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NETWATCH
Merseyside's lost and forgotten stations
https://is.gd/fFD1nq
The Chilworth Chicken
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/stories/people-and-the-railway-jessies-seat
Carriage building and restoration at Boston Lodge
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=45340
Steam Charter in Eritrea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBw4SSXC44Q
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Mid Hants Railway 60103 Flying Scotsman Events February & March 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKsBmq-rrts
45562, 35018, 46115, A Northwest Triple Steam Bill!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FHtHP1r_o4
The Tanfield Railway on 1st March 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlCGoU8-VkY
LMS 45562 Barks away on the Cotton Mill Express 29/2/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8pQbLI8GuU
NostalgieZugReisen mit 218 455-4 und 95 027 unterwegs im Harz, 29.02.2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJJ5PK83wmM
Mit der Mh.4 von Gmünd nach Groß Gerungs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQuJpHtEspA
Steam Locomotive (Cab Ride) and Model Trains in Action on Wimborne
Railway Society’s Layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEshcaWxrXY
Large Scale Model Trains in the Garden - LGB, Piko, Accucraft, Bachmann
& Regner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f2vbsvmMUk
Henschel Fabia in H0e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd-LTBZaTEE
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Round the Island by British Transport Films (1956)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynp0t6PXA4U
Archive Footage, from late BR on the former Manchester, Buxton, Matlock
and Midland Junction Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peWRkx4kod4
Lancaster Green Ayre Railway Station
https://rogerfarnworth.com/2020/02/28/lancaster-green-ayre-railway-station/
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
The Esk Valley line has been added to the Signalling Record Society's
FARSAP collection
https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/archivevideo.php
(John Lacy)
Crazy photo shows how Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station can be as confusing as a
video game dungeon
https://wp.me/p2nZlN-23w2
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
Your pictures on the theme of 'railways'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-51658551
Response by the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust over WSR's termination
of Washford agreement
http://www.sdrt.org/
Free transport in Luxembourg, but what's the cost?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51657085
Latvia railway: Why I love living in an old train station
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-51680380/
Electric cars are coming: but where will you recharge?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51678830
Bournemouth Aviation Museum
http://www.bamhurn.org/
Charles Rolls Heritage Trust
http://www.charlesrollsmemorialtrust.org.uk/
Friends of the New Forest Airfields
https://fonfasite.wordpress.com/
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IN THE NEWS
HS2: Chris Packham launches legal challenge to rail link
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51722251
Rail station wi-fi provider exposed traveller data
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51682280
Urgent safety advice about passing between stationary trains in depots
and sidings
https://is.gd/OWkI0Y
RMT demands/questions to employers over coronavirus sickness
https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-sets-out-list-of-demands-to-employers-over-coronavirus/
Free rail travel for domestic abuse victims
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51751582
Change of Rolling stock for Heathrow Express
https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/heathrow-express-unveils-refreshed-fleet/
South Western Railway guard strikes suspended
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51727642
Salisbury and Romsey 'landslip' rail line to reopen by end of March
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-51755622
https://is.gd/IhEYkO
Bridge strike at Wilton
https://www.spirefm.co.uk/news/local-news/3056399/lorry-hits-wilton-railway-bridge/
Track renewals planned in May through Tapnage tunnel
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/eastleigh-to-fareham
Weymouth tramway: Disused rail line removal plans win £1m
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-51677959
Bombardier class 710 units enter traffic with London Overground
https://is.gd/ViTLhU
Norwich Victoria carriage sidings opened for use
https://is.gd/PT1ejX
Construction work on 'Cotmanhay's Eiffel Tower' to start next week
https://is.gd/0ZG0yo
Northern trains run for last day under Arriva Rail North
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51674914
Northern rail: Government takes over after chaos
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51678762
New era promised for Northern rail franchise
https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/?p=2056176
WCML closed near Warrington due to earth slip
https://is.gd/hW9Imv
Berwick train station closed off after 'explosive' attack on ATM as
thieves snatch cash
https://is.gd/AqXGJR
Meet the manager at Lockerbie cancelled due to overhead line fault
caused by a crow
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-51735844
https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/electrocuted-bird-halts-scotland-london-trains-2072188
Visitors to be able to climb Forth Bridge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-51743324
Grant to increase Railfreight at Dunbar cement works
https://dailybusinessgroup.co.uk/2020/03/grant-helps-tarmac-move-freight-from-road-to-rail/
Storm damage on South Wales
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51696836
New Footbridge for Newport (Gwent)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51743045
Landslip near Mountain Ash
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/aberdare-mountain-ash-train-landslip-17839222
Network Rail staff volunteering on West Somerset Railway
https://www.wsra.org.uk/2020/03/02/wsra-initiative-bears-fruit/
GWR 5526 to visit Chappel & Wakes Colne
https://is.gd/33wAxT
Isle of Man Railways diesel loco problems
http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=54238
Eurostar saves 60000 flights per year
https://is.gd/R5N2Mt
French TGV train derails on Strasbourg to Paris line
https://is.gd/2oa1mC
https://www.lbcnews.co.uk/world-news/039d0d0b4f5342dfb268d05b0fc8b485/
French regional services open to tender
https://is.gd/iNTK21
Free public transport in Luxembourg
https://is.gd/yEHjKv
Homes in Islington heated by waste heat from Northern Line
https://londonist.com/london/transport/using-the-tube-to-warm-homes-islington-bunhill-energy
Planning for a new subway line in Toronto
https://is.gd/2mRSgk
Isle of Man computer bus retired
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-51721839
New Rosslare to Bilbao ferry service sets sail
http://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2020/0228/1118193-rosslare-bilboa-ferry/
Grand Princess cruise ship in quarantine off San Francisco
https://www.lbcnews.co.uk/world-news/ad29159b422540b39b76cfe18f503791/
Flybe collapse: Five things that went wrong
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51749882
Flybe collapse: Southampton Airport pilot and passengers give reaction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51757363
Flybe: What are the wider implications of the airline's demise?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51750522
Flybe's collapse could be 'first of many' airlines
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51748139
Help for stranded FlyBe passengers
https://thepointsguy.co.uk/news/airlines-rail-helping-flybe-pax-home/
Avation takes over Flybe’s sub-leased aircraft
https://is.gd/b2bjYs
Loganair takes up two Flybe Belfast City Airport routes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51749152
Eastern Airways takes over three Flybe routes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51768074
Flybe partner Blue Islands to run 'uninterrupted'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-51728965
Aurigny to take over former Flybe routes to Exeter and Birmingham
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-51765651
Flights cancelled due to coronavirus
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51713192
Lufthansa to make Brandenburg switch in November
https://is.gd/kEri8d
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Richard Maund, Andrew Nummelin,
Reg Nerps, Mike Price
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TV and RADIO
06/03/20 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Warbird Workshop: Spitfire"
07/03/20 BBC2 2000-2100
"Great American Railway Journeys" Springhill Junction to
Quebec City
07/03/20 BBC Radio 4 2000-2100
"Call Up: the Story of National Service"
08/03/20 Channel 5 1810-2000
"Building the Billion Dollar Cruise Ship"
08/03/20 Channel 5 2200-2305
"Secrets of First Class with Sally and Nigel"
09/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Warwick to Radley
09/03/20 Channel 5 2200-2300
"HMS Victory: Nelson's Great Warship"
10/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Reading to Taplow
10/03/20 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great Welsh Canal Adventure with Gareth Edwards" 1/4
10/03/20 BBC4 2000-2100
"The People's Liners - Britain's Lost Pleasure Fleets"
11/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Ealing Broadway to South
Kensington
12/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Piccadilly Circus to Gravesend
12/03/20 BBC4 2000-2100
"Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History" 1/3 The Mary Rose
12/03/20 ITV 2100-2200
"The Station: Trouble on the Tracks" Birmingham New Street 1/3
13/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" East Malling to Rye
13/03/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Secrets of the Royal Train"
13/03/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The Yorkshire Railway: All Aboard" 4/6
13/03/20 Channel 5 2100-2230
"Britain by Barge: Then and Now" 5/6 Grand Union
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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
06/03/20- East Lancashire Railway: Spring Steam Gala
08/03/20
http://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
07/03/20 Gauge 0 Guild Spring Show
Kettering Leisure Village, Thurston Drive, Kettering, NN15 6PB
http://www.gaugeoguild.com
07/03/20- Romsey Model Railway Exhibition
08/03/20
http://www.rdrms.com
07/03/20- Romsey Signal Box Open Day
08/03/20
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk/
07/03/20- Leamington & Warwick Model Railway Exhibition
08/03/20
http://www.lvmrs.co.uk
10/03/20 Great Western Society Bristol Group
BAWA, 589 Southmead Road, Filton, BS34 7RF
"A Lot of Then and Some of Now" by Wayne Finch
Starts at 1945 (room open from 1930)
Non-members welcome - suggested donation of £3 to help
defray expenses
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gws.html
11/03/20 RCTS South Wales
Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"A Ninth Colour Rail Journey" Paul Chancellor
1930-2200
Non-members are very welcome - a donation of £2.00 is requested
https://www.radyr.org.uk/clubs/5984-2/
13/03/20 Bamford & District History Group
Bamford Village Institute, Main Rd, Bamford, Hope Valley
S33 0DY
"The Hope Valley Line, Sheffield to Edale" by Stephen Gay
Starts 2000
Institute members: £2, non-members: £4, includes refreshments
http://www.bamfordvillage.co.uk/history-group
14/03/20- South Devon Railway: Spring Steam Gala
15/03/20
http://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk
14/03/20- Basingstoke Model Railway Show
15/03/20
http://www.basingstokemrs.org
14/03/20- East Anglian Railway Museum: Steam Gala
15/03/20
http://www.earm.co.uk
14/03/20- Midlands Garden Rail Show
15/03/20 Warwickshire Event Centre, Fosse Way, Radford Semele,
Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN
http://www.midlandsgardenrailshow.co.uk
14/03/20- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Multiple Memories Railcar Gala
15/03/20
http://www.e-v-r.com
Cheers, Howard.
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