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BOOK NEWS
BR Parcels and Passenger-Rated Stock Volume 3: Self-Propelled Parcels Vans, TPOs and
Car-Carrying Vehicles for Motorail Services
and
Non-Pool Freight Stock 1948-1968 Volume 1: Privately-Owned and European Vehicles (Including
APCM, Dorman Long, Esso & Gulf)
both by David Larkin
The first five Kestrel Railway Books volumes by David Larkin looked at the revenue-earning
wagon fleet operated by British Railways and its successor, British Rail. These were followed
by a series of three books looking at the specially-designed wagons that were used for track
maintenance. Now we see the last of three volumes covering parcels and passenger-rated stock
and the first of a new series covering the ex-private owner fleet.
The final part of the parcels and passenger-rated stock series covers self-propelled parcels
vans, TPOs and Motorail vehicles, and the first part of the new ex-PO series covers owners with
initials A to H. The remaining owners will be dealt with in a second volume later in 2016.
Parcels and Passenger-Rated Stock Volume 3
Softback: 96 pages with 195 photographs
273 x 215mm
978-1-905505-39-5
Price: £15.00
Non-Pool Freight Stock 1948-1968 Volume 1
Softback: 96 pages with 194 photographs
273 x 215mm
978-1-905505-40-1
Price: £16.00
Parcels and Passenger-Rated Stock Volume 1 (Full Brakes, Parcels & Miscellaneous Vans and
Car-carrying Vehicles) has also been reprinted.
All are available post-free from Kestrel Railway Books
http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/
NETWATCH
New publication from Historic England: Historic Railway Buildings and Structures
Volume 1: Overview of Significance and Investment Trends (1.37MB)
Volume 2: Statements of Significance (1.24MB)
Volume 3: Maps & Gazetteer (very large: 58.13 MB)
http://tinyurl.com/h7mnjbz
Exeter to Barnstaple, 17-05-2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgtH6K6f-Sw
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway - the art of heavy haulage by Martin Miller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxqTEylPHKw
York University is currently taking applications for its Postgraduate Diploma in Railway
Studies (2016/17 academic year)
https://www.york.ac.uk/lifelonglearning/pg-dip-railways/
You are invited to complete a short survey about future of the Postgraduate Diploma in Railway
Studies
https://york.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bw4AXFCZQMkQgoR
Britain's railways doing well despite privatisation
http://tinyurl.com/j8sz5dq
Great Central Railway - Winter Steam Gala - 2016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP-gGeZWBrs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va-Hllok7ac
The best of 45699 Galatea in 2015
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHxfkQCw2DY
86 1333-3 Fotozug auf dem Markersbacher Viadukt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0DutPdri70
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Tube map shows the cost of average house at every London Underground stop
http://tinyurl.com/hhfweg6
How Birmingham's NEC was born 40 years ago
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35465030
Ingfield Light Railway
http://www.ingfieldlightrailway.co.uk/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The High Line in 45 Seconds
http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2016/01/20/the-high-line-in-45-seconds
The Man in Seat Sixty-One
http://www.seat61.com/
Detecting shipwrecks from space
http://www.ulster.ac.uk/es/detecting-shipwrecks-from-space-3/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
And finally, spotted by Phil Smart in the Express & Star - an announcement heard on Birmingham
New Street station:
"Platform 6 for the 16.33 to Northampton calling at Marston Green and lots of other places."
Their shift must have been coming to an end...
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IN THE NEWS
Passenger figures break 90-year record
http://tinyurl.com/jdyllbv
Plans submitted to modify Mk 3s as freight vehicles
http://tinyurl.com/zvg3rsq
Sulzer Shortlisted for Two UK Rail Industry Awards
http://tinyurl.com/j7rxk39
Eight-month closure planned for GOBLIN electrification
http://tinyurl.com/ju33k73
Pedestrian crossing misuse at Barnes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35481781
First new Gatwick Express train to enter service this month
http://tinyurl.com/hqo5kcd
Reading businesses criticise £500m Heathrow rail link delay
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35458229
Landslip causes week of delays on London rail route
http://travel.aol.co.uk/2016/02/02/landslip-leighton-buzzard-week-delays-london-rail-route/
Two shortlisted for South Western franchise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35492513
End of the line for Weymouth Quay Tramway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-35457924
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-35481579
Rail Supply Group outlines UK industrial strategy
http://tinyurl.com/j8bn5mt
HS2 rail headquarters open in Birmingham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-35493848
UK and Thai universities form railway partnership
http://tinyurl.com/hzmqh3e
Forgotten photos at Derby studio brought back into full focus - possible Midland Railway link
http://tinyurl.com/gldbsws
Revised Settle & Carlisle timetable due to landslip effective from 31st January
http://www.northernrail.org/news/7854
Storm Henry causes problems for First TransPennine Express passengers
http://tinyurl.com/znw7rwa
Penally station works complete £6.5m improvements
http://tinyurl.com/hcb4l8c
Edwina Hart dismisses cross-border trains 'threat'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-35441162
Call to open rail link to Belfast International Airport
http://tinyurl.com/gouyurl
'World's oldest ticket office' opens in Derbyshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-35494071
Martin Miller's video of the opening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpJ51lNG3M4
All seats sold for Flying Scotsman workings on NYMR
http://www.nymr.co.uk/special-events/flying-scotsman/
Flying Scotsman trip on 25th February
http://www.flyingscotsman.org.uk/events/inaugural-run/
York Central Consultation and the National Railway Museum
http://blog.nrm.org.uk/york-central-consultation/
Royal Mail 'secret' railway on track to reopen next year
http://tinyurl.com/guv7j68
Bird 'photobombs' railway webcam at Abergynolwyn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-35485697
Deutsche Bahn speeds up modernization of rail network
http://tinyurl.com/j3cy8wa
Den Haag Centraal reopens following extensive rebuild
http://tinyurl.com/jebe9nr
BNSF Capital Expenditure programme for 2016
http://tinyurl.com/jct4elz
Dispute between Amtrak and MBTA over track access charges
http://tinyurl.com/zuhrov2
Night Tube: RMT union to recommend pay deal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35484773
Final contracts awarded for major upgrade of New York subway
http://tinyurl.com/zhleagl
Rare Ferrari expected to fetch millions at auction
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35498979
Plan to launch new water taxi service in Manchester
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-35381832
Hoverspeed hovercraft set to be destroyed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-35445419
http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/
Sign the petition
http://tinyurl.com/z5s3xal
Listing and disabled Modern Express under tow away from French Coast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35456682
New Southampton to Munich service operated by BMI Regional
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-35461096
Underwater volcanoes and shipwrecks found in the MH370 search
http://tinyurl.com/h4mx6qa
Rolls Royce win order for Norwegan 787 Dreamliners
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35457589
Boeing receives first contract of Air Force One recap
http://tinyurl.com/zjx6f9z
Historical home of famed Derby foundry owner goes on market to businesses
http://tinyurl.com/gmouf55
Zeppelin raids 100 years ago
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-35373444
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35437475
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan
Rushworth, Roger Smith, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
06/02/16 Channel 4 1900-2000
"Great Canal Journeys" 3/3 Shannon-Erne Waterway
06/02/16 BBC4 2000-2100
"Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History" 3/3
07/02/16 BBC2 2100-2200
"James May's Cars of the People" 3/3
07/02/16 BBC2 2200-2300
"Patrick Kielty's Mulholland Drive" Water infrastructure of Los Angeles
08/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 6/15 Schenectady to Rochester
08/02/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Grand Tours of Scotland" Using an 1846 guidebook
09/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 7/15 Niagara Falls, Buffalo
09/02/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Grand Tours of Scotland" Using an 1846 guidebook
10/02/16 Talking Pictures (Freeview 81) 0520-0600
"Terminus" 1961 John Schlesinger movie - Waterloo Station
10/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 8/15 Philadelphia, Atlantic City
10/02/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Grand Tours of Scotland" Using an 1846 guidebook
10/02/16 BBC4 2200-2300
"Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History" 3/3
11/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 9/15 Amish country and Gettysburg
11/02/16 BBC2 1900-2000
"Sea Cities" 3/5 Portsmouth
11/02/16 ITV 2100-2200
"Jericho" Drama set against the building of a railway viaduct 6/8
11/02/16 BBC2 2315-0015
"James May's Cars of the People" 3/3
12/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 10/15 South to the Mason-Dixon line
12/02/16 BBC2 1900-2000
"Sea Cities" 4/5 Hull
Thanks to Simon Moppett for additional information this week
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes
04/02/16- The Archives Annual Exhibition: Steaming into Bude
23/02/16 Bude-Stratton Heritage Centre, The Castle, The Wharf, Bude, Cornwall, EX23 8LG
Bude Railway 1898-1966
A chance to see how the railway looked using materials from the archives
http://www.visitbude.info/event/steaming-into-bude-bude-railway/
06/02/16- Stafford Railway Circle Annual Model Railway Exhibition
07/02/16 Prestwood, Argyle and Sandylands Suites, Stafford County Showground, ST18 0BD
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
http://www.staffordrailwaycircle.org.uk/
05/02/16 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
"Bristol & District in the 1960" by Jerry Nichols from Mark Warburton’s pictures
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
07/02/16 Romsey Signal Box open day
Adult: £2.50 (£3.00 if gift-aided), Child: free
1200-1600
Limited parking - see website for details
Brick Lane, Romsey - use sat-nav SO51 8LG
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
08/02/16 Eastleigh and District Local History Society
Age Concern Hall, Romsey Road, Eastleigh, SO50 9AL
"Restoration of S15 class 828" by Neil Kearns
Starts 1930, refreshments available
http://www.eastleighhistory.org.uk
09/02/16 Great Western Society Bristol Group
Room 7, BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG
The Andrew Hook Memorial Meeting
"Didcot Developments" by Richard Antliff
(Incorporating The Bristol Group Annual Meeting)
1930 for 1945
There is no admission charge, but a donation of at least £2 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gwsmeetings.html
10/02/16 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"An SLS/Alan Jarvis Evening of Photographs" with Noel Thompson
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
12/02/16- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Spring Steam Gala
14/02/16
http://www.watercressline.co.uk
15/02/16 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Library, Kennet Academy, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"Cotswold Canals" by Paul Joyce
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
20/02/16 Romsey Signal Box open day
Adult: £2.50 (£3.00 if gift-aided), Child: free
1200-1600
Limited parking - see website for details
Brick Lane, Romsey - use sat-nav SO51 8LG
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
20/02/16- The Diesel & Electric Show
21/02/16 The International Centre, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4JH
http://www.dieselandelectricshow.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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