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NETWATCH
Railtours 1996."Yorkshire Doodle Dandy" 37601/03, 31112/554, 56094,
60007, 58033
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKoHbVagnVo
Railways 1989 at Southport with "Bahamas" 20010/175 & more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bj5ZuzzCdQ
Railways 1989. Bahamas 5596, 20010/175 at Southport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiKqJP8tSiQ
Railways 2008. Class 37 cab ride at Margam, plus 08630 naming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqLKe9jElzY
Railways 1997. Bristol Temple Meads/Newport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiN3SKPmGPg
Railways at Margam 1998. Stored 56s and mainline 37/47/56/59s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvSzzLA7F_U
Class 37s moved for storage from Canton to Margam 2004
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7F2SW1Xjfc
Class 37s in Wales part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FZ5VUXmSMg
Class 37412/415/418/419/421/426/428. Mainline in 2000-2002
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAmQ3nxwCqQ
1990s Coal freight in Wales, 37/56/60s Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfxMhnoiS30
(Mike Wilcock)
ORR guidance on level crossing use and design
https://is.gd/Rb1pBk
Swedish Reindeer bridges over roads and Railways
https://is.gd/FU64Zn
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The Hard Climb to Shap Summit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDxSF_KRqsg
Hawksworth Pannier Tank 1501
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRxE57cZ14I
Rocket and Planet No. 9 at the NYMR Spring 2011 Gala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPWQxAOoZ5g
Der Boden bebt, ein kleines Rätsel Teil 2!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNZ-9OzJTVs
Narrow Gauge Railways of Great Britain Classic Winter Series Bala Lake
Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gcy_YACfYk
Vale Quarry Model Railway Layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qlFcEaoFGI
New Super Detailed Oxford 12T Tanker Wagons - Unboxing & Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LirW7p069_Y
Hornby's New Centenary Peckett - Unboxing & Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t7siZcr2iM
How to weather a model railway wagon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZZ0uQbcq04
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Why is there music at Japanese train stations?
https://www.nihonnaka.com/why-is-there-music-at-japanese-train-stations/
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
DC-3 Crash Bluebonnet Belle July 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNwGwoqvENY
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
More timetables trimmed to match lockdown travel bans
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2021/01/19-more-timetables-trimmed-to-match.html
Latest technology used to improve thousands of miles of lineside
biodiversity
https://is.gd/8dLK5P
Rail Operations UK orders 30 locomotives
https://www.railjournal.com/locomotives/rail-operations-uk-orders-30-locomotives/
Heathrow Express Class 387 fleet in service
https://railuk.com/company-news/heathrow-express-class-387-fleet-in-service/
https://www.incentivetravel.co.uk/news/rail/heathrow-express-launches-new-fleet
Waterloo W H Smiths kiosk to be restored
https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/10465
GTR assist vaccination centres at Elstree and Harpenden
https://is.gd/77Z8uv
Work to begin on £4.5m essential engineering project in Kent
https://is.gd/zcrsfI
Portsmouth rail line shut for viaduct strengthening
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-55695367
Hampshire rail manager avoids 60mph train by 'a second'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-55688227
A new station for Chineham in Basingstoke?
https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/19019828.chineham-station-among-projects-funded-developers/
FM Conway to double its rail freight out of Tilbury
https://railuk.com/rail-freight/fm-conway-to-double-its-rail-freight-out-of-tilbury/
London–Corby electrification complete
https://www.railjournal.com/infrastructure/london-corby-electrification-complete/
Railway engineers battle against Storm Christoph
https://is.gd/0uHa8m
Consultation launched to improve Manchester rail timetabling
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=47095
Plans for £42m Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway Station open for public
feedback
https://is.gd/P52OMb
How Glasgow Warriors beat Edinburgh with help from the horn of a passing
train
https://is.gd/vRgCvJ
Train overspeed through temporary speed restriction at Beattock
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/overspeed-through-emergency-speed-restriction-near-beattock
Collapsed wall rail line in Aberdeenshire closed for rest of week
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-55676270
Obituary for Dame Margaret Weston
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jan/18/dame-margaret-weston-obituary
Vic Mitchell
https://www.middletonpress.co.uk/news/vic-mitchell.html
K&ESR kitchen car appeal
https://kesr.org.uk/donate/kitchen-car-appeal/
Eurostar: Government urged to 'safeguard' rail firm's future
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55696664
https://is.gd/HsPi3h
France says Eurostar will get French and UK aid to ensure its future
https://is.gd/JBuY00
Revival of Trans Europe Express 'key to EU's carbon neutrality'
https://is.gd/MNLc5n
Bombardier to overhaul double deck coaches of Israel Railways
https://www.railjournal.com/?p=47007
Refurbished Italian Pendolino unit arrives in Greece
https://is.gd/Y82c6o
(These units were barred from the Lotschberg base tunnel for a while due
to their poor reliability)
METRA to purchase 500 Alstom double deck coaches
https://is.gd/TqnS0V
Double tracking approved for Northern Indiana suburban line
https://is.gd/7slMi7
QR code ticketing introduced in Hong Kong
https://is.gd/ToriT7
Railway Museum acquires 117-year old Parlor Car from Whidbey Island
https://tinyurl.com/y26yetqm
Steam hauled transfer of snowblower from Luzern to Brugg
https://www.bahnbild.ch/de/blog/all-articels/ueberfuehrung-xrot-100
Fly-through footage shows first glimpse of what Metro extension is set
to look like in Dudley
https://metroalliance.co.uk/?p=7374
Another bridge demolished as West Midlands Metro extension advances
https://www.railengineer.co.uk/?p=42501
The forgotten plan to build a subway system under central Edinburgh
https://is.gd/kiTJ4H
Egypt’s new monorail trains to be built in Derby
https://railuk.com/company-news/egypts-new-monorail-trains-to-be-built-in-derby/
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2021/01/21-17-billion-boost-for-bombardier.html
Dual bus-train vehicle moves closer to starting date in Shikoku
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14055442
Cargo tram service finishes in Dresden
https://is.gd/3UTEEF
Alexander Dennis to build electric bus chassis
https://www.mtdmfg.com/news/alexander-dennis-and-byd-to-build-electric-bus-chassis-in-the-uk/
Saga cruises says all customers must be vaccinated
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55738918
British Airways Raises £8850 With Boeing 747 Suitcase Sale
https://simpleflying.com/british-airways-raises-8850-with-boeing-747-suitcase-sale/
Loganair to increase flights to and from Isle of Man
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-55648659
Man lived undetected in Chicago O'Hare airport for 3 months
https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/10465
Lufthansa Plans Its Longest Flight – 15 Hours In An Airbus A350
https://simpleflying.com/lufthansa-15-hour-longest-flight/
Etihad To Resume Flights To Doha Following 3.5 Year Blockade
https://simpleflying.com/etihad-doha-flights/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Richard Maund, Reg Nerps, Andrew
Nummelin
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TV and RADIO
22/01/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Settle & Carlisle
23/01/21 BBC4 2000-2100
"Full Steam Ahead" 1/6 The golden age of steam
25/01/21 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" 3/6 The Northern
Belle
25/01/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Railway Journeys with Chris Tarrant" Alaska
25/01/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"David Jason: Trains, Planes and Automobiles"
25/01/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Steam Train Britain"
26/01/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built" 2/10
26/01/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"James May's Cars of the People"
27/01/21 BBC2 2100-2200
"DeLorean: Back from the Future" Story of the man and the car
29/01/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" The Italian Riviera
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EVENTS
While most events have been cancelled due to Covid-19, a limited number
of events will be included - if you would like to publicise an event
here, please contact the editor
11/02/21 North Eastern Railway Association: Zoom Presentation
"The Berwick and Kelso Branch from 1808" by Bill Fawcett
1900 for a 1930 start
All welcome - you will need to register on the NERA website
www.ner.org.uk/whats-on/
20/02/21 North Eastern Railway Association: Zoom Presentation
"Teesdale Tracks and Derailing Dukes" by Northern Echo Chief
Feature Writer, Chris Lloyd
1000 am for 1030 start
All welcome - you will need to register on the NERA website
www.ner.org.uk/whats-on/
A full list of forthcoming RCTS virtual meetings (January-April)
https://rcts.org.uk/branches/
Cheers, Howard.
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