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NETWATCH
The Big Pour at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tCikdF9Ozo
(Martin Miller)
Electric Open Day at Crewe. October 1994
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTm4iJ2vJfI
Crewe Electric Open Day 1994 Part 2 and at station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GaUuSjGC6A
Heavy Freight and 2 Railtours at 10 locations in Wales 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb5YOjWMrx4
Heavy Freight; 59000s/101s/201s 1994-97. Various liveries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boXqd41M-T8
Cardiff Canton Revisited. 18th Feb 1996. 53 locos on shed. Tape 441.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRU36tU2y7k
Cardiff-Taunton with replacement 66s,Tunnel incline at Pilning 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsBAfj6CoCM
(Mike Wilcock)
Taking the waters in the High Peak
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DscBoHvGwg4
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsZ439T27lY
Part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUUw4yyPGJ0
Part 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdOB68DgZK4
Standard Tankage! 80072, 80080, 80136
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBphxUznPlM
Steam Locos & Other Special Trains at Darlington 2012 to 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMy6rsVWMy0
LMS 48151 Stanier Workhorse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52wZ4xRXw1M
Western Locomotives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIoA9r2bNew
LNWR Webb Coal Tank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q2HrVMVLxs
Steam on the Mainline in the South 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZkuPvUenwM
Narrow gauge Railways of Great Britain Compilation Part one, May 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHj_1ijhCuc
Swiss Steam Trains: Rhätische Bahn's Rh.B.108 at Scuol Tarasp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JthYjo-LTzY
52 8141-5 auf dem Weg von Löbau zurück nach Meiningen, 10./11.05.2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO5BwyJ5OM0
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Fictitious DEMU liveries
http://www.preservedthumpers.com/articles-fictitious-liveries.html
Brighton Main Line 2 wishful thinking?
https://www.bml2.co.uk/the-news/34-brighton-main-line-2-heralds-a-new-dawn
Edinburgh - Aberdeen in seven minutes
https://tinyurl.com/ycyt3jze
Historic train performance
http://www.charlwoodhouse.co.uk/
Fox avoiding footbridge and ticket checks at York
https://twitter.com/LNER/status/1260465604546494465
Last days of the Mound to Dornoch line
https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/5418
Hampton and Kempton Waterworks Railway
http://www.hamptonkemptonrailway.org.uk/
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=52140
Talyllyn Managers walkabout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5qjWNXqIuw
Redesigned NRM posters for the "stay at home" campaign
https://is.gd/d3n7E6
Air Quality News - Are trams the answer?
https://airqualitynews.com/?p=28848
Llandudno & Colwyn Bay tram 7
http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=33565
The Canadian (Train #2) departing Vancouver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUhO5i3Hlxk
Toronto-Dundas subdivision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD5PlD35Fwg
Steam-hauled container train in 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhgHrDbN4EU
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Brand new bullet train being shunted by a steam locomotive
https://twitter.com/msmsaifullah/status/1260886503984488448
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Kent's hidden and abandoned railway stations from the past
https://is.gd/wiEkZp
The abandoned railway station hidden through a secret wood in Croydon
https://is.gd/JzmJDm
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IN THE NEWS
Hybrid shunter conversion ready for testing
https://is.gd/greHqo
Rail capacity will be cut to a tenth, warns transport secretary
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/05/11-rail-capacity-will-be-cut.html
Network Rail warning as more than 1,000 trespass incidents recorded
during lockdown
https://is.gd/Hs6oK8
Union response to Government briefings
https://is.gd/S2e5Hu
Increased train service proposed but restrictions not defined
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52584983
Railway Health & Safety Covid 19 agreement
https://is.gd/30VSN7
Covid 19 unlikely to impact Alstom's acquisition of Bombardier
https://www.railway-technology.com/?p=75269
TfL sets out plans to increase transport in London
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/05/11-tfl-sets-out-plans-to.html
TfL secures emergency £1.6bn bailout
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52670539
RMT response to Government funding for TfL
https://is.gd/4KoPfs
London Travel Watch questioning Government briefings on Sunday
https://www.londontravelwatch.org.uk/news/view?id=809
HS2 start procurement for supply of slab track
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=38955
ECTS trails complete for Heathrow Express class 387 units
https://www.machinery-market.co.uk/news/26787/ETCS-testing-completed-on-Class-387s
South Western Railway's new rail depot at Feltham
https://is.gd/ieEKYI
Engineering works closure of Eastleigh-Fareham for seven days
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=53448
Planning proposal for Soham station
https://is.gd/JDAOu6
Demolition of Bletchley flyover
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2020/05/1960s-bletchley-railway-flyover-has-lift-off.html
LNER East Coast passengers forced to buy advance tickets
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52670790
Support for Skipton-Colne reopening
https://is.gd/8iiqNZ
Major investment to improve journeys over world-renowned Ribblehead viaduct
https://is.gd/M3XJiP
ABB to supply electrical equipment for TfWales valleys trains
https://www.railway-technology.com/?p=75138
Bluebell Railway: Appeal to help save railway 'to the stars'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-52637454
31454 joins Wensleydale Railway
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=52921
Vegetation control by donkeys on Talyllyn railway
https://is.gd/0AxY2T
Accessibility awards for South Tynedale Railway
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=51734
Update on overhaul of Synolda
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=51773
Hand cranked miniature railway marathon for charity
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-52485423
Miniature steam loco based on Earl of Merioneth
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=51043
CD Cargo TRAXX locos on test
https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/d-cargo-traxx-locos-on-test/56411.article
Part of Samsun - Sivas line reopens after upgrading
https://is.gd/jVvJnM
ZSSK Cargo (Slovenia) get EU grant for composite brake blocks on freight
wagons
https://is.gd/NNSIoW
New China to Turkey container service
https://is.gd/A6asLC
DSB orders 1000th Siemens Vectron loco
https://is.gd/7ymaXU
Proposed new entrance to Euston underground station
https://is.gd/30JWXF
Newcastle Metro station recreated on Animal Crossing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-52663633
Horse trams to end at War Memorial
https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/horse-trams-to-end-at-war-memorial/
First Bus says distancing rules unsustainable after lockdown easement
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-52558195
Wreck of USS Nevada, the Ship Too Tough to Die, Found Off Oahu
http://www.oldsaltblog.com/?p=55045
Satellite Images Show Armadas Of Vacant Cruise Ships Huddling Together
Out At Sea
https://is.gd/6jeS6e
Aurigny flights suspended until the end of summer
https://is.gd/gjf5Nr
Delta Air Lines To Resume 2 Routes To London & Frankfurt
https://simpleflying.com/delta-london-frankfurt/
American Airlines Is Operating A 29 Mile Flight In Colorado
https://simpleflying.com/american-airlines-29-mile-flight/
Singapore Airport Closes Another Terminal as Demand Remains Low
https://simpleflying.com/singapore-terminal-4-closure/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Brian Carter, Neil Kearns, Richard Maund, Reg
Nerps, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO - schedules are subject to change at short notice... or none...
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
16/05/20 Channel 5 1950-2115
"Ten Ways the Victorians Changed Britain"
16/05/20 BBC2 2015-2115
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Yogyakarta to Surabaya
18/05/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Series 2 Ep 2
19/05/20 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
20/05/20 BBC2 1900-2000
"Dam Busters: the Race to Smash the German Dams"
20/05/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys" Azerbaijan
21/05/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Paddington: a Year on the Tracks"
21/05/20 Channel 5 2200-2305
"The Tube: Going Underground" 2/8
22/05/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Hitler's Invisible U-boat: Draining the Ocean"
22/05/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Series 2 Ep 3
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EVENTS - this section is temporarily suspended
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exhibitions, etc is here:
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=46874
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