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NETWATCH
A Set Of Standards! 75029, 75069, 76017, 76069, 76084
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5WlMJY2NG0
BR Standard Class 7 Superpower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45KFMLUsJ6E
Big Toys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTpR5EqW9iw
My 00 Gauge Model Railway Part 17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv7o-i8j2ZQ
Building A OO Gauge Model Railway: The Scratch Build Series 2.5 -
Building The Roof
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwbVeO9iU6w
Building A OO Gauge Model Railway: The Scratch Build Series 2.6 -
Internal Detailing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyJniG4wUN0
Better Than Heljan's? DJM 1361 Class Unboxing & Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcqFBOHv1yI
Die legendäre Baureihe 01, von der Ursprungslok bis zum kräftigen
Dreizylinder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzhjgVDWe1U
Eisenbahn Romantik in der Vulkaneifel | mit 11sm in den Frühling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzWJJ80-r-M
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsEMPFocGDw
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
NHS thanks by Brighton and Hove buses
https://is.gd/RJSYmm
Public transport in 2030?
https://is.gd/ugOOiq
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Baslow 1957 (have a look at all the old cars)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NSr3LnOKws
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Freight train derailments - a repository of some of the most important
areas of learning identified in RAIB investigations
https://is.gd/qbkZjc
(Spotter: Andy Fish)
For those with wider archaeological interests
https://new.archaeologyuk.org/books-and-publications
Quarry Workers Riding a Peculiar Device to "Commute" Down Railroad
Tracks in 1935
https://is.gd/iw7nY0
(Spotter: Richard Maund)
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IN THE NEWS
Crowd control at stations
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52701112
HST coaches sent for scrap
https://is.gd/9FIRu3
Fair increases for TfL as part of the recovery package
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=53618
Background information on the TfL recovery package
https://is.gd/pLjN4N
London stations to avoid: what TfL is really saying
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/05/19-london-stations-to-avoid-what.html
Advance notice of signalling work at Hither Green
https://is.gd/eV1H6M
HS2’s Old Oak Common station receives planning approval
https://www.railengineer.co.uk/?p=40069
Latest Press Statement from Somerset & Dorset Trust
https://www.sdrt.org/images/files/news/press_release_15-05-20.pdf
Photos show Green Park construction progress as Reading prepares for new
station
https://is.gd/ZaXv1q
LNER - Chance to name an Azuma unit
https://is.gd/IeiilX
LNER - Chance to travel if you can make a seat reservation
https://is.gd/byL6W6
Stadler order for new Greater Anglia trains completed
https://is.gd/096JG7
Brandon station to be demolished
https://is.gd/MnWom9
Support for reopening Kings Lynn to Hunstanton line
https://is.gd/WktE6a
First CAF-built diesel unit delivered to West Midlands Trains
https://is.gd/9TfDKx
LEP approves £3.8m for Chesterfield Station Masterplan
http://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/Rail-News/chesterfield-station-masterplan-
Grand Central not operating until July at the earliest
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=54194
SPAD at Crofton West Junction 7th May
https://is.gd/azmhr7
Hull Trains faces 'genuine prospect' of going out of business MPs warn
https://is.gd/ZNQ4nn
Plans to create rail link between Northumberland and Newcastle remain on
track
https://is.gd/Fo3nuO
Government will look at plans for new Consett to Newcastle rail or Metro
link, says Boris Johnson
https://is.gd/g73OXO
Vintage Trains programme cancelled for 2020
https://is.gd/7IifCQ
Caledonian sleeper coach donated to Didcot Railway Centre for volunteer
accommodation
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=54179
Train seen at Halstead for the first time in 50 years
https://is.gd/zJxEhU
Self Isolating on the Wells and Walsingham Railway
https://is.gd/mgtku7
New Zealand investment in railways and ferries
https://www.railway-technology.com/?p=75298
Modernisation of the Douro Valley line
https://is.gd/0S6rix
Possible merger of Swiss narrow gauge lines
https://is.gd/bMjm4M
Italy starts to reinstate high-speed services
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=39287
"Canadian" stainless steel stock heading back east for refurbishment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX0xizUwk-w
Turkish Government defines public service obligation routes
https://is.gd/XFw7KU
Test trips with 3801 in New South Wales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s803FtznAhY
Bombardier deliver 200th Flexity tram to Berlin
https://www.railway-technology.com/?p=75409
China – Europe rail freight flows buck economic trend
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=39186
Campaign launched to save the full IoM Horse Tramway – again!
http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=33741
Xelabus Eastleigh to resume services
https://is.gd/9iyyue
Hydrogen fuel bus launched by Optare
https://cbwmagazine.com/?p=83771
Vintage steam power on a demolition site in Leicestershire
https://is.gd/SBpROH
Abandoned crews on forgotten cruises
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52722765
British Airways Flew An A380 Today – Here’s Why That’s Good News
https://simpleflying.com/british-airways-airbus-a380-manila/
100 Years After KLM’s First Arrival A 77-Year-Old Plane Lands At Schiphol
https://simpleflying.com/schipol-boeing-stearman/
Swift Air Boeing 737 Lands In San Diego With Tail Parts Missing
https://simpleflying.com/swift-air-tail-parts-missing/
Air New Zealand Passenger Takes Drastic Measures To Contact Airline
https://simpleflying.com/air-new-zealand-passenger-newspaper-ad/
When Might We See American Airlines Launch Flights To Doha?
https://simpleflying.com/american-airlines-doha-flights/
Hair Raising Landings: The Story Of Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport
https://simpleflying.com/kai-tak-airport-story/
Arson damage to Dunston Staithes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-52691435
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Richard Maund, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO - schedules are subject to change at short notice... or none...
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
23/05/20 BBC2 2020-2120
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Penang to Cameron Highlands
25/05/20 Channel 5 1835-1900
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson"
25/05/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" South Africa
26/05/20 Channel 5 1835-1900
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson"
26/05/20 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
26/05/20 BBC2 2100-2200
"A House Through Time" Bristol 1/4
27/05/20 Channel 5 1835-1900
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson"
27/05/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys" Argentina
28/05/20 Channel 5 1835-1900
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson"
28/05/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Inside the Steam Train Museum" Bressingham
28/05/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Paddington: a Year on the Tracks" 3/4
28/05/20 Channel 5 2200-2305
"The Tube: Secrets of the Underground" 3/4
29/05/20 Channel 5 1835-1900
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson"
22/05/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"World's Biggest Battleship: Draining the Ocean"
22/05/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" 4/10 France
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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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