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NETWATCH
The Sterling Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hWrqzHR-64
(Martin Miller)
Steam Locomotives In The Countryside #2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDewfZOWv1M
Steam Trains at Speed - Volume 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnX1qM5_zJo
Narrow Gauge Locomotives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk3CweeG3yc
Double Heading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-LmFEwtEiY
GWR 2-6-2T Prairies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irOSE8pO5TA
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - "Kent's Mainline in Miniature" 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JadOnBNWAsw
Wir dürfen wieder raus - Tag 47 - 6. Mai 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8rmZ110SrM
HSB Mallets unter Volldampf - 99 5901, 99 5902 & 99 5906 im Harz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYK2AxNBUlk
Lumberjack Steam Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0HO4qKAfsM
Mulberry Halt - Marchwood Military Railway - 00 Gauge - Model Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZbdQ7NlPSU
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Scotland’s earliest railway - so old a Jacobite battle was fought over it
https://is.gd/Fyv1ku
Fond memories of Falkirk’s tram car service
https://is.gd/3a5vz7
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
The Architecture The Railways Built - Episode Synopses
https://tvarchive2020.bradfordzone.co.uk/?p=4587
One-man sound effect library
https://is.gd/5MWpJU
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
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IN THE NEWS
How ORR is helping to keep Britain’s railways moving
https://is.gd/7H1a5O
Britain’s East-West Rail project makes progress
https://www.railjournal.com/infrastructure/britains-east-west-rail-project-makes-progress/
Planned rail works over Early May Bank Holiday in Yorkshire
https://is.gd/zJxMfv
Some trains are travelling through Yorkshire at just 16mph due to
overcapacity
https://is.gd/ydPqks
Cumbrian Coast line damaged by storm set to reopen in one month
https://is.gd/O6rV6o
ScotRail passengers face event-style queues and one-way platforms
https://is.gd/fUUjOm
Works to stabilise crumbling embankment on West Highland railway line to
begin this week
https://tinyurl.com/ybhbovke
Scottish passengers most comfortable in Britain to get back on buses and
trains
https://is.gd/zkXMzq
Rainbow stickers on Machynlleth trains
https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/18435079.rainbow-stickers-machynlleth-trains/
Appeal launched to help bring steam locomotive River Mite back to steam
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=52007
Eurostar passengers told to cover their faces
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52514290
New London train route created to keep our supermarkets stocked
https://is.gd/2Tpfm2
Test train reaches 275km/h in Ceneri Base Tunnel
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=38886
Coventry Very Light Rail project receives funding from West Midlands
Combined Authority
https://www.railway-technology.com/?p=75047
Rolls-Royce 'to cut up to 8,000 jobs'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-52514444
Virgin Atlantic To Close Gatwick Base Prompting 3,000 Job Cuts
https://simpleflying.com/virgin-atlantic-gatwick-base-closure/
IAG Boss Wishes To Maintain London Gatwick Base
https://simpleflying.com/iag-london-gatwick/
British Airways Considering Early Retirement For The Boeing 747
https://simpleflying.com/british-airways-boeing-747-early-retirement/
All Of Virgin Atlantic’s Boeing 747s To Be Retired Immediately
https://simpleflying.com/virgin-atlantic-boeing-747-retirement/
Emirates CEO Says “The Airbus A380 Is Over”
https://simpleflying.com/emirates-a380-is-over/
Boeing Is Being Paid $84 Million Just For Manuals For New Air Force One Jet
https://is.gd/VfBxa9
You Can Now Own A Boeing 737 MAX Airpark
https://simpleflying.com/heres-your-chance-to-own-a-boeing-737-max-airpark/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Brian Carter, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin
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TV and RADIO - schedules are subject to change at short notice... or none...
08/05/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Series 1 Ep 2
08/05/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" 6/6
09/05/20 BBC2 2000-2100
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Jakarta to Borobudur
09/05/20 Yesterday 2300-0000
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
10/05/20 Channel 5 Select 1500-2100
"Walking Britain's Lost Railway" (6 episodes)
11/05/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" 6/6
12/05/20 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
14/05/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Fare Dodgers: at War with the Law"
14/05/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Paddington: a Year on the Tracks"
14/05/20 Channel 5 2200-2300
"The Tube: Going Underground" 1/8
15/05/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"WW2 Wrecks: Draining the Ocean
15/05/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Series 2 Ep 1
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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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