior – A Patriot Reborn" by Richard Sant
1930 for 1945
There is no admission charge, but a donation of at least £2 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gwsmeetings.html
10/03/15 North West Film Archive
The Forum, 28 Duke Street, Barrow, Cumbria, LA14 1HH
"Furness on Film" films featuring life around Barrow in the past century
Starts 1930
http://www.theforumbarrow.co.uk/
11/03/15 Swiss Railways Society (London Branch)
The Model Railway Club, Keen House, 4 Calshot Street, London, N1 9AT
(Penton Rise stop on bus routes 30, 73, 205 & 476)
"Narrow Gauge in Northern Switzerland" an illustrated talk by Nick Britton
Meetings start 19:00, refreshments available
Non-members very welcome (£3.50 donation requested)
http://www.swissrailsoc.org.uk/
11/03/15 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"Steam on the Main Line in 2014" by Karl Jauncey and Dave Richards
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
12/03/15 Monmouthshire Railway Society
Lecture Theatre A10, City Campus, Usk Way, Newport, NP20 2BP
"Out and About - Looking Back" by Hugh Gould
Starts at 1900 prompt, admission for non-members is £3 and for members, £2
http://mrsoc.co.uk/
13/03/15 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
13/03/15- 6880 Betton Grange Society: Steel, Steam & Stars IV at the Llangollen Railway
15/03/15
http://www.6880.co.uk/
14/03/15- The Midlands Garden Rail Show
15/03/15 Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, Fosse Way, Nr Leamington Spa, CV31 1 XN
http://www.largescalemodelrailway.co.uk/
15/03/15 Rocks by Rail: Remembering Stanton Ironworks
Ashwell Road, Cottesmore, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 7BX
http://www.rocks-by-rail.org/
Cheers, Howard.
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