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NETWATCH
A six-week course on Cornish Railway History is running in Truro between 21st February 2017 and
28th March 2017
http://www.wea-cornwall.co.uk/course/cornish-railway-history-truro-david-ager/
All aboard Lancashire's long lost railway
http://tinyurl.com/z3b8zhc
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Everything you want to know about locos
http://www.brdatabase.info/
Moscow to Vladivostok on the Trans Siberian Express in real time - a series of videos that
follow on from each other
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmc2STzMOT4
(Spotter: Roger Smith)
East Lancashire Railway 1T57 Icon Day Saturday 4th February
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5UE517jREc
David Shepherd and No 3052
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-hA_LfZdNs
Mail By Rail - The Travelling Post Office Compilation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1LQXV6gJOY
Somerset & Dorset Railway in 7mm scale January 2017
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMDbN9sbpJk
Lokportrait Dampflok 52 8029
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPCQVk3xQJc
Güterzüge + Metrans-Umleiter im Frankenwald und rund um Hof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFHKANyFntY
Umleiter-Güterzüge in Siegen Ost - Dillstrecke KBS 445 / 2017 Februar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=797Mksziavs
BR 41 1150-6 with steam special train in Buchloe in the Allgäu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSzksZ5CuXE
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
The Fatal Shore, the loss of the Hertzogin Cecillie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9x6OHtB-BE
(Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
Rail franchising system 'not fit for purpose', MPs warn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38867199
Interserve win contract with Network Rail
http://tinyurl.com/ho9gvtp
One-fifth of rail passengers buy wrong tickets from machines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38925689
Class 88 electro-diesel to start testing in UK
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2017/02/06/class-88-arrives-for-uk-testing/
Rail firms mull iris scan train fares
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38894676
Stadler delivers first class 88 locomotive to Direct Rail Services
http://tinyurl.com/junt567
Another Network Rail electrification project fails to meet deadline
http://tinyurl.com/h43bfne
Dalston Kingsland train evacuated over smoking battery pack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38903863
RAIB investigation into freight train derailment at Courthill Loop South Jn
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/freight-train-derailment-lewisham
Disagreement between ASLEF and RMT on Southern Guards dispute
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38869928
ASLEF/GTR dispute branded “a disgrace” by RMT
http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2017/02/06-aslef-doo-settlement-a-disgrace.html
A positive view of the ASLEF/ GTR dispute agreement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38849088
A negative view of the ASLEF/GTR dispute agreement
http://tinyurl.com/h4yj2hr
Famous swing bridge set to go in Greater Anglia wishlist
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2017/02/08-famous-swing-bridge-set-to.html
Suggestion of high speed route to Cornwall
http://tinyurl.com/jjxoasj
Man dies in Frampton Mansell level crossing crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-38899482
Hitachi create 150 jobs at Stoke Gifford
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-38855025
Ticket inspector attack man jailed after train assault filmed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-38878886
Wolverhampton reveals contractor for new £132m railway station
http://tinyurl.com/jfk4yws
HS2 Sheffield Meadowhall station ‘still on the table’
http://tinyurl.com/hs2sxdv
Police called in after angry passengers threaten to smash windows and force doors and walk
http://tinyurl.com/zhw3jbj
Parcel plan offers new life for Intercity 125 trains
https://www.ft.com/content/39276ea8-ed53-11e6-930f-061b01e23655
Northern rail conductors to be balloted in guard row
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38924430
Merseyrail guards balloted over DOO
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-38844286
Better rail links to Northern ports would boost global appeal
http://tinyurl.com/zvzdr75
CAF orders MTU power packs for Northern DMUs
http://tinyurl.com/ju4lfeg
Site for new Skelmersdale railway station revealed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-38847045
All aboard for Garstang rail line revival
http://tinyurl.com/husnve8
Ceremony marks rebuilding of Ballater Station after fire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-38906806
Woman praises train guard after racist attack
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-38868403
Major road and rail improvements for Buchan take step forward
http://tinyurl.com/zr3swbx
Outrage as ScotRail passengers left in 100-metre queue at Glasgow Central after their journey
http://tinyurl.com/hcbtswm
Dawlish Warren camping coaches will open this year
http://tinyurl.com/h86mwmc
Festiniog Railway Palmerston to visit Kings Cross
http://www.steamrailway.co.uk/steamnews/2017/2/2/capital-adventure-for-palmerston
£2m Caernarfon steam railway station work begins
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-38870784
Volunteers to help build new railway station
http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/article.cfm?id=111860
Lining of Ceneri (Switzerland) tunnel completed
http://tinyurl.com/hpojyyx
Refurbished business class Eurostar lounge at Paris Gare du Nord
http://tinyurl.com/gmhrxra
New SNCF coradia diesel units enter service
http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/coradia-liner-enters-service.html
SNCF outsources renewal of catenary
http://www.globalrailnews.com/2017/02/03/sncf-outsources-rer-c-catenary-renewal/
RATP orders overhead/battery locos
http://tinyurl.com/zmt25wb
European Commission continues funding of Romanian infrastructure upgrade
http://tinyurl.com/hpfzykn
New open access service in Romania
http://tinyurl.com/jcyo3uu
Genesee & Wyoming buys another short line
http://tinyurl.com/zgx8wb2
Construction timescales agreed for standard gauge Kenya to Uganda line
http://tinyurl.com/h9sfm2q
Contract signed for standard gauge line in Tanzania
http://tinyurl.com/zu9hv77
New Zealand suffers second South Island line closure
http://tinyurl.com/zyz5cs5
Proposed route of Bakerloo line extension released
http://tinyurl.com/zak2ef8
Consultation over new Nexus (Tyne & Wear) metro vehicles
http://tinyurl.com/jqwlvca
Station gardens at risk from LUL staff cuts
http://tinyurl.com/hjlsjb4
Riyadh metro tunnelling completed
http://tinyurl.com/zwjhknm
Haifa funicular railway closes following fire
http://tinyurl.com/zbll9jk
Hornby sells historic headquarters in Margate but will lease back visitor centre on the site
http://tinyurl.com/jdtdu4b
Swindon council sells loss-making Thamesdown Transport bus firm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-38852750
Final section of Queensferry Crossing lifted into place
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-38826249
Urgent survival plan launched to save Vulcan XH558
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/xh558-s-survival.html
Two A380s among four Airbus testbeds heading to museums
http://tinyurl.com/jg3qqbz
Last Concorde moved into Bristol Aerospace Centre
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38899344
A330 flight control laws saved Voyager, inquiry finds
http://tinyurl.com/zyjn2m2
Ryanair is a 'victim of its own niceness'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38878088
Berlin confirms further Brandenburg delay
http://tinyurl.com/zsbh6of
Qatar Airways Inaugurates the Longest Route in the World
http://tinyurl.com/junbtjk
Norwegian Air International problems opening routes to USA
http://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0207/850905-norwegian-air-international-ireland-us/
Swiss aircraft engine failure and emergency landing in artic Canada
http://tinyurl.com/gv42wdl
Airlander 10: Longest aircraft tested after crash repairs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-38853721
Spotters: Martin Allen, Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
11/02/17 BBC4 2000-2100
"A303: Highway to the Sun"
11/02/17 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Great Canal Journeys" Bristol
12/02/17 BBC4 2135-2205
"James May at the Edge of Space"
12/02/17 BBC4 2235-2335
"The Horizon Guide to Space Shuttles"
13/02/17 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" Chicago (1)
13/02/17 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The Railways that Built Britain with Chris Tarrant" 1/3
14/02/17 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" Chicago (2)
14/02/17 Channel 5 2200-2305
"Celebrity Carry On Barging" The Kennet & Avon (1/4)
15/02/17 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" Homewood to Champaign IL
16/02/17 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" To Kentucky
17/02/17 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great American Railway Journeys" Memphis
17/02/17 ITV 2000-2030
"Britain's Best Walks with Julia Bradbury" IoM industrial archaeology
17/02/17 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Celebrity Carry On Barging" The Kennet & Avon (2/4)
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes
10/02/17 Stoke-on-Trent Museum Archaeological Society
Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Warner Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3DW
"A Victorian Missing Link" by David Woolliscroft
A NSR Brake Coach found on the shores of Rudyard Lake
Starts 1945
http://www.stokearchaeologysociety.org.uk/
11/02/17 Enfield Transport Bazaar
St Paul's Centre, 102 Church Street, Enfield, EN2 6AR
1100-1430, admission: £3 (accompanied child free)
11/02/17- Festival of British Railway Modelling
12/02/17 Doncaster Exhibition Centre, The Racecourse, Doncaster, DN2 6BB
http://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/shows
14/02/17 Great Western Society Bristol Group
Room 7, BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7RG
"Transport Video Highlights of 2015" by David Brabner
1930 for 1945
No admission charge, but a donation of £2.00 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gwsmeetings.html
17/02/17- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Pre-Spring Gala
19/02/17
http://www.watercressline.co.uk
18/02/17 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: "Join the Team" Volunteering Day
http://www.e-v-r.com
20/02/17 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, Kennet Academy, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"The Southern around Reading" by Paul Joyce.
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
20/02/17 Friends of Cromford Canal
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
Starts 1930
"Bullbridge Talk" by Geoff Simms
Admission: £2.00
http://www.cromfordcanal.org/
25/02/17- Nene Valley Railway: Spring Steam Gala
26/02/17
http://www.nvr.org.uk
25/02/17- Lincoln and District Model Railway Club Exhibition
26/02/17 Lady Eastwood Pavilion, Newark Showground, NG24 2NY
http://ladmrc.wixsite.com/ladmrc
Cheers, Howard.
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