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High Speed Rail in Turkey
https://www.railway-technology.com/features/oldest-metros-in-europe/
Vintage film of West Highland Line
https://archive.org/details/WestHighland
Steam on the Gotthard Line in 1997
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iJAxoLNsWs
Oldest Metro systems in Europe
https://www.railway-technology.com/features/oldest-metros-in-europe/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Steam Trains At Speed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsVplaZJCQQ
34067 Tangmere Slogs Up 'Upwey Bank' Unassisted 9/7/2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvlhhbtTn6Q
Rebuilt Bulleid Light Pacifics 'West Country' & 'Battle of Britain' Classes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WapM5rDWcO0
Plandampf auf der Werrabahn 2020. So hätte es ohne Corrona sein können
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQdJ9qvEqgE
41 1144-9 mit "Feen-Wander-Express", 31.10.2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcx5BDRm-xM
My Best Model Train Controller - Gaugemaster Q - Unboxing & Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC-7Gt4Q-RQ
Wincanton Model Railway Exhibition - Virtual Model Train Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qXY5Wv3Ojc
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
46100 Royal Scot and 34065 Braunton double-heading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsl3pkpkwBY
(Spotter: Barry Knapper)
The Flying Angels of Stalingrad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?=JfgnwWrkifQ
380-Ton ‘Caspian Sea Monster’ Plane Emerges From the Water for the First
Time in 30 Years
https://wp.me/pc8gVK-1ly9Uc
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Victorian railway cut through Dundee Law
https://tinyurl.com/y4fdw5pq
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Where Did "Amtrak Joe," Joe Biden's Nickname, Come From?
https://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a32363173/joe-biden-amtrak-joe-meaning/
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IN THE NEWS
Veterans Railcard
https://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/news/railcard-launched-for-veterans
Modular wagon deal with Network Rail & GBRf
https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/swiss-specialist-signs-10-year-19251235
Network Rail launches ‘Lorries Can’t Limbo’ campaign
https://is.gd/q9Laun
Safety advice for brake maintenance of wagons conveying Dangerous Goods
https://is.gd/hYE1Qv
New passenger information display installed at Victoria
https://is.gd/L6uHPu
Victoria station marks 100 years since the Unknown Warrior made final
journey
https://is.gd/HvuQuc
ESR overspeed incident at Dauntsey
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/overspeeding-incident-at-dauntsey-wiltshire
Innovative ‘Wavewalker’ to help build Dawlish sea wall
https://www.railuk.com/?p=104025
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dawlish-sea-wall-wavewalker-rail-4686642
Changing switch blades at Aynho Jn
https://is.gd/MvPvQh
New train testing on Greater Anglia
https://www.railuk.com/rail-news/new-train-testing-on-greater-anglia/
Avanti trims West Coast timetable in response to lockdown
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/11/09-avanti-trims-west-coast-timetable.html
Local firm to design East Midlands Railway Aurora fleet interiors
https://is.gd/OUEMlo
Hinckley railway bridge sits top of 'most bashed' chart
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-54871244
Train that passed signal at danger near Loughborough was travelling too fast
https://www.railuk.com/?p=104017
Serious disruption at Sheffield after freight derailment (0213 Earles
Sidings-Dewsbury)
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2020/11/11-serious-disruption-at-sheffield-after.html
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/major-disruption-at-sheffield-station
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-54888642
Sheffield freight train derailment to affect services over the coming days
https://is.gd/iR0eQJ
ScotRail to cut hundreds of trains a day as passenger slump continues
https://is.gd/3HQpR9
Alcohol ban introduced on Scotland’s rail network
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54919025
Historic Border anomaly poses intriguing new twist for re-opening
Edinburgh-Carlisle rail line
https://is.gd/qV5Mh5
Results of appeal to help families of Carmont accident victims
https://www.aslef.org.uk/article.php?group_id=7302
Head of Irish Sea crossing review team moots tunnel rather than bridge
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/?p=593479
Railhead treatment trains being maintained on Mid Norfolk Railway at Dereham
https://is.gd/aoz232
4SUB 4732 offered accommodation at Margate museum
https://theisleofthanetnews.com/?p=89564
S&D Rolling stock and artefacts to be relocated from West Somerset
Railway to Watercress Line
https://is.gd/69ozG0
Heritage painters to close
https://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/18856619.heritage-paintin-darwen-firm-announces-plan-close/
Pacer unit donated to primary school in Spennymoor
https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/pacer-goes-to-school
New Amtrak station at Buffalo New York state
https://is.gd/mo4021
Union Pacific are named as the best military friendly rail operator
https://is.gd/XN4EiW
Former Mallorca DMUs enter service in Kenya
https://is.gd/ZL4bAK
Another construction milestone on West Midlands Metro extension
https://www.railuk.com/?p=104063
Manchester set to receive new LRVs
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=44966
Special award for Metro and the man who helped to create it
https://www.nexus.org.uk/node/47440
Transport for London funding agreed with 14 minutes to spare
https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/london-bailout-achieved-with-just-minutes-to-spare
Stonehenge A303 tunnel plan approved by transport secretary
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-54919205
Cowes Floating Bridge: Ferry suspended weeks after resumption
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-54855770
Further fault found on troubled island ferry
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-54901619
Portsmouth-Ryde fast-cat service suspended
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-54890340
Ships fuelled with ammonia?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54511743
DC6s on their way to South Wales
https://ukaviation.news/dc6s-on-their-way-to-south-wales/
Last Blackburn Beverley saved from scrapheap
https://ukaviation.news/last-blackburn-beverley-saved-from-scrapheap/
Newquay Airport closed to civilian traffic
https://www.cornwallairportnewquay.com/
Uncertain future for Norwegian Air
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-54841427
Where you can still fly on a Boeing 747
https://simpleflying.com/boeing-747-airlines-november-2020/
China Airlines (Taiwan) to sell its final 747's
https://simpleflying.com/china-airlines-boeing-747-sale/
Loganair staff brace for more airport job losses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-54909915
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
14/11/20 Channel 4 1800-1900
"Building the World's Fastest Car"
15/11/20 BBC2 1700-1830
"633 Squadron" 1964 feature film
15/11/20 Channel 4 2000-2100
"Great Canal Journeys" Lee Navigation
16/11/20 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain" 1/6 Cathedrals
16/11/20 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Paddington Station 24/7: Back on the Tracks" 4/8
17/11/20 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain" 2/6 Castles
18/11/20 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain" 3/6 Carpenters
19/11/20 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain" 4/6 Scottish Style
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