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NETWATCH
56103 Reading,North Pole, Olympia and Battersea P.S. Victoria; 20yrs ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq3knle7sSg
8 x 66s unloaded at Newport Docks 20 years ago this week!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udo_EAL2_0U
Margam Depot/Yard and Rugby International Specials 2004
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma51euOwhRM
Georgemas Jct - Edinburgh; on board Aug 1994 156/37s/etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0bf_WdFg8
37s in 1990 on coal,stone,steel, cement and passenger in Cardiff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvqpBMdCiYs
Western Champion in Golden Ochre. BTM 13th Feb. 2002
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Q7Z8xaay0
(Mike Wilcock)
Forgotten stations of Cardiff
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-trains-station-rail-history-17882091
Protest about coal supplies for heritage railways
https://is.gd/3ejsHy
Drying out Isle of Man trams
http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=32814
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Atmospheric A3: 60103 'Flying Scotsman' at the Mid Hants Railway - 29th
February & 8th March 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsFi5ipMLg0
Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Spring Steam Gala 2020, Sunday 8th March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxEycPY0SKA
70000 Britannia in Sheffield and York 7 March 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8_lQtnYVpo
Swiss Trains: Rhätische Bahn / Rhaetian Railway Steam, Zernez- Scuol Tarasp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZfcMJCrxnQ
86 1744-1 - Unterwegs mit Fotozug zwischen Meiningen und Schleusingen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FyMiXpnCLI
V20 039 auf der Kiel - Schönberger Eisenbahn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAATtw7-JAg
Trams in Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRahgwVq_74
Australian Steam: 3526 and 5917 on the Kiama Picnic Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQqzEQYvE8Q
Wombourne Railex 7th March 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhJfvK2AnTg
Bachmann BR 4-4-2 H2 Atlantic Class 32424 Beachy Head Unboxing & Running
Session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSGJJcw40h8
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Spring Steam Gala 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWFXs6L5LhI
(Spotter: Barry Knapper)
How to destroy a Radial Engine!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weoq3toS2ng
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
These videos are truly stunning
A Trip Through Paris, France in late 1890s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo_eZuOTBNc
Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (The Lumière Brothers, 1896)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RYNThid23g
A Trip Through New York City in 1911
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ1OgQL9_Cw
Moscow, Tverskaya Street in 1896
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FN06Hf1iFk
How cruise ships contribute to Southampton's air pollution
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-51729602
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IN THE NEWS
Wires down at Watford Jn and Wembley
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51785903
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-51819297
Former Privett station for sale
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-87455012.html
Anger at 'smashed up' Alton Victorian railway bridge stairs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51852823
Railway between Maidstone East and Ashford International to re-open
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/rockfall-railway-line-to-re-open-223383/
Earthslip between Ash and Wanborough
https://is.gd/CuViVI
Subsidence between Castle Cary and Cogload Jn
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/london-cornwall-train-line-blocked-3937171
LNER shortage of Azuma units
https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/lack-of-available-trains-causing-short-formed-azumas
New Control and training centre to be built for GBRf in Peterborough
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=45898
Cost of capacity improvements at Ely
https://is.gd/X4djwl
Extra rolling stock for Cross Country Cardiff-Nottingham services
https://is.gd/CpLIR1
Retired signalman's latest book
https://is.gd/NVM8Mk
Stephenson era remains of turntable and inspection pits at Curzon St
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-51820160
Viva Rail to relocate factory
https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/westmidlands/?p=2038876
The new chairman of Northern with a railway background
https://is.gd/cSbyd9
Full steam ahead for Peebles railway museum
https://is.gd/NTQo0b
Transport for Wales: First drop in rail journeys in 24 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51808287
How Cardiff Central railway station prepares for rugby days
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-51859157
Support for reopening St Clears (Carmarthenshire) railway station
https://is.gd/WYsfak
West Somerset Railway refutes headteacher's accusation of
'misappropriating' grant cash
https://is.gd/JDXmkN
West Somerset Railway advertises for Chief Mechanical Engineer and Head
of Infrastructure
https://is.gd/G9eL8I
Financial problems on Llangollen railway averted
https://is.gd/u113q5
P&O to double capacity at Europoort terminal
https://is.gd/7Z339c
Hydrogen powered train tested in Netherlands
https://is.gd/RWmgSw
DSB to lengthen trains in Covid19 response
https://is.gd/CexOWF
Testing of high speed line between Ankara and Sivas
https://is.gd/BfOv8j
Traffic restrictions over the Brenner Pass
https://tirol.orf.at/stories/3038453/
https://is.gd/0x2evo
World Freight review
https://www.railwaygazette.com/freight/world-rail-freight-news-round-up/55914.article
New rack EMUs ordered by Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
https://is.gd/Cv3XZv
Financial problems on Achenseebahn
https://tirol.orf.at/stories/3038247/
Kintetsu's Iconic Fish Train to End Service after 56 Years
https://is.gd/UonPSG
Planning application for Cairngorm funicular repairs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51851841
Contactless payment introduction on Helsinki regional transport
https://www.nfcw.com/?p=65986
More Alstom trams ordered by Strasbourg
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2020/03/17-more-alstom-citadis-trams-for-strasbourg.html
Fatal collision on Mexico City underground
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-51845869
Recovery plan for Cape Town suburban services
https://is.gd/PZkdot
Closure of Taunton bus station
https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/18284005.taunton-bus-station-close-67-years/
Pressure on First Group to sell US operations
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-51801603
New rules for boarding buses in Naples
https://www.napolike.com/coronavirus-napoli-nuove-norme-anm
RMT message to new owners of Condor Ferries
https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-demands-new-condor-ferries-owners-take9320/
Operating dates for PS Monarch at Wareham
https://paddlesteamermonarch.wixsite.com/ps-monarch/paddle-steamer-monarch-wareham
Ullswater steamer and R&ER win green awards
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=45633
Southampton Airport forecasts passenger numbers will fall by half
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-51832728
Comments on the collapse of FlyBe
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/08/let-the-train-take-the-airline-strain
FlyBe plane impounded by Manx Government
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-51824849
Flying empty planes to retain landing slots
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51809318
UK will leave EU aviation safety regulator at end of 2020
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51783580
Rome airports operator to close Ciampino to scheduled flights during crisis
https://is.gd/Te7tbi
Coronavirus brings Virgin Atlantic A340 era to sudden halt
https://is.gd/mLUCvB
Rushed taxi led BA A319 to depart with wrong take-off data
https://is.gd/rMxLdh
Thai A330 shears tail off Gulfstream IV in Vientiane
https://is.gd/YGnN5A
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Nigel Davie, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Andrew
Nummelin, Mike Price
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TV and RADIO
14/03/20 BBC2 2000-2100
"Great American Railway Journeys" Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre to
Winnipeg
15/03/20 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Great Canal Journeys" Coast to coast in Sweden
16/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Cromer to Cambridge
16/03/20 BBC2 1900-1930
"Coastal Path" South Devon Railway
16/03/20 Channel 4 2000-2030
"Britain's Train Hell"
16/03/20 BBC1 2030-2100
"Britain's Bus Crisis: Panorama"
16/03/20 ITV 2245-2345
"The Station: Trouble on the Tracks" Birmingham New Street 1/3
17/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Letchworth to Herne Hill
17/03/20 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great Welsh Canal Adventure with Gareth Edwards" 2/4
17/03/20 BBC4 2100-2200
"Ian Hislop's Olden Days" The Industrial Revolution
17/03/20 BBC4 2230-2330
"Roof Racks and Hatchbacks: the Family Car"
18/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Croydon to Shoreham-by-Sea
18/03/20 BBC4 2100-2235
"Steve McQueen: Le Mans and the Man"
18/03/20 BBC4 2235-2325
"Hunt v Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals"
18/03/20 BBC4 2325-0025
"Sir Chris Hoy: 200mph at Le Mans"
19/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Chichester to Cowes
19/03/20 BBC2 2000-2100
"Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History" 2/3 The Georgian age
19/03/20 ITV 2030-2100
"Griff's Great Australian Adventure" Brisbane to Cairns
19/03/20 ITV 2100-2200
"The Station: Trouble on the Tracks" Euston 2/3
19/03/20 ITV 2310-2340
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport"
20/03/20 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Swanwick to Brownsea Island
20/03/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The Yorkshire Railway: All Aboard" 5/6
20/03/20 Channel 5 2100-2230
"Britain by Barge: Then and Now" 6/6 Oxford Canal
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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
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 Kidderminster Railway Museum film show
Ex-BTF staff member Keith Bullock will show some of his
16mm cine film
transport archive covering rail, road and sea
Starts 1930
http://www.krm.org.uk/
14/03/20- South Devon Railway: Spring Steam Gala
15/03/20
http://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk
14/03/20- East Grinstead Model Railway Club Exhibition
15/03/20
http://www.egmrc.org.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
16/03/20 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, The Kennet School, Stoney Lane,
Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"British Transport Police Part 2" by Steve Beamon
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards
expenses welcome
16/03/20- Talyllyn Railway Photo Charters
18/03/20
https://www.talyllyn.co.uk/events/spring-photographic-charter
17/03/20 Friends of the Railway Studies Collection
Passmore Edwards Centre, Market St, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2RJ
"The Newton Abbot & Moretonhampstead Railway" by Mike Lang
Starts 1900, £1 donation required
https://www.railwaystudies.org.uk/
17/03/20 Peak Railway Association, Chesterfield Branch
Hasland Working Men’s Club, Hampton Street, Hasland,
Chesterfield, S41 0LH
"Around the World" by Ken Horan
This will be Ken's swansong and will start early at 1900
https://www.peakrail.co.uk/chesterfieldbranch
21/03/20 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk/
21/03/20 Statfold Barn: Enthusiasts' Day
https://statfoldbarnrailway.co.uk/
21/03/20 The London Festival of Railway Modelling
22/03/20 Alexandra Palace, N22 7AY
https://www.model-railway-shows.co.uk
21/03/20 Spa Valley Railway: Spring Diesel & Beer Weekend
22/03/20
https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
22/03/20 Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Mothers' Day
https://www.rhdr.org.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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