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NETWATCH
Dubai - Getting around by Metro, Tram, Bus and Taxi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO-aO9N9Lcg
(Andrew Cook)
LMS 6233 'Duchess of Sutherland' with 'The Great Britain XII' Day 1, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gud2Z0pjbk
The Chester Venturer with 7029 'Clun Castle', Saturday 27th April 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lysg7G0wtWE
'The Impossible Dream' - Didcot Railway Centre, 19/4/19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwW-dD90vo4
Four Steam Locomotive Extravaganza! Maldon Experience 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDjmfFfM1MI
Norfolk & Western 475 (Strasburg Rail Road)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bQYU5dC0Gk
Grand Canyon Railway 4960 Steam Locomotive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuPcd4WEruA
Volldampf zum Dresdener Dampfloktreffen 52 8177, 01 202
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw6_pTA9B-k
03 1010 und 01 118 unterwegs in Hessen, 27.04.2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhJ6uNWok0U
Something very rare: Model railway in TT scale with hand-built steam locomotives of Pomerania
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb0WweEuUyk
Quorn & Woodhouse Station Bus & Train Spectacular 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fXxq5Pdyp4
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Southern Pacific #18 suffers shattered piston on the Durango and Silverton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVh0lpmgJ3Q
World's First Solar Train - Byron Bay Railroad Company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SafVI7vKs4
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Haggis, whisky ... double beds: the new romance of the sleeper train
https://tinyurl.com/y43qmj34
You're Wasting Your Time Team (Visiting Buggleskelly from Oh, Mr. Porter!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtJTkgPOn0s
Model Railroading with Jack Burgess Ep 7 Structures 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k67uS_Km-Is
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IN THE NEWS
Rail Delivery Group proposes franchising alternative
https://www.railjournal.com/policy/rdg-proposes-franchising-alternative/
£14m Peak District rail freight extension unveiled
https://tinyurl.com/y5p3xtwj
Crossover commissioning marks Waverley works completion
https://tinyurl.com/y2hy8h4x
£80,000 damage to Ruddington heritage rail museum by vandals
https://tinyurl.com/y59bqxty
https://tinyurl.com/y4wbxfg3
Boys, 12 and 14, arrested after more than 100 train carriage windows smashed in Ruddington
https://tinyurl.com/y4d5tqpb
TV historian Lucy Worsley retraces her family's North Staffordshire roots at heritage train
launch
https://tinyurl.com/y5pvkfgy
Rhondda rail enthusiasts plan Maerdy mine heritage line
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48068676
Steam locomotive returns from 8,000-mile Taiwan trip
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48083856
The Biggest Steam Engine In The World Just Moved Under Its Own Power For The First Time In
Decades
https://jalopnik.com/people-are-very-excited-about-this-big-boys-whistle-1834476351
HS1 presents proposal for London – Bordeaux high-speed service
https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/high-speed/london-bordeaux-high-speed/
Radical blueprint calls for Glasgow metro
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-48070593
Anger over fresh delay to CalMac ferries
https://tinyurl.com/yymhksst
East Midlands Airport: Taxiing planes collide in morning fog
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-48104527
Cardiff Airport: Call to make jobs and freight main aims
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47895782
Rolls Royce ground testing new business jet engine
https://tinyurl.com/y5ss9zg9
ACJ319neo sets new distance record
https://tinyurl.com/y2vwt9oz
A330neo flight test
https://tinyurl.com/y6l854en
Stratodynamics UAVOS to drop Hidron glider from 118,000 feet
https://tinyurl.com/y4a5lokt
Delta to serve Mumbai from JFK
https://tinyurl.com/y2bdj3cl
Previously undiscovered gold found in Wales
https://tinyurl.com/y55bly6w
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, John McCorriston, Reg Nerps, Mike Price
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TV and RADIO
04/05/19 Channel 5 1855-1955
"Jutland: Draining the Battle Site"
04/05/19 Channel 4 1900-2000
"Great Canal Journeys" The Lancaster Canal
05/05/19 Channel 4 1900-2000
"Inside Bentley: a Great British Motor Car"
05/05/19 BBC4 2100-2200
"The Lancaster: Britain's Flying Past"
05/05/19 ITV 2215-2315
"easyJet: Inside the Cockpit" 1/3
06/05/19 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Greenwich
06/05/19 BBC4 2000-2100
"Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History" 2/3
06/05/19 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Sunken Treasures Revealed: Drain the Ocean"
07/05/19 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Stratford to Victoria
07/05/19 BBC4 2100-2200
"Little Ships: the Miracle of Dunkirk"
07/05/19 BBC4 2200-2300
"The Secret History of Our Streets" 3/3 The Fittle Squares, Aberdeen
08/05/19 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" London's West End
09/05/19 BBC2 1930-2000
"Pubs, Ponds and Power: the Story of the Village" Cromford, Derbyshire
09/05/19 BBC4 2000-2100
"Supersized Earth" 2/3 The Way We Were
09/05/19 ITV 2100-2200
"easyJet: Inside the Cockpit" 2/3
09/05/19 BBC4 2200-2300
"Titanic's Tragic Twin: the Britannic Disaster"
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility can be accepted for
inaccuracies or changes
Until Exhibition: “Discovering Bollington’s Railway History”
01/12/19 The Discovery Centre, Clarence Mill, Bollington, SK10 5NU
1100-1600 (Sat/Sun), 1330-1600 (Wednesdays)
https://www.bollington-tc.gov.uk/discover/bollington-discovery-centre
03/05/19- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Diesel & Mixed Traffic Gala
06/05/19
https://www.kwvr.co.uk/
04/05/19 Bodmin & Wenford Railway: English Electric Day
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
04/05/19 Craven Arms & District Model Railway Circle Exhibition
Ludlow Racecourse, Bromfield, SY8 2BT
https://www.facebook.com/CADMRC/
04/05/19 Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Trolleyday & Classic Car Show
Belton Road, Sandtoft, Doncaster, DN8 5SX
https://www.sandtoft.org
04/05/19 Selby Salvation Army Model Railway Show
The Church at the Crossroads, Parkin Avenue, Selby, YO8 8BY
1000-1630
Adult: £4, Child: £1, Family: £9
Layouts, trade stands, demonstrators, catering
04/05/19- Gwili Railway: Welsh Food & Craft Festival
05/05/19
https://www.gwili-railway.co.uk/
04/05/19- Leighton Buzzard Railway: Centenary Gala
06/05/19
https://www.buzzrail.co.uk
04/05/19- Swindon & Cricklade Railway: Kids for a Quid
06/05/19
https://www.swindon-cricklade-railway.org
04/05/19- Foxfield Railway: Victorian Weekend
06/05/19 The extended 3-coach Knotty Heritage Train will run for the first time
in public service
Saturday: Enthusiasts' Day: A series of talks/lectures in the marquee
1300 "History of the Foxfield Railway" Ron Whalley
1345 "Victorian 1st Class Passenger Stock - Restoration of NSR no 228" Mark Smith
1430 "Tracks to the Trenches: Narrow Gauge Railways on the Western Front 1914-1918"
Phil Robinson
1515 "Operation Spitfire: Restoration of a Battle of Britain Fighter" Andy Dodds
Sunday and Monday: Family Days
http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk/
04/05/19- Churnet Valley Railway: Diesel Gala
06/05/19
https://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk/
04/05/19- Llandudno Transport Festival
06/05/19 Bodafon Fields, Llandudno, North Wales, LL30 1BW
http://www.llantransfest.co.uk/
05/05/19- Mid-Suffolk Light Railway: Middy in the War Years
06/05/19
http://www.mslr.org.uk/
05/05/19- Leawood Pump Engine House Steaming
06/05/19 Engine in motion 1200-1630
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
05/05/19- Middleton Top Engine House Steaming
06/05/19 Engine in motion 1300-1630
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
05/05/19- Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum: Bank Holiday Trolleydays
06/05/19 Belton Road, Sandtoft, Doncaster, DN8 5SX
https://www.sandtoft.org
06/05/19 Friends of King Alfred Buses Running Day
Winchester, Hants
https://www.kingalfredbuses.org.uk/
06/05/19 Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Vintage Carriages Day
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
06/05/19 Peak Railway Association
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Distant Trails” by Ted Parker
£3 donation requested on the door, non-members welcome
Starts 1930
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/sheffieldbranch
08/05/19 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"Railways of Glamorgan and the valleys" by Steve Davies
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members are very welcome - a donation of £2.00 is requested
https://www.radyr.org.uk/clubs/5984-2/
10/05/19- Swanage Railway: Diesel Gala & Beer Festival
12/05/19
https://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/
10/05/19- Dean Forest Railway: Day Out With Thomas
12/05/19
https://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk/
10/05/19- Exhibition: Midland Railway 175th Anniversary
12/05/19 Midland Hotel, Midland Road, Derby, DE1 2SQ
1000-1600 daily
http://www.midlandrailway.org.uk/
10/05/19- Exhibition: “When the Railway Came to Bollington”
27/05/19 Bollington Library, Palmerston Street, Bollington, Macclesfield, SK10 5JX
0930-1900 (Tue), 0930-1700 (Wed-Fri), 0930-1300 (Sat)
https://www.bollingtonfestival.org.uk/
11/05/19 Victory Model Railway Club Exhibition
Admiral Lord Nelson School, Dundas Lane, Portsmouth, PO3 5XT
http://victorymrc.org.uk/index.html
11/05/19 Winchester Chesil Railway and Tunnel Tours
1115, 1245, 1415, 1545
https://www.winchester.gov.uk/events/19350/5256/chesil-railway-tunnel-tour
11/05/19 Association of Larger Scale Railway Modellers - Reading 2019
Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, RG1 8EQ
https://www.alsrm-events.co.uk
11/05/19 South West Herts MRS - Watford Model Railway Exhibition
Queens' School, Aldenham Road, Bushey, Watford, WD23 2TY
https://www.southwesthertsmrs.org.uk
11/05/19- Swindon & Cricklade Railway: Diesel Gala
12/05/19
https://www.swindon-cricklade-railway.org
11/05/19- Derby Model Railway Exhibition
12/05/19 The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8JE
https://www.mmrg.org.uk
11/05/19- Glenrothes Model Railway Exhibition
12/05/19 Lomond Centre, Woodside Way, Glenrothes, KY7 5RA
https://www.glenrothesmrc.org.uk
13/05/19 Swadlincote Festival of Transport
Swadlincote Town Centre
1000-1600
https://sfot.uk/
13/05/19 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St. John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
“Along the Portsmouth Direct Railway" by Peter Keat
Doors open 1930, talk starts 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
14/05/19 Great Western Society Bristol Group
BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, BS34 7RG
"Railways in the West Country" by Peter Triggs
Starts at 1930 (room open from 1900)
Non-members welcome - suggested donation of £3 to help defray expenses
http://www.gwsbristol.org
16/05/19 Monmouthshire Railway Society
University of South Wales City Campus, Usk Way, NP20 2BP
1900-2130
"The West Riding of Yorkshire, Early 50s to 1968" by Derek Huntriss
http://www.mrsoc.co.uk
16/05/19- Severn Valley Railway: Spring Diesel Festival & Mixed Traction Day
18/05/19
https://www.SVR.co.uk
17/05/19 Gosport Railway Club
Methodist Church, 33 Stoke Road, Gosport, PO12 1TJ
"The history of Hythe, The Pier, Ferries and Railways" by Sarah Marden
Starts 1930
http://grsupdate40.blogspot.com/
17/05/19- Welsh Highland Railway: Rail-Ale Festival
19/05/19
https://www.festrail.co.uk/
18/05/19- Salisbury Model Railway Exhibition
19/05/19 Michael Herbert Hall, South Street, Wilton, SP2 0JS
https://www.sswrs.org.uk
18/05/19- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Wallace & Gromit
19/05/19
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
18/05/19- EM Gauge Society - expoEM Spring
19/05/19 Bracknell Leisure Centre, Bagshot Road, Bracknell, Berks, RG12 9SE
https://www.emgs.org
18/05/19- Dean Forest Railway: 1940s Weekend
19/05/19
https://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk/
18/05/19- Foxfield Railway: War Weekend
19/05/19
http://www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk/
18/05/19- Immingham Model Railway Show
19/05/19 Immingham Museum & Civic Centre, Pelham Road, Immingham, DN40 1QF
https://www.imminghammuseum.org
19/05/19 The Garden Railway Show 2019
Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Wigman Road, Nottingham, NG8 4PB
https://www.gscalesociety.com
19/05/19 Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Watercress Festival
https://www.watercressline.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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