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BOOK NEWS
The Stronach-Dutton Roadrail System of Traction by RG Cash
This little-known railway system was invented around 1913 after the realisation that rails
which were heavy enough to carry a locomotive were far stronger than was necessary for wagons
or carriages. The idea was that the track would be built in lighter materials with the main
weight of the locomotive being carried on road wheels which ran alongside, the loco being
located on the rails by small bogies.
The system was promoted in rural areas where savings were necessary to make a railway viable,
but despite its ingenuity had little success and disappeared within twenty years. Despite this,
the book sheds light on a little-known and intriguing aspect of railways.
Published by the Narrow Gauge Railway Society
64 pages, £6.95
ISBN: 9780955432699
http://www.ngrs.org/
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NETWATCH
Michael Wilcock's video of 37116 returning to Barry Tourist Railway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9WhGSgLu7c
Two videos from Andrew Cook
DRS 68 action at Dalmeny:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9_kqU1Uwf8
A short Interlude at Wandsworth Rd:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKoYi4SL1xo
Martin Miller's video of the Secretary of State opening Wirksworth Booking Hall (revised)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dKQW_mXOMI
Why do crew shortages cause one in 10 train delays?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35293307
(Spotter: Mike Price)
Open for business: the railway arches serving customers as well as trains
http://tinyurl.com/gtwkuh5
(Richard Buckby)
The Online Transport Archive
http://www.onlinetransportarchive.org/history.php
(Spotter: Richard Maund)
North Wales Coast Express, 46100 'Royal Scot' 6th February
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ2t_EQPRMM
The Best of 46233 Duchess of Sutherland in 2015
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geuT_efsvXo
First Steam in the South 2016 - Tornado
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmwJOoN6eKo
North Yorkshire Moors Railway (German video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDfRYmyzZGQ
The digital age of railway signalling (Australia)
http://tinyurl.com/znmcxbv
Aerial footage of China's Unesco World Heritage sites: Guilin and Yangshou captured using a
drone
http://player.vimeo.com/video/107995891
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
See Prague from a moving Lubricating Tram
http://tinyurl.com/hugwozs
Track its progress by satellite (red dot)
http://poloha.vozu.cz/
(Spotter: Nico Spilt)
Top 10: Cars from the British Motor Museum
http://tinyurl.com/hfzo6en
Retroshite
https://retroshite.wordpress.com/
Top Ten Most Boring Aircraft in History!
http://hushkit.net/2016/01/29/top-ten-most-boring-aircraft-in-history/
Polka Dot Warriors - Vintage Wings of Canada
http://tinyurl.com/gwun574
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Why did the half-plane, half-helicopter not work?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35521040
The places where it's rather hard to get a bus
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35491464
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IN THE NEWS
'Lack of interest' in running rail franchises, MPs warn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35556870
Filming at Kings Cross 6th February
https://www.flickr.com/photos/60539035@N02/sets/72157662076535074
First Gatwick Express Class 387-2 to enter service by end of month
http://tinyurl.com/zstg5vm
Plumpton LC reopens to road traffic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-35519906
Billingshurst railway bridge removed for facelift
http://tinyurl.com/guz62zr
Tram plan to replace Isle of Wight rail line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-35495934
New Devon railway delayed by decades
http://tinyurl.com/gpyw29w
New study to investigate railway improvements between London and Devon and Cornwall
http://tinyurl.com/hvhz9px
http://tinyurl.com/gql4j6p
Fly-tipped waste on Oxford railway costs £250,000 to clear
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-35545300
London Midland hires rolling stock to plug sports gap
http://tinyurl.com/jynqtb8
Remembering the heroic driver who tried to stop rail disaster 59 years ago
http://tinyurl.com/hf8kvj7
Huddersfield station's patrolling cat Felix is promoted to Senior Pest Controller
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-35532884
Ansaldo STS and Linbrooke awarded Ferriby-Gilberdyke resignalling scheme
http://tinyurl.com/js3rtgr
Appleby landslip: Settle to Carlisle line closes again
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-35530762
http://tinyurl.com/ht8nlxj
Keswick to Threlkeld Railway Path update
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GzauIGFX2s
Gas leak at Durham railway station leads to delays for North East train passengers
http://tinyurl.com/h3skrf7
ScotRail’s new fleet must work from day one
http://tinyurl.com/zr2wj5e
Highland Spring freight plan changed after local backlash
http://tinyurl.com/hfvr2cd
Alert after gas leak at railway bridge in Muir of Ord
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-35544010
Proposals for the extension of passenger services between Alloa and Fife
http://tinyurl.com/hcxqp5x
ScotRail’s AT200 EMU interior unveiled at Edinburgh Waverley
http://tinyurl.com/h7a2go9
Ultimate trainspotters’ home up for sale in Sutherland
http://tinyurl.com/hkxbyv5
Video: Conwy Valley recovery
http://www.railengineer.uk/2016/02/08/video-conwy-valley-recovery/
Britains heritage railways are booming but a demographic timebomb looms
http://tinyurl.com/jjpzrpg
Historic railway line through Leiston could be restored to become major tourist attraction
http://tinyurl.com/j5rl2kn
General Meeting of the West Somerset Railway Association called for 27th February
http://www.wsr.org.uk/r-egm3.htm
Restoration of S&D carriage nears completion
http://www.unseensteam.co.uk/News/S&D-coach-nears-completion
Great Central Railway to be joined after 40 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-35534096
Flying Scotsman's mainline return after £4.2m revamp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-35504951
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35515743
Chinese shipping company looking to build rail hub at Piraeus
http://tinyurl.com/hlunusw
1500m freight train tested in Gotthard base tunnel
http://tinyurl.com/ho6n2xd
Germany train crash: Several killed near Bavarian town of Bad Aibling
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35530538
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/europe/eight-dead-in-bavarian-collision.html
Who owns Bavaria's trains?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35531677
Design proposed for new couchette coaches
http://tinyurl.com/zc22op2
New locos delivered to Ostrava steelworks
http://tinyurl.com/zt8pxu7
Izmir suburban network extension opened
http://tinyurl.com/z9zt2av
Iranian electrification progress
http://tinyurl.com/zu8fkfb
Indian Farmers seize train to get unpaid compensation
http://tinyurl.com/jsozh83
Fatal LC accident in Chile
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0208/766217-chile-train-car-collision/
The Great Canadian Pacific Railway Magic Show
http://seekingalpha.com/article/3876876-great-canadian-pacific-railway-magic-show
Hornby shares drop in value
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35538800
New metro stock enters service in Montreal
http://tinyurl.com/ztp357u
Caen guided busway to be converted to tramway by 2019
http://tinyurl.com/hzjs5yt
Industrial action on LUAS
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0208/766277-luas-red-line/
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0211/767075-luas-strike/
Light rail to return to New York City?
http://tinyurl.com/hhayw62
London bus 'explodes' on Lambeth bridge for film
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35516697
Stagecoach Falcon will connect Cullompton with Bristol and Plymouth
http://tinyurl.com/hceme42
Ferrari 335 Sport Scaglietti sells for record price
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35511076
SS United States, historic ocean liner of trans-Atlantic heyday, may sail again
http://tinyurl.com/hfbvo9a
Alderney Airport runway problems
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-35526932
Germania 737 aborted take-off on closed runway
http://tinyurl.com/j4q8pmd
Wall writings on Apollo 11 command module revealed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35508221
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Richard Maund, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien,
Mike Price, Michael Prince, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
13/02/16 Channel 4 1900-2000
"Great Canal Journeys" 1/4 Oxford Canal
13/02/16 Talking Pictures (Freeview 81) 2015-2225
"The Bargee" 1964 Comedy on the canals with Harry H Corbett & Ronnie Barker
14/02/16 Talking Pictures (Freeview 81) 1405-1615
"The Bargee" 1964 Comedy on the canals with Harry H Corbett & Ronnie Barker
14/02/16 BBC4 2030-2100
"Canals: the Making of a Nation" 1/6 Engineering
15/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 11/15 Baltimore & Jamestown
15/02/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Grand Tours of Scotland" Using an 1846 guidebook
16/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 12/15 Washington DC
16/02/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Grand Tours of Scotland" Using an 1846 guidebook
16/02/16 BBC4 2200-2300
"Timeshift: The People's Liners - Britain's Lost Pleasure Fleets"
16/02/16 BBC4 2300-0000
"Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies" 1/2
17/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 13/15 Washington DC to Mount Vernon
17/02/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Grand Tours of Scotland" Using an 1846 guidebook
18/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 14/15 Manassas to Richmond
18/02/16 BBC2 1900-2000
"Sea Cities" 5/5 Liverpool
18/02/16 BBC4 2000-2100
"Bombay Railway" 1/2
18/02/16 ITV 2100-2200
"Jericho" Drama set against the building of a railway viaduct 7/8
19/02/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" 15/15 Journey's end in Jamestown
19/02/16 BBC2 1900-1930
"Sea City" A look at Southampton (1)
19/02/16 BBC2 1930-2000
"Sea City" A look at Southampton (2)
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
Until 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/
12/02/16- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Spring Steam Gala
14/02/16
http://www.watercressline.co.uk
13/02/16- South Devon Railway: Winter Steam Festival
21/02/16
http://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk
13/02/16- Bure Valley Railway: Teddy Bear Express
21/02/16
http://www.bvrw.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
15/02/16 Friends of the Cromford Canal
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Nottingham, NG16 5NN
A talk on the Ashover Light Railway
Starts 1930, £2 at the door
http://www.cromfordcanal.info/
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
20/02/16- East Lancashire Railway: Spring Diesel Gala
21/02/16
http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
25/02/16 Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)
Richard Trevithick Lecture
Room 1.64, Glamorgan Building of Cardiff Uni, King George VII Ave, CF10 3WT
Talk: "The D-Train / Vivarail" by Adrian Shooter, FCILT, CBE
1800 (for 1830) - 2000
To book email:
membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code WR0342
25/02/16 Peak Railway Association
Duke William, 91 Church Street, Matlock, DE4 3BY
Talk: "The Matlock Tramway" by Glynn Waite
Starts 1930
26/02/16- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Winter Gala
28/02/16
http://www.kwvr.co.uk/
27/02/16- Solent Model Railway Group Model Railway Show incorporating Eurotrack
28/02/16 Oasis Academy, Lords Hill, Southampton, SO16 0XN
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
http://solentmodelrailwaygroup.webs.com/
27/02/16- Churnet Valley Railway: Steam Gala
28/02/16
http://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk/
27/02/16- Chapel-en-le-Frith Model Railway Exhibition
28/02/16 Chapel-En-Le-Frith High School, Long Lane, Chapel-En-Le-Frith
Approximately 20 layouts, plus demonstrations and trade stands
Free parking, wheelchair friendly venue, refreshments including lunch
http://www.nmdrm.co.uk/
04/03/16 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
AGM & 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
04/03/16- North Norfolk Railway: Spring Steam Gala
06/03/16
http://www.nnrailway.co.uk
05/03/16 Netley Station 150th Anniversary Celebrations
1000-1600
http://hamblevalley.com/events/netley-stations-150th-anniversary/
http://heyevent.uk/event/cxeimawtfq3cea/netley-stations-150th-anniversary
05/03/16- Romsey Signal Box open day
06/03/16 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
06/03/16- Spring Indoor Transport Fair
Community Centre, Wootton Street, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3AP
1000-1530, £1.50
Stalls, refreshments and free bus trips
06/03/16- Bure Valley Railway: Mothers VIP Day
http://www.bvrw.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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