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NETWATCH
Doncaster Station the old order prevails
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TSl6GV6tUs
Wakefield Westgate Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex4_KFHgZwQ
Sheffield Station Variety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnbBxFnL-LY
Derby Station and the purple one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PELAjyrskM
West Midlands Metro Extension Testing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNsOui8bdyU
Derby Station with a pleasant surprise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5CD8xuyJxI
(Martin Miller)
All Change at Newcastle Nov 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=289FhukcmTI
(Andrew Cook)
Double headed 31s/37s at Newport; Margam Yard Memories from 2004
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5A02bssE2k
Steam Spectacular; climbs with 92203/S160 at Cranmore 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LWTPJKfA08
Freight in Wales 2004/5. Rare movements, 37s/60s/66s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGAOe2Kbsf8
Spotting 56s, 60s, 66s, at Barnetby in 2003
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-g-4PRECdo
Derailment at Aberthaw. 66148 rescued Jan 2003
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyDzmD6JTSg
(Mike Wilcock)
End of Driffield Steam and Vintage Rally
https://tinyurl.com/vuq6gnz
Birth of a 141P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24u_XFXwCUc
The return of Trans Europe sleeper services?
https://tinyurl.com/tsemohg
Bernina Line cab ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9qiV7XlFs
Solar powered multiple unit in Australia
https://byronbaytrain.com.au/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
7029 'Clun Castle' - the Bath Xmas Market
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eJcNhV_4gQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t-Zmgl3JoA
Chasewater Railway Santa Specials, 1st December 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbf2PIf8GG4
SR 35018 Merchant Navy Power over Shap on the Santa Special 1/12/19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VUNTTP07ck
Beyer-Garratt Steam Locomotive Trial at Puffing Billy Australia! NGG16 129
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLpozNcSt70
Southern 154: Steam on the Three Rivers Rambler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XatJ4yJHMyU
94 1538 pendelt zwischen Schleusingen und dem Bahnhof Rennsteig am 01.12.19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX6J6VKrpFk
Warley National Model Railway Exhibition 2019 - Modern Image Layouts
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KByd6FzzakY
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8bi4_QxI5E
Warley National Model Exhibition 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4ZJ6t_XI2g
New Forest Model Railway Society Open Day 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhIQsOpYGPo
009 layout update and station naming 24-11-2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYcGr6awNJM
N Scale Steel Mill or Steelworks Scale Model including Rail Traffic and Industrial Trains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O18K7-6kGkc
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
The Website of Dr David Turner, railways, transport and brewing historian
https://davidturnerrailway.wordpress.com/
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Pachelbel train horn - Prague Main Railway Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD3QlR98--A
(Spotter: Martin Miller)
Steve Miller’s 1960 LaDawri Sebring Featured in Reincarnation Magazine, October 2019
https://wp.me/pWGxt-bY1
1950s Port of New York Promotional Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWV8jZsPCPk
Spectacular Kemble Arrival, 14th October 1997
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlVdPh0pcZs
Aerospace Industries Association Historical Archive
https://www.aia-aerospace.org/research-center/history/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Cracking open the story of London’s Oyster Card
https://www.railway-technology.com/features/oyster-card-future/
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
How To Stay In A Highland Signal Box: Corrour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnhaCQarfdE
Latest uploads to Mike Morant's images
https://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Recent-uploads-and-queries/Recent-uploads-W/
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IN THE NEWS
Big changes ahead for UK railways
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-50640998
Conservatives pledge £4.2bn for trains, buses and trams
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2019-50651235
Labour proposes 1/3 cut in train fares
https://theecologist.org/2019/dec/02/labour-track-13-cut-train-fairs
TfL to install over 100 cycle docking points near major rail stations
https://tinyurl.com/ssbjjzr
Brighton-based driver retires after 51 years service
https://tinyurl.com/vgpr4ql
A new operator for the West Coast route
https://tinyurl.com/tar92jm
LNER to say goodbye to Inercity 125 High Speed Train
https://tinyurl.com/vmtgo5n
Great Anglia Stadler train failed at Elmswell
https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/new-train-breaks-down-blocking-line-1-6404589
Redundancies at Norwich Crown Point after introduction of Stadler rolling stock
https://tinyurl.com/t2y3e32
Strikes suspended on West Midlands Trains
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2019/12/05-strikes-suspended-on-west-midlands.html
East Midlands Trains lost property
https://tinyurl.com/uknfrap
Wingfield Station rescued
https://www.derbyshirehistoricbuildingstrust.org.uk/news-events
Transport spending in north of England less per head than London
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50592261
Northern class 195 vandalised
https://tinyurl.com/qrv8lw5
Broken overhead wires north of Preston
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-50572149
Azuma involved in depot crash passes through Leeds Station at walking pace
https://tinyurl.com/wvyfdvr
Damaged OHLE north of York
https://tinyurl.com/usfeuxy
LNER previews new Harrogate Azuma services
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2019/12/03-lner-previews-new-harrogate-azuma.html
First Pacers depart Northern
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2019/12/first-pacers-depart-northern-for-good.html
Extra seats promised on Borders Railway from next week
https://tinyurl.com/sfvlhhl
Vital Christmas upgrades for Edinburgh’s Haymarket junction
https://tinyurl.com/vasrlu3
ScotRail: New timetables will "add an extra 10,000 seats"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-50652437
Azuma units working through to Aberdeen
https://www.lner.co.uk/news/azuma-arrives-for-lner-aberdeen-services/
https://tinyurl.com/qrtnjus
Fury as rail firm locks train toilets on Aberdeen service to tackle fare-dodgers
https://tinyurl.com/s53er63
Financial boost for Irish Rail
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/irelands-rail-network-gets-1bn-funding-boost
https://tinyurl.com/rykpovm
44422 moved to Churnet Valley Railway
https://tinyurl.com/syjhdsc
Garratt prototype K1 to move to Statfold Barn Railway
https://tinyurl.com/vqcfj3c
Vandalism at Caernarfon WHR station
https://tinyurl.com/saj5nxy
Milestone reached on Brenner base tunnel project
https://tinyurl.com/wdlb5me
New Berlin airport rail link to open in October 2020
https://tinyurl.com/th9vl83
Azerbaijan Railways to buy Stadler Flirt units
https://tinyurl.com/rswbdof
Financial problems with new standard gauge line in Kenya
https://tinyurl.com/txcrkbj
New loco workshop opened in Rotterdam
https://tinyurl.com/sxvwxtu
DB plans flotation of Arriva in May 2020
https://www.railwaygazette.com/policy/db-plans-arriva-flotation-in-may/55284.article
CP sign public service contract
https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/cp-signs-public-service-contract/55283.article
Battery trains to be tested in Denmark
https://tinyurl.com/vvrkkrq
Inland Rail proposed freight route
https://inlandrail.artc.com.au
Latest Tube map shows TfL service to Reading
https://tinyurl.com/twk9lu9
London Underground in Lego
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2019/12/03/the-london-underground-in-lego/
Scotland to Ulster bridge proposals
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/10045482.article
Dutch to cut motorway speed limit in March, minister confirms
https://tinyurl.com/wxsbtb7
Plans to replace ageing Lismore passenger ferry
https://tinyurl.com/tqh7j7d
Lochaline Ferry Terminal reopens after six-week closure
https://tinyurl.com/r3h8udk
CalMac sues Scottish government over ferry routes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-50661548
German WWI wreck Scharnhorst discovered off Falklands
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-50670743
Ferry detained at Portland en route from Norway to Nigeria
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-50560954
Spain Captures First Known 'Narcosub' to Cross the Atlantic
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a30085631/spain-narcosub/
Spitfire pilots return to Goodwood after round-the-world trip
https://tinyurl.com/ueppqka
Italian ministers agree urgent loan for troubled Alitalia
https://tinyurl.com/rn6n9zc
Bosnia set to take full control of its airspace
https://tinyurl.com/wjxkddl
Engine fire on Philippines Airline flight from Los Angeles
https://tinyurl.com/swenuxn
Air New Zealand trials edible coffee cups to combat waste
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50672553
SIA Cargo 747 freighter involved in engine pod strike
https://tinyurl.com/tu9mdhu
Air Algerie-737 aborts take off after snowplough incursion
https://tinyurl.com/sjhqewe
Singapore Airlines Airbus A330 suffers a suspected tail-strike while landing at Yangon
https://tinyurl.com/w5rlfxz
USAF searches for Boeing E4B aerial command centre
https://tinyurl.com/tgc95vg
United Airlines orders 50 Airbus A321XLRs
https://tinyurl.com/sgylg7t
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price
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TV and RADIO
07/12/19 Channel 4 1900-2000
"Titanic: the New Evidence"
08/12/19 BBC4 1930-2000
"Canals: the Making of a Nation" Geology
08/12/19 Channel 4 2100-2200
"Guy Martin's Great Escape" recreating the film
09/12/19 Channel 5 2100-2230
"Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys" The Eastern Express
10/12/19 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard"
10/12/19 Channel 5 2000-2100
"How They Built the Titanic"
11/12/19 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard"
12/12/19 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard"
12/12/19 BBC4 2100-2200
"Timeshift: The Joy of Train Sets - the Model Railway Story"
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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
06/12/19 RCTS Bristol Branch
St Peters Church Hall, Church Road, Filton, BS34 7BX
"The Right Kind of Snow - in the UK, North America, Ukraine, and China
by Terry Nicholls (Branch Vice-President)
1930-2200
A donation of £1 (members) and £2 (non-members) is requested
https://www.rcts.org.uk/branches/bristol
07/12/19- National Festival of Railway Modelling
08/12/19 East of England Arena, Peterborough, PE2 6XE
https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/information/the-national-festival-of-railway-modelling
10/12/19 Great Western Society Bristol Group
BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, BS34 7RG
"The Best Way Part II - Temple Meads to Gloucester" by Chris Youett
Starts at 1945 (room open from 1930)
Non-members welcome - suggested donation of £3 to help defray expenses
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gws.html
11/12/19 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"Mike Wilcock videos" by Mike Wilcock
1930-2200
Non-members are very welcome - a donation of £2.00 is requested
https://www.radyr.org.uk/clubs/5984-2/
12/12/19 Peak Railway Association, Buxton Branch
The Old Hall Hotel, The Square, Buxton, SK17 6BD
"From Dream to Steam - the story of 60163 Tornado"
by Graham Nicholas from the A1 Steam Trust
Starts 1930 (room open from 1900)
No charge but suggested minimum donation of £3 to cover costs
https://www.peakrail.co.uk/membership-and-volunteering/peakrailwayassociation/sheffieldbranch-2/
16/12/19 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, The Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
Robert Williams, Chief Executive of Reading Buses
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
28/12/19 Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Winter Steam Up
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
28/12/19- Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway: Mince Pie Specials
30/12/19
https://www.chinnorrailway.co.uk/
28/12/19- Dean Forest Railway: Mince Pie Specials
01/01/20
https://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk/
29/12/19 Alsager Railway Association: 0 Gauge Open Day
Off Moorhouse Avenue, Alsager, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 2DH
1300-1600
http://www.alsagerrailwayassociation.co.uk/
27/12/19- Bure Valley Railway: Mince Pie Specials
05/01/20
http://www.bvrw.co.uk
29/12/19- Lynton & Barnstaple Railway: Mince Pie Specials
04/01/20
http://www.lynton-rail.co.uk
01/01/20 Epping Ongar Railway: New Year Steam
http://www.eorailway.co.uk
01/01/20 Mid-Suffolk Light Railway: New Year Steam
http://www.mslr.org.uk
01/01/20 East Anglia Transport Museum: Happy New Year 2020
http://www.eatransportmuseum.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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