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**** This is the first Raildate of 2020
**** Happy New Year to all our readers!!
NETWATCH
Derby Station day and night
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTgBBMmr4Ss
Doncaster Station into 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10kK9QAWXzc
Sheffield Station at the start of 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftfzB-fRNJU
Lincoln Station in 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLQz4vdYGcU
Newark Northgate Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PlWXa-_pNc
Beeston Station at dusk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2R8jMht6JU
(Martin Miller)
67028/90035/82115/67012 depart Barry 31.12.19 on engineers train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg9NGCQ2EEw
Tower Gateway with 66021/250. Cwmbargoed, Caerphilly, Aberdare, Taffs Well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaeqBrS5Dgo
10 x 66 depart Newport Docks 2 decades ago, plus Cup Final Specials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_8gg3DljiA
Spotting 56s, 60s, 66s, at Barnetby in 2003
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-g-4PRECdo
(Mike Wilcock)
Four Minutes of Copenhagen Central Station - New Year 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmXzydGQhyk
(Andrew Cook)
Omaha takes the (s)train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unc5S6PADM0
(Barry Knapper)
Railtour listings
http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/railtours#
National Heritage Lottery Fund support for development of Boston Lodge
http://insidemotion.co.uk/?p=7331
Watkin's Wembley folly: London's 'Eiffel Tower' that never was
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50628714
The delights of Shedism
https://is.gd/y1SAx1
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Speed To The West: Heritage Railways in 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBGpSPtE-Qw
Battlefield Line, Winter Steam Gala 2020, Saturday 4th January
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gi63bhvBgw
Waleswood at Chasewater - 30742 Charters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heFhBtgIXjc
The National Railway Museum 04.01.20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg5hSMr-zEM
Australian Trains: Waratahs and Steam, 3265 from Central to Burwood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N0KbZlsKdQ
Jahresrückblick von Januar - Juni 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4BA_bShg1A
Kohle und Wasser für Dampf - Mit Volldampf und lauten Aufpuffschlägen
durch 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS7r2vtbjTo
The Hudson Bergen Lightrail in Jersey City, NJ (across the river from NYC!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUoDhekSRWw
O Gauge Model Railway Running Session December 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mve30sicLu8
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
UK Rail Franchises 1923-2019 Animated Timeline
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyTArYsey_U
Eddie Izzard's wartime railway tribute to his father
https://is.gd/q5Nsw6
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
How to travel by train - and ditch the plane
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51007504
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Industrial Heritage photographs
https://is.gd/Yrtdqb
(Spotter: Barry Knapper)
Forth Bridge 130th Anniversary Exhibition, North Queensferry station
http://www.nqht.org
Visiting All Platform Zeros
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTHOyTypNs8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPQRNmXVP8s
Model Railroading with Jack Burgess Ep 11 Maintenance of Way Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQOr0CRinzM
Brunel's bridge 'should stay in Portsmouth birthplace'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-50947932
'I stole a plane to get out of the Navy'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-49773399
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IN THE NEWS
UK railways need 'radical overhaul', campaigners say
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50931460
Network Rail says extreme weather is causing landslips
https://tinyurl.com/yjvha6us
HS2 costs out of control, says review's deputy chair
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-509951
Government seriously misled over HS2 costs
https://is.gd/1xCuF5
Alstom wins £642m British train refurbishment and maintenance contract
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=35624
Crossrail may not open until Autumn 2021
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51012591
Landslip at Godstone (Redhill-Tonbridge)
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tonbridge/news/landslip-closes-railway-line-218979/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50933141
Landslip between Hurst Green and East Grinstead
https://is.gd/bZ2q6Y
Emergency engineering works to prevent embankment collapse at Wivelsfield
https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/?p=99445
Ewell West earthslip - reopened 6th January
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2020/01/railway-line-near-epsom-to-reopen-after-landslide.html
New managing director for SWR
https://is.gd/KoCdD6
SWR could lose franchise after £137m loss
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51026397
Greater Anglia introduces first of class 745/0 fleet
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=35652
Station banquet for homeless in Birmingham
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-50905837
Wednesbury freight firm fined £1.2m over boy's electrocution
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-51051067
Decision on future of Northern Rail to be made at 'end of the month'
https://is.gd/HswdOs
Northern Rail Franchise, not all the problem is Arriva
https://is.gd/sJiaEF
Call for electrified line between Manchester and Sheffield
https://is.gd/UKa4lj
Derailment at Springs Branch depot, Wigan
https://is.gd/uGPlYG
2020 plan for north-east rail network
https://is.gd/bcKc70
Train cancellations in full as TransPennine Express scraps 17 services
to and from Newcastle
https://is.gd/Wb8bHU
Darlington plans world-class railway tourist attraction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-50982373
Redundancies announced at Hitachi Factory at Newton Aycliffe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-51052292
Stow Station House redevelopment takes step forward
https://is.gd/EqfeUp
Transport for Wales 'breaks Welsh language rules'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51011565
Transport for Wales: KeolisAmey fined £2.3m for poor performance
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-51049036
Flying Scotsman to re-launch Mid-Hants Railway's Watercress Line
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-50992897
Flying Scotsman could be forced off main routes as a result of
overcrowded rail lines
https://is.gd/u2IHOA
Pacer joins NRM fleet
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/18130329.pacer-train-joins-national-railway-museum-collection/
Hull & Barnsley Railway coach returns to Hull for restoration
https://is.gd/1zi3VI
Taff Vale 85 to visit Bluebell Railway
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2020/01/steam-locomotive-85-is-heading-to-the-bluebell-railway.html
Vandalism on Spa Valley Railway
https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/spa-valley-railway-cars-trashed-3695704
Murder on the Orient Express café to open in Bassenthwaite station
https://www.whitehavennews.co.uk/news/18134097.orient-express-train-become-cafe/
Snowdon Mountain Railway unveils plans for hybrid diesel locomotives
https://is.gd/95Ba4L
Isle of Man timetables for 2020 released
http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=31848
Largest ever' increase in public transport use in Ireland in 2019
http://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0108/1105162-public-transport-use/
Eurostar powercar and coach stored at LSL/Hornby warehouse in Margate
https://wp.me/pajhMP-iXj
Gare du Nord: Why Europe's busiest station needs a makeover fast
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50643585
Apenzellerbahn takes delivery of two electro-diesels
https://is.gd/RlC3aR
New rolling stock ordered by Gornergrat Bahn
https://is.gd/fcdTan
Opening of Semmering Base Tunnel delayed
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=35522
Norway to replace diesel traction with battery trains
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=35515
Serious proposal may restore, revive Central City Railroad
https://wp.me/p2WC3F-eMu
Union Pacific completes Positive Train Control installation
https://is.gd/VGQOrg
Chinese rolling stock enters service in Sri Lanka
https://is.gd/9druWH
Glasgow Airport Metro system gets council leader approval
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-51008481
Firefighters practise on 56-tonne tram in case of a disaster
https://is.gd/q4UJcl
Failure on "Dead Mans Handle" on SWE (Bonn) Metro service
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50891606
Proposal to extend Blackpool Tram network
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-50955520
Ivor The Engine: Bagpuss's cartoon brother on track for comeback
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50836184
Arran ferry disruption makes national headlines as weather batters coast
https://is.gd/zZbQbk
Arran ferry campaigners call for bad weather facilities to be restored
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-51011969
Frustration as freight ferry brought in for Orkney route
https://tinyurl.com/v8cjs66
Crew rescued from ship grounded on Sardinian coast
https://is.gd/Voecvo
Container ships runs aground in Bosphorus
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-50928674/cargo-ship-runs-aground-in-bosphorus-strait-istanbul
Iran 'mistakenly shot down Ukraine jet' - US media
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-51055219
Boeing 737 Max: Worker said plane 'designed by clowns'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51058929
Ryanair expected to start flying to St Petersburg
http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2019/1225/1103032-st-petersburg/
ANA to take final 'Flying Honu' A380, boost Hawaii capacity
https://is.gd/FfdVUc
BOC Aviation orders another 20 A320neos
https://is.gd/DeYgO1
Inability to retrieve ditched DC-3 thwarts investigators
https://is.gd/o2OC2T
Low-approach A321 crew unaware of Stansted threshold shift
https://is.gd/KdCeoz
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, John McCorriston, Reg Nerps, Mike
Price, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
11/01/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Digging Up Britain's Past" 2/6 HMS Invincible
11/01/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Tony Robinson's History of Britain" 2/4 The Victorians
11/01/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"How the Victorians Built Britain" 2/8 Ships
12/01/20 ITV 2240-2340
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport"
13/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" St Ives to St Day
14/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Truro to St Mawgan
14/01/20 BBC4 1930-2000
"Monkman & Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain" Pontcysyllte
Aqueduct
14/01/20 ITV 1930-2000
"The Metro: a Rail Life Story" Tyne & Wear 1/4
14/01/20 More4 2100-2235
"Guy Martin: Last Flight of the Vulcan Bomber"
15/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Bodmin to Totnes
15/01/20 BBC4 1930-2000
"James May: the Reassembler" Honda Z50A mini trail bike
16/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Paignton to Tiverton
17/01/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Taunton to Salisbury Plain
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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
14/01/20 Great Western Society Bristol Group
BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, BS34 7RG
"A Broad Gauge Journey - Part 2" by Brian Arman
Starts at 1945 (room open from 1930)
Non-members welcome - suggested donation of £3 to help
defray expenses
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gws.html
17/01/20- London Model Engineering Exhibition
18/01/20 Alexandra Palace, London, N22 7AY
http://www.londonmodelengineering.co.uk
18/01/20 Worksop Model Transport Exhibition
Crossing Church Centre, Newcastle St, Worksop, S80 2AT
1000-1600, Adult: £4.00, Child: £1.00, MBF Member: £2.00
https://www.model-bus-federation.org.uk/
24/01/20- Great Central Railway: Winter Steam Gala
26/01/20
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
25/01/20- Southampton Model Railway Exhibition
26/01/20 Barton Peveril College, Chestnut Avenue, Eastleigh, SO50 5BX
http://www.southamptonmodelrailwaysociety.wordpress.com
Cheers, Howard.
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