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NETWATCH
Swanage Railway Red Timetable 30th August 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVHRTsswTU
West Somerset Railway - 'Living Museum' 31/08/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTmDLz_Fz9Y
Down the Line to Kingswear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3b_G9WW8qk
Beeching's Tracks - Norfolk (Ep. 1 - other episode links are shown on page)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QXsD5TKaj4
Sedgemoor Rail - Model Railway Exhibition - Virtual Model Train Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTc2nE37UHM
Mysterious New LBSC 0-4-0 Tender Engine - Unboxing & Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQwpI7g3oOA
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
High speed line intermediate stops
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/09/07-monday-essay-knowing-when-to.html
Development of Carbon Fibre bogies
https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/article/102360/carbon-fibre-bogie-passenger-trains-irr/
Historic photos of Crewe
https://is.gd/uYBZzw
The last steam in China
https://trn.trains.com/railroads/photos-videos/2020/05/08-final-days-of-steam-in-western-china
Kazakhstan Railway improvements
https://www.ioshmagazine.com/2020/09/09/case-study-kazakhstans-national-railway
Brightline operations in Florida
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2020-brightline-railroad/
New York in Colour in the 1930s (Shipping interest)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpXnEvW0XD0
Bright future for DC3s
https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/the-future-is-bright-for-the-dc-3/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
What are your memories of this scenic former rail line that served the
Peak District?
https://is.gd/bzWrfZ
In photos: five of Europe’s most scenic railway journeys
https://www.railway-technology.com/?p=77744
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
New videos added to the FARSAP collection are Newark Castle-Lowdham,
Grantham-Nottingham and Barnetby East-Grimsby
https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/archivevideo.php
(Mike Peart)
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IN THE NEWS
Service reductions due to fewer passengers
https://is.gd/rLqgUt
Class 230 variants approved for passenger service
https://is.gd/ymRAr6
Graffiti vandals paralyse Island Line service
https://is.gd/pEs5Jw
Near miss at Hilsea
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-54092024
LNER boost services as passengers return
https://is.gd/JyAbsc
Overhaul contract awarded for class 91's to remain in LNER fleet
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=66685
West Midlands Trains unveils new EMU
https://www.railjournal.com/fleet/west-midlands-trains-unveils-new-emus/
https://is.gd/EPACRm
Grand Central abandons Blackpool plans
https://is.gd/HWIM1d
The ghost of Windows7 at Selby
https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/07/bork/
Dent station building bought by Friends of Settle-Carlisle Line
https://www.railstaff.co.uk/2020/09/08/dent-station-bought-by-settle-carlise/
https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/18705796.railway-group-buys-highest-station/
Morpeth station restoration completed
https://is.gd/td71YV
Borders Railway: 'The line has re-energised our community'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-54030833
Has the Borders Railway delivered for Midlothian?
https://is.gd/1PdUtC
Possible half-hourly passenger service between Alloa and Longannet
https://www.railstaff.co.uk/?p=61152
Carriage removed from Stonehaven crash site
https://is.gd/wAvgDK
Work to reopen the railway at Stonehaven begins
https://is.gd/aQ0IQ8
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-54055749
Stonehaven derailment: Report says climate change impact on railways
'accelerating'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-54099688
Network Rail seeks to improve earthwork management following Stonehaven
derailment
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=42886
Far North of Scotland Timber Trial
https://www.victa-railfreight.com/post/far-north-of-scotland-timber-trial
Welsh Government call for backing of South Wales Main Line major upgrade
https://is.gd/feazQQ
Llangennech accident and fire could take until Christmas to clear up and
restore.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54050372
Death of Eric Leslie
https://www.lynton-rail.org.uk/story/eric-leslie-rip
Mid Norfolk Railway "Polar Express" cancelled
https://is.gd/YfFVII
Final boiler tests for steam locomotive 828 completed
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2020/09/final-boiler-tests-for-steam-locomotive-828-completed.html
National Heritage Lottery Fund support for Mid Hants
https://preservation.watercressline.co.uk/news/entry/the-national-lottery-heritage-fund-support
Bridgnorth Cliff Railway mask discrimination
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-54010178
Signalling equipment stolen from Churnet Valley Railway
https://is.gd/Bdx1LK
Birds-eye View of North Yorkshire Moors Railway's Carriage Stable Project
https://www.railbusinessdaily.com/?p=34162
Man taken to hospital after car collides with train on level crossing
https://www.dutchnews.nl/?p=163346
Ceneri Base Tunnel opens
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/switzerland-ceneri-base-tunnel/
Federal Audit Office finds defects in BLS accounts
https://is.gd/vbA1JW
New Stadler multiple units for BLS
https://is.gd/UHlifH
FRA updates track inspection rules
https://is.gd/7489YB
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem electrification complete
https://is.gd/SGSbTo
Indian Railways to redesign coaches with air conditioning
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/indian-railways-redesign-sleeper-general-coaches-ac/
Bullet trains branch out to cargo amid pandemic
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200904_02/
Night Tube suspended until March 2021
https://www.mylondon.news/news/health/london-underground-night-tube-start-18893427
Contractor appointed for extension to Metro network in Vancouver
https://www.geplus.co.uk/news/vancouver-subway-contract-awarded-07-09-2020/
Lviv to order locally built trams
https://is.gd/GEGZ0L
Winchester school bus bridge crash leaves children injured
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-54099591
Bus hits bridge in Bristol city centre crash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-54109763
Traction engines in Hereford
https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/18701213.traction-engines-city-centre
Bus collision in Nottingham
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-54094090
Rebuilding A68 in Midlothian after a embankment collapse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-54055922
Police chase of a stolen narrow boat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-54047728
Eyewitness report on PS Waverley accident
https://crsc.org.uk/what-now-for-waverley/
Fire onboard MT New Diamond
https://www.newsfirst.lk/?p=521298
European Aviation Authority approval flight for Boeing 737 Max from Seattle
https://www.flightradar24.com/BOE701/25722301
Iran Air Is Selling Some Of Its Classic Boeing 747s
https://simpleflying.com/iran-air-boeing-747-sale/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin, Alan
Rushworth, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
12/09/20 BBC2 1830-1930
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 6/6 Sweden
13/09/20 BBC4 1900-2000
"James May's Cars of the People" S2 3/3
13/09/20 BBC4 2000-2100
"Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies" 1/2
13/09/20 BBC4 2100-2200
"Battlefield Britain" The Battle of Britain
13/09/20 ITV 2315-2345
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport" S6/E4
14/09/20 BBC4 1900-1930
"Canals: the Making of a Nation" 1/6
14/09/20 BBC4 2000-2100
"Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies" 2/2
14/09/20 BBC4 2100-2230
"Spitfire" 2018 documentary
15/09/20 ITV 2000-2100
"Flying for Britain with David Jason"
15/09/20 BBC1 2100-2200
"The Battle of Britain"
15/09/20 BBC4 2200-2300
"Battle of Britain: the Real Story"
16/09/20 ITV 2000-2030
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport" S6/E5
16/09/20 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Walking Britain's Roman Roads" 1/6
16/09/20 BBC4 2100-2200
"Britain's Greatest Pilot: the Extraordinary Story of Captain
Winkle Brown"
17/09/20 BBC4 2210-2310
"Hunting the Nazi Gold Train"
17/09/20 BBC4 2310-2340
"Tornado: the 100mph Steam Engine"
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EVENTS
While many events have been cancelled due to Covid-19, a limited number
of events will be included from now on - if you would like to publicise
an event here, please contact the editor
12/09/20- Apedale Valley Light Railway: Farewell to the Joffre
13/09/20
https://www.avlr.org.uk/
19/09/20- Romsey Signal Box Heritage Open Days - pre-booking essential
20/09/20
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk/
A regularly-updated list of when heritage railways are reopening:
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/?p=61133
Cheers, Howard.
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