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Railfreight in Wales in the 1990s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGaDZyW6BN4
Loco hauled in the'90s. Bangor, Cardiff, Chester, Llandudno, Newport etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w5Px-C4vjc
Britannia 70000. 20 years inc Wales, Crewe, WSR and Llangollen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VS9XxIylg
(Mike Wilcock)
70022 'Tornado' (70000 'Britannia') Hauls The English Riviera Express 2/8/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9OrXgIOAzE
BR Standard 9F 92214
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaIV2iF7F88
Swanage Railway Plum Timetable with U class 31806 26/07/20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDQU4Bvb6AY
NYMR Recommencement of passenger running with No. 926 'Repton' and 9F
No. 92134
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXMaPUNhilk
Somerset & Dorset Memories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFxtAsF-Oro
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway test trains 21/22nd July 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps1p-y0ilCg
Swiss Trains: Rhätische Bahn Steam Locomotive RhB 108 at Samedan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sf2BXX1ii4
Dampf, Diesel & Güterzüge - Tag des Eisenbahnfreundes 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLmhH666VEA
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
High speed rail for Ireland?
https://sluggerotoole.com/2020/08/01/on-high-speed-rail-in-ireland-again/
Latest railway staff guidance on Covid arrangements
https://is.gd/suzTbG
Rail traffic around Gyor, Hungary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEXSWRmuD2I
Whatever happened to Blackpool 762?
http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=34994
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
How to fly the DC-3 with Buffalo Joe - DC-3 MASTER CLASS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMgYVxo6NhI
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Stills from the British Transport Films Collection
https://is.gd/8VRTMT
Derby Works Collection
https://is.gd/suP6Si
Stockport Air Disaster, 1968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz94kJRXWqA
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
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IN THE NEWS
Office of National Statistics regards railways as public bodies
https://is.gd/inJ2Ci
Class 90s support Freightliner decarbonisation objectives
https://is.gd/Pbc1dT
Rail Safety and Standards Board Covid-19 risk assessment
https://play.buto.tv/4jWPl
‘319’ conversion advances Orion freight plans
https://is.gd/rMMNx2
Platform 5 opened at Stevenage
https://www.thecomet.net/news/east-coast-mainline-upgrade-new-platform-stevenage-1-6774596
New footbridge installed near Cheltenham
https://is.gd/IUIgOB
Work starts on new intermodal terminal at Daventry
https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/eastmidlands/?p=2040211
Class 142 Pacer sale raises £80 000 for Railway Children charity
https://is.gd/eERviP
George Stephenson designed railway viaduct to be restored in Calderdale
https://is.gd/YJT9wU
GB Railfreight and Drax Extend Rail Contract to Transport Biomass Until 2025
https://www.gbrailfreight.com/?p=6206
Bridge works near Heysham
https://is.gd/dGMFcY
25,000 volt overhead electric line overhaul for better passenger journeys
https://is.gd/dT8rYu
More support for reopening the Waverley route to Carlisle
https://is.gd/WNNPSF
Edinburgh's Waverley Station expansion plans unveiled
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-53653721
Steam locomotive Sir Keith Park joins Spa Valley Railway’s homefleet
permanently
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=62264
Arsonists wreck Country Park Halt on SVR
https://is.gd/iY6R3p
East Lancs Railway reopening on hold following new guidelines
https://is.gd/VNYEvs
New rolling stock for Southend Pier Railway
https://is.gd/ydKbWd
Heritage railways in 'precarious' situation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53614567?S
Fatal collision and derailment in Portugal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53615259
New flow of coal trains from Botswana to South Africa
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=41539
Etihad Railway order for freight wagons
https://www.railjournal.com/fleet/etihad-rail-places-order-for-842-freight-wagons/
Opposition to new substation for Government of Ontario Transit
https://is.gd/UUHO2V
Tourist traffic to Niagara Falls
https://www.chch.com/?p=218108
RAIB report on SPAD and near miss on Manchester tramlink
https://is.gd/saFTgG
New Isle of Man ferry to provide 'more space for passengers'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-europe-isle-of-man-53615464
PS Waverley back in steam
https://is.gd/9Q6qyn
Orkney Ferries seeks urgent funding to protect inter-island services
https://tinyurl.com/y36esyj9
Duxford plane crash: Injuries confirmed after aircraft crashes into wood
https://is.gd/qitT5L
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-53658215
Only Missile-Toting Ekranoplan Russia ever built takes last trip on the
Caspian
https://is.gd/yMJOGP
Aer Lingus reviewing operations at Cork and Shannon
http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0731/1156687-aer-lingus-second-quarter-results/
Italy Flight Ban On The Cards For Ryanair
https://simpleflying.com/ryanair-italy-flight-ban/
Another step on returning Boeing 737 MAX to service
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53646442
Aircraft storage in Mojave desert
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53549861
The story of the Shannon Hydro-Electric scheme in 1926
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0719/1064016-the-story-of-ardnacrushas-quiet-revolution/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Brian Carter, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Alan
Rushworth, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
08/08/20 BBC2 1900-2000
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 2/6 Orleans to Rheims
10/08/20 BBC4 2300-0000
"Great Asian Railway Journeys" Bangkok to Hua Hin
11/08/20 Quest 2100-2200
"Mighty Trains
12/08/20 BBC2 1900-2000
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 3/6 Berlin to Stuttgart
12/08/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" Royal Deeside
13/08/20 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Railway Journeys with Chris Tarrant" Argentina
13/08/20 Channel 5 2335-0035
"QE2: the World's Most Luxurious Hotel" 3/3
14/08/20 BBC2 2245-0035
"Railway Man" 2013 movie about Eric Lomax
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EVENTS - this section is temporarily suspended
There is a regularly-updated list of when heritage railways are
reopening here...
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=58124
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