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Duke of Gloucester opens the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway - almost the
anniversary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aB5l0v-0vk
Idridgehay Station Opening 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEp4TgNZGIk
Tube Lines at Wirksworth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPv-3qj-oy8
(Martin Miller)
Class 68 Thundercat locomotives on the Scotrail Fife Circle passenger trains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbfsDY69WHk
(Andrew Cook)
Leicester station over the years
https://is.gd/AxdJ3c
Historic photos of London Underground
https://is.gd/RZfuXP
Proposed Bakerloo line extension to Dartford
https://is.gd/Dt1d5I
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Steam Engines at Speed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBD20KsnO0E
5637 Tribute - East Somerset Railway - Best of British Steam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJuu_ol8XZU
LSWR Beattie Well Tanks 2-4-0WT 0298 class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFLoFp_VyG4
Swanage-Wareham Shuttles 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FArsFoxgh_w
Swiss Trains: Rhätische Bahn / Rhaetian Railway Steam, Scuol Tarasp - Zernez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxJ_EE77TVk
Rampenfahrten mit 41 1144 & 50 3501
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuS0WohILec
Bellingham Amtrak and BNSF Freight Trains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ7JI2mMySw
Wimborne 2020 Model Railway Exhibition
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRKRLmp_h2c
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIJSCQbiU_E
Hornby Peckett W4 Class 0-4-0ST - Forest No.1 - Compton Quay - Micro Layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPAADbJtQV0
A busy morning at Ullapool Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84WZemPVkG4
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
First train to Leekbrook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_gZ_TvUwVQ
(Spotter: Barry Knapper)
Hidden London – Moorgate
https://alondoninheritance.com/under-london/hidden-london-moorgate/
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Veluwsche Stoomtrein Maatschappij Steam Gala in 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P28XxRRmSgE
(Spotter: Kees Wielemaker)
Derwent and Wye Valley Railway Trust
http://www.dwvrt.co.uk/
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Vicki Explores ... Tyne Tunnel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HYa_QNAeUs
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IN THE NEWS
Use data to tailor coronavirus timetables to current needs, says Zipabout
https://is.gd/Ck2Fsm
Freight operators set to strengthen trains
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/04/02-freight-operators-set-to-strengthen.html
Network Rail to speed up supplier payments
https://www.railjournal.com/regions/europe/network-rail-speeds-supplier-payments/
Southeastern and Great Western franchisees secure direct award contract
extensions
https://www.railjournal.com/news/southeastern-greatwestern-franchise-extensions/
Latest action in SWR/RMT guards dispute
https://is.gd/WKlysK
Engineering works rail replacement service on Barnstaple branch
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/buses-replace-trains-tarka-line-3993462
Salisbury to Romsey landslip-hit rail line re-opens early
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-52077456
The end of loco hauled workings between Liverpool St and Norwich
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/last-passenger-locomotive-in-east-anglia-1-6584993
First test trips for Greater Anglia Bombardier built units
https://is.gd/mMRKcj
New station shelters for Manea and Whittlesea
https://www.cambstimes.co.uk/news/new-shelters-for-two-fenland-stations-1-6589674
New reduced West Midlands Railway timetable
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52132523
Dove Holes station needs volunteers to spruce it up, say rail enthusiasts
https://is.gd/ftsYpo
One million tonnes of critical supplies transported weekly along WCML
during Covid-19 crisis
https://tinyurl.com/qwxth9d
Grand Central commits to revised timetable, but Blackpool launch likely
to be delayed
https://is.gd/fb53QP
Coastal repair work at Parton
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=47875
Glenfinnan viaduct illuminated blue to support NHS staff
https://is.gd/xJsK2q
Job losses feared as Wabtec rail yard in Kilmarnock 'faces closure'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-52110995
£40m support package for Wales & Borders services
https://is.gd/95AwJI
Remains of military narrow gauge railway revealed by floods in York
https://is.gd/jNYxtm
Didcot Railway Centre & Swindon Panel group help Network Rail
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=48621
5239 returns to Paignton after overhaul
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=48579
Recent repairs to 30925 Cheltenham
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=47968
Eurostar stop calling at Ebbsfleet and Ashford
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/eurostar-stops-travel-from-kent-224888/
SNCF operates additional hospital services for Covid-19 patients
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=37703
Freight train accident kills driver in southwest Germany
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=37824
Baden-Wurttenburg to introduce battery powered trains
https://is.gd/dHKmzX
Hessische Landesbahn order 30 Altom multiple units
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/germanys-hlb-orders-30-coradia-lint-regional-trains/
Electrification plans for Israel Railways revealed
https://is.gd/Ef2lIF
Part purchase of SBB Cargo approved
https://is.gd/ExJzQ6
SNCF orders 19 double deck units from Bombardier for Lyon area
https://www.railway-technology.com/?p=74299
Chinese locos for new railway in Guinea
https://is.gd/Tnxc2V
Rocky Mountaineer delays start date of 2020 season
https://is.gd/lusLv7
Engineer derailed train near hospital ship, believing in weird
coronavirus conspiracy
https://is.gd/pPWjN4
Wuhan Metro reopens as mainline and freight services resume
https://www.railjournal.com/freight/wuhan-reopens-metro-mainline-freight/
M25 graffiti replaced with NHS thank you
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-52089188
Free parking for NHS and care workers at two major stations
https://is.gd/zZ9bHP
Edinburgh Waverley supports key workers with free parking
https://is.gd/j2cUCk
Coronavirus will transform UK work and travel, says AA
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52137968
Wightlink suspends route after passenger numbers fall
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-52071468
Isle of Wight ferry firms agree reduced timetables
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-52124987
Maid of the Loch paddle steamer 'closed until late June', says charity
https://is.gd/Q9VX53
Passenger numbers drop drastically on ferry services as people follow
guidelines
https://tinyurl.com/uemxmy5
Cunard and P&O Cruises extend 'pause' in voyages
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-52092836
Airline shutdowns
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52089046
EasyJet grounds entire fleet of planes due to virus
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52084003
Airport handling companies close to collapse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52100534
Why are planes still flying?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52098430
Slowly but surely, China domestic capacity creeps back up
https://is.gd/6Kh64C
All-cargo flights stay level as passenger traffic collapses
https://is.gd/pbaFq7
Fuel is leaking from the Boeing KC-46A in-flight refuelling tanker
https://is.gd/Lhv9eL
Boeing 787s must be turned off and on every 51 days to prevent
'misleading data' being shown to pilots
https://is.gd/cey2wa
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin, Mike
Price
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TV and RADIO - schedules are subject to change at short notice... or none...
03/04/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" North-west Wales
03/03/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" 2/6
04/04/20 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Great Canal Journeys" The Norfolk Broads
05/04/20 BBC4 2100-2200
"Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow" 3/3
06/04/20 Channel 5 1810-1900
"The Yorkshire Steam Railway : All Aboard"
06/04/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" 2/6
07/04/20 Channel 5 1810-1900
"The Yorkshire Steam Railway : All Aboard"
08/04/20 Channel 5 1810-1900
"The Yorkshire Steam Railway : All Aboard"
09/04/20 Channel 5 1810-1900
"The Yorkshire Steam Railway : All Aboard"
09/04/20 ITV 2000-2030
"Griff's Great Australian Adventure" 4/6
10/04/20 Channel 5 1810-1900
"The Yorkshire Steam Railway : All Aboard"
10/04/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" Royal Deeside
10/03/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" 3/6
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EVENTS - this section is temporarily suspended
A regularly-updated list of cancellations on heritage railways,
exhibitions, etc is here:
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=46874
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