| Subject: Raildate 1st April 2016 |
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| Date: 01/04/2016, 17:59 |
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NETWATCH
In honour of the day...
Virgin Trains Introduces Flying Scotsman to the Commuter Route
http://tinyurl.com/znfyoxc
The fourth Firth of Forth bridge
http://tinyurl.com/z5od3s2
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Videos from Martin Miller: Steam at Wirksworth, 27th March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md7GxiGEAG0
DB Schenker class 66 departs Derby with empty wagons, 28th September 2015
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3XD42rjAvA
Waterloo Station, 17th August 1966
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRo0e33ZCWQ
Dining with trams in Rome - Tranvia di Roma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNiwLgZKepk
Videos from Andrew Cook: Reading - The Devon Express, 23rd March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkH5Aoyj6f0
Taking the Night Riviera stock away, 23rd March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAXj2t6EyUo
Class 442 - End of the Line? Clapham Junction, 28th March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYBUJD10cqY
Heathrow Connect unit working Heathrow Express, March 2016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUb66HaLWrk
Video from Mike Willcock: Last DB service from Cwmbargoed to Aberthaw before Freightliner takeover, 31st March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WDagGPTGCw
Railway Official Postcards 1900-1914: Articles of Art and Advertising - a public lecture offered by Dr David Turner at the University of York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxYIuZSBFkw
London Waterloo archive images show century of evolution at famous railway station
http://tinyurl.com/jkw6g5r
BFI archive film Southern Railway in 1937
http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-southern-railway-1937/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Severn Valley Railway, 26th March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSvmdOx7Olw
6990 Witherslack Hall, Severn Valley Railway, Easter 2016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-dWJyUBqOA
North Yorkshire Moors Railway, 27th March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSBvu1ypp6Q
Ostern im Mansfelder Land mit Dampflok Nr.20 - Benndorf-Hettstedt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oIJLYErZI4
Heritage Diesel Trains - Bendigo Easter Fair 2016
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6a4LCjUpTE
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Pictures from the CH Wood Collection of Bradford on show in City Park as part of UNESCO project
http://tinyurl.com/htdfqwp
London Underground has its own mosquito subspecies
http://tinyurl.com/zt94lws
Aviation Graveyard - Kingman Arizona
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TJk1jqzjYU
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Yangon's circular railway – in pictures
http://tinyurl.com/h7lcxkx
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Cheap vodka and giant castles: the joy of Interrail
http://tinyurl.com/zmluav9
Johnston Sans: The Tube typeface that changed everything
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35916807
Knocker uppers: Waking up the workers in industrial Britain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35840393
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IN THE NEWS
Rail fares up but passenger satisfaction also on rise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35909361
The innovators: the virtual train pass that gets you the best fare even after you've travelled
http://tinyurl.com/hrlwjru
Railways' rate of improvement is 'unacceptably slow'
http://tinyurl.com/grr7jfe
Modern rail travel is a slow-grinding nightmare of too many people and too little space
http://tinyurl.com/gta4mbh
Electrification: delivering the transformation
http://tinyurl.com/jmdgh7v
Passengers forced off train at Plymouth due to overcrowding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-35903343
http://tinyurl.com/juqghqn
Misleading GWR advert withdrawn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35921695
Rail delays in Hampshire after smoke spotted coming from faulty train near Brockenhurst
http://tinyurl.com/h58cj5r
Man arrested after car abandoned on rail line causes chaos
http://tinyurl.com/zt4wyer
East West Rail preferred corridor selected
http://tinyurl.com/zb4q369
Construction set to start at Ilkeston station
http://tinyurl.com/h3mhfvk
Completion of the Norton Bridge flyover
http://tinyurl.com/hgkg4xk
http://tinyurl.com/jaaydlj
Construction partnership set up to deliver Ordsall Chord
http://tinyurl.com/jhztmb9
Hitachi awarded TransPennine Express multiple-unit contract
http://tinyurl.com/jlxs7wz
New start for north as franchises are launched
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2016/04/01-new-start-for-north-as.html
Duck row reignites ahead of Sir Nigel Gresley statue unveiling
http://tinyurl.com/h3ypf3d
Start of Queens Street Tunnel closure revised service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35860102
Borders Railway improvements demanded
http://tinyurl.com/gq92jc9
Community groups adopt new Midlothian stations
http://tinyurl.com/jggfvgc
SSE launches dedicated UK rail power business unit
http://tinyurl.com/hta2us9
Police appeal over graffiti damage to Swanage Railway carriages
http://tinyurl.com/zxa32sg
Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway and Pete Waterman to raise £1.25m to complete extension
http://tinyurl.com/jj2uhf7
'Tornado' on flying visit to Didcot Railway Centre
http://tinyurl.com/hz8ulxf
Works starts on Loughborough’s ‘Bridge to the Future’
http://www.rail.co.uk/rail-news/2016/loughborough-new-bridge-to-the-future/
Derbyshire railway station transformed as part of ITV series shoot
http://tinyurl.com/gv3c582
Flying Scotsman back on display at NRM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-35900032
90 years of Babbacombe Cliff Railway
http://tinyurl.com/je6phgs
How the world will react to the new Thomas the Tank Engine
http://tinyurl.com/gr9v5ps
SBB profits affected by strong Swiss franc
http://tinyurl.com/hv397o2
Israel Railways rolling stock order
http://tinyurl.com/zpm3zv8
Level Crossing Accident in Minnesota
http://kstp.com/news/train-truck-crash-becker-county/4084436/
http://tinyurl.com/h9x8rdj
Disused railway bridge destroyed by fire in Saskatchewan
http://tinyurl.com/grd2ph9
Hokkaido Shinkansen opens
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2016/03/29/hokkaido-shinkansen-opens/
Midland Metro tram crashes into car in Wolverhampton
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-35910663
Tramway terminal centre of Talbot Gateway phase two (Blackpool)
http://tinyurl.com/zdbhjzd
Runaway Snaefell mountain tram crash drama
http://tinyurl.com/hjhomxq
Increased frequency on DART postponed
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0330/778247-dart-irish-rail/
Further industrial action on LUAS
http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2016/0325/777351-luas-strikes/
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0331/778580-luas/
Tramway extension in Seattle
http://tinyurl.com/hpez5zs
Tashkent tram network to close
http://tinyurl.com/hmuwfzn
Century-old Chicago trolley car found in Wisconsin back yard
http://tinyurl.com/zstq4qq
LT class Routemasters recalled for power steering fault
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35823815
Bus fire in Lewisham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35901508
Meet Eddie Stobart’s biggest fan – he’s spent £11,000 on a model truck collection
http://tinyurl.com/zpnjkmu
Scrapped Alderney ferry link with Guernsey reinstated
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-35936987
New Cowes floating bridge ordered
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-35898895
New Wightlink ferry terminal proposed for Portsmouth
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-35934225
Port of Rostock blocked by grounded ship with drunk captain
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35907934
Cruise ships to set sail from Cardiff and Newport from 2017
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-35936867
Former ferry enjoys new lease of life
http://tinyurl.com/zz4ccsy
Aurigny Airline jet suffers birdstrike - again
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-35870791
Lufthansa profits increase
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35830352
Cessna Citation classroom
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-35831006
Boeing job cuts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35923227
Supersonic Boom aircraft will be the fastest passenger plane ever
http://tinyurl.com/jjq9ubr
UK's Boeing P-8 purchase gets US tick of approval
http://tinyurl.com/zjqw8y5
Fatigued Superjet test pilot used wrong throttle before crash
http://tinyurl.com/h3guk7x
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Jim O'Brien, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
02/04/16 Talking Pictures (Freeview 81) 1535-1755
"The Sound Barrier" 1952 movie about the search for the ultimate supersonic jet
02/04/16 Channel 4 1730-1830
"Speed with Guy Martin" 2/4 Pikes Peak
03/04/16 Talking Pictures (Freeview 81) 1035-1255
"The Sound Barrier" 1952 movie about the search for the ultimate supersonic jet
03/04/16 Channel 4 1830-1930
"Speed with Guy Martin: F1 Special"
03/04/16 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Great Canal Journeys" Coast to coast across Sweden 3/3
04/04/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Derby to Grantham
04/04/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Welsh Railways" 2/2 Beating Beeching
04/04/16 BBC4 2000-2100
"Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways" 1/3
04/04/16 BBC4 2100-2130
"James May: the Reassembler" 1/3 A 1959 Suffolk Colt lawnmower
04/04/16 Channel 5 2100-2200
"The Tube: Going Underground" Documentary series 3/8
04/04/16 BBC4 2130-2200
"Decisive Weapons" The P-51 Mustang
04/04/16 BBC4 2200-2300
"Engineering Giants: Jumbo Jet Strip-Down"
04/04/16 BBC4 2300-0000
"The Tube: an Underground History"
05/04/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Grantham to Boston
05/04/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Brushing Up om... British Bridges" with Danny Baker
05/04/16 BBC4 2000-2100
"Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways" 2/3
05/04/16 BBC4 2100-2130
"James May: the Reassembler" 2/3 A Bakelite dial telephone
05/04/16 BBC4 2130-2200
"Decisive Weapons" The Russian T34 tank
05/04/16 BBC4 2200-2300
"The Bridge: Fifty Years across the Forth" The Forth Road Bridge
05/04/16 BBC4 2300-2355
"Timewatch: QE2 - the Final Voyage"
05/04/16 ITV 2315-0015
"Goodwood Members Meeting" Highlights of the historic car event
06/04/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Lincolnshire/Yorkshire
06/04/16 BBC4 1930-2000
"Brushing Up om... British Tunnels" with Danny Baker
06/04/16 BBC4 2000-2100
"Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways" 3/3
06/04/16 BBC4 2100-2130
"James May: the Reassembler" 3/3 An electric guitar
06/04/16 BBC4 2130-2200
"Decisive Weapons" The Harrier Jump Jet
06/04/16 BBC4 2200-2300
"How to Build a Nuclear Submarine"
06/04/16 BBC4 2300-0000
"The Golden Age of Railways" How narrow gauge railways were rescued
06/04/16 Channel 5 2300-0000
"The Tube: Going Underground" Documentary series 3/8
07/04/16 BBC Radio 4 1500-1530
"Open Country" Gainsborough's nodding donkeys - UK oil production
07/04/16 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Middlesbrough to Hexham
07/04/16 BBC4 2000-2100
"The Flying Scotsman: a Rail Romance"
07/04/16 BBC4 2230-2330
"Full Throttle: the Glory Days of British Motorbikes"
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
01/04/16 RCTS Bristol
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
"Strictly Freight Only part 2" – the story continued by Brian Ringer
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
01/04/16- Mid-Norfolk Railway and 125 Group
03/04/16 Screaming Paxmans Spring Diesel Gala
http://www.mnr.org.uk
02/04/16 Belper Model Railway Exhibition
Strutts Centre, Derby Road, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1UU
1000-1700
http://strutts.org.uk/user_railway.shtml
03/04/16 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
04/04/16 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
"Gordon-Keeble, Hampshire's Only Supercar" by Mark Webster (rearranged from March)
Starts at 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
04/04/16 Peak Railway Association
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“An evening with Ted Hancock” by Ted Hancock
£3 donation on the door, members and non-members welcome
Starts 1930
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch.htm
05/04/16 Friends of Dore and Totley Station: Open Meeting
Totley Library, 205 Baslow Rd, Sheffield, S17 4DT
Latest news about the reinstatement of the second platform
Forthcoming inquiry into Hope Valley improvements
Arriva's plans
Starts 1930
https://www.facebook.com/groups/FoDaTS/
07/04/16 RCTS South Wales: Outdoor event
Visit to Freightliner Terminal Birmingham and line Bashing in West Midlands
1430 Freightliner Terminal, Landor Street
Reservations must be made in advance, by 24th March as PPE must be ordered
£5 deposit required
We propose taking the 0721 from Cardiff to Hereford and then buying the LM
West Midlands Day Rover to take the 0846 to Birmingham New Street, changing
at Shrub Hill to get to Snow Hill via Stourbridge Junction for a trip on the
Parry People Mover, and then taking the tram to New Street
Please contact Peter Fortune: peter.fortuneuk@gmail.com
08/04/16- Nene Valley Railway: Diesel Gala
10/04/16 http://www.nvr.org.uk/
08/04/16- Swanage Railway: Spring Steam Gala
10/04/16 http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/
08/04/16- Llangollen Railway: Spring Steam Gala
10/04/16 http://www.llangollen-railway.co.uk/
09/04/16- Rushton, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Mixed Traction Weekend
10/04/16 http://www.rhts.co.uk/
09/04/16- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Model Railway Event
10/04/16 http://kwvr.co.uk/
12/04/16 Great Western Society Bristol Group
Room 7, BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG
"Western Region – Signal Boxes and Diesels from the '70s onwards by Phil Bidwell
1930 for 1945
There is no admission charge, but a donation of at least £2 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gwsmeetings.html
13/04/16 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)
Branch AGM Plus supporting programme
"Gotthard Helicopter Trip" by John Jesson
Meetings start 19:00, refreshments available
Non-members very welcome. £3.50 donation requested
http://www.swissrailsoc.org.uk/
13/04/16 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"Loco-Hauled Passenger Trains in the Privatisation Era" by Geoff Brockett
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
16/04/16 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
16/04/16 Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Diesel Extravaganza
http://www.rhdr.org.uk
16/04/16 SW&SWIAC Conference, Dursley
Organised by Gloucestershire Society for Industrial Archaeology
http://www.gsia.org.uk/
16/04/16- East Lancashire Railway: Small Enginse Weekend
17/04/16 http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
18/04/16 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet Academy, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"Goring's Wonderful Railway" by Mike Hurst
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
23/04/16 SERIAC Conference, Kingston-upon-Thames
Organised by Surrey Industrial History Group
http://www.sihg.org.uk/
23/04/16- Epping Ongar Railway: Spring Diesel Gala
24/04/16 http://www.eorailway.co.uk/
23/04/16- Eastleigh Lakeside Railway: Super Power Weekend
24/04/16 http://www.steamtrain.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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