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I had an unsolicited approach to use some of my old footage of the Great
Central contained in a Youtube video, followed by a request to use other
segments of old film. It was an aspiring band and the result of their
endeavours is here (all the content is mine with the exception of those
with diesel locos and DMUs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6anUl0jqcg
(Martin Miller)
Rail 150 at Shildon 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZquorlqQWIc
Talyllyn January walkabout video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2QIojKuH6Y
Ffestiniog Update Number 46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOTMq_Xiffk
Steam power on Blackpool Prom 115 years ago
https://is.gd/wxuqag
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Fives Hard at Work. Stanier’s finest on the mainline.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ydomi4D2g
BR Standard 4MT 2-6-0 76079
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDFZU5Yf9wc
Ride behind LNER V2 'Green Arrow' No. 4771 between Grosmont and
Goathland on the NYMR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjKZG_aLRuE
Narrow Gauge Railways of Great Britain - Gartell Light Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDIiV-znsT0
Firing Up and Running the WWI Davenport Trench Locomotive!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGkMlLqxHTE
Bachmann's Unbelievable New 94xx Pannier Tank - Unboxing & Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npRlVQttT24
Unboxing Hattons Class 66 model locomotive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAU9Qighzt0
Tarpaulins, Wagon Upgrades and Coach Weathering - Yorkshire Dales Model
Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B8XkxOUG_4
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
The Guardian view on Europe by train: virtue signalling
https://is.gd/vz1B5A
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IN THE NEWS
GBRf to operate weed control trains in 2021
https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/117356/gbrf-rail-weed-control/
HS2 underground protest: Activists 'being forced out' of tunnel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55877829
Waterloo Necropolis station to be converted to flats
https://is.gd/psq39h
Extra stops to serve Newbury Racecourse vaccination centre
https://is.gd/SFB2DK
Southern service cuts due to low passenger numbers
https://is.gd/MDwDSw
Line closed by earthslip at High Brooms
https://is.gd/41igm9
Line closure for work on cutting near Yeovil Pen Mill
https://www.geplus.co.uk/?p=48349
Progress continues on the Dawlish sea wall
https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/progress-continues-dawlish-sea-wall
Major signalling upgrade pending at Clacton-on-Sea
https://is.gd/toau41
Network Rail replace two bridges in Norfolk
https://is.gd/6sAZM8
Disruption set to continue after landslip near Rugby
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2021/02/03-disruption-set-to-continue-after.html
Stourbridge shuttle peoplemovers to be modified
https://is.gd/9wGERJ
https://news.railbusinessdaily.com/?p=41960
RAIB report into runaway wagons at Toton
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/runaway-and-derailment-of-wagons-at-toton
Don’t Cut Here: Why HS2 East should reach Chesterfield and Sheffield
https://is.gd/RH92vL
Railcam Sheffield is live
http://news.railcam.uk/index.php/2021/01/28/railcam-sheffield-is-live/
Rail minister backs MPs' bid to reopen station
https://is.gd/RVf5fy
Track renewals on Esk Valley line
https://is.gd/POXcvk
North East railway upgrade continues with signalling revamp
https://is.gd/f4ir6P
Reston station return approved after more than 50 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-55886743
Work begins on new Reston Station
https://is.gd/QwX6PF
Former MP Martin Whitfield calls for Haddington Railway Station return
https://is.gd/c4fL58
Major £3m refurb of Stirling station roof to begin
https://is.gd/HMzssw
Thai restaurant planned for 40-year-old British Rail carriages in Pitlochry
https://is.gd/8CUB7F
Highland Mainline blocked by snow
https://is.gd/88U1XO
End of the line? West Highland Line freight fears
https://tinyurl.com/4husj3va
Clean up after Llangennech derailment
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55893267
T9 30120 to remain on Swanage Railway
https://is.gd/f9GH3U
Heritage Railways search for suitable coal
https://news.railbusinessdaily.com/?p=42021
Hornby warehouse to become a railway museum open to the public
https://is.gd/UjF54v
Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway scoops over £150,000 for essential work
https://is.gd/jqiQXH
UK Government not interested in direct funding for Eurostar
https://www.cityam.com/eurostar-is-not-our-company-to-rescue-says-grant-shapps/
https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/shapps-eurostar-not-our-company-to-rescue
EU railways loose €26 billion due to COVID-19
https://is.gd/OJnN1K
Work to start on Fehmarnbelt road and rail tunnel
https://is.gd/KJl4Lv
Russian Railways to stop buying diesel only locos after 2025
https://is.gd/q94EEB
GE loco in Estonia to be converted to LNG/Diesel operation
https://is.gd/H6b4iR
Funding agreed to restore Albanian railway system
https://is.gd/vHIf2l
Is high-speed rail travel on a track to nowhere? (Singapore)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55624103
Glasgow Metro tram network a step closer with government review boost
https://is.gd/rSOlgq
Turkish built driverless trains for Istanbul metro
https://is.gd/qxfxQf
Hitachi tests battery trams
https://is.gd/HM1ULc
Bombardier Vario trams sold by Helsinki
https://is.gd/5hnYEG
Redbridge Causeway bridges to undergo £15.8m upgrade
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-55862046
Bus services in North East Scotland disrupted by heavy snow
https://tinyurl.com/k47k3h4v
Ship adrift from Hunterston in high winds sparks rescue operation
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-55893181
Southampton Airport to close at weekends
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19054368.southampton-airport-temporarily-close-weekends
Test flight of electric powered aircraft
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-52856887
Lufthansa Completes Its Longest Flight Yet At 15 Hours 36 Minutes
https://simpleflying.com/lufthansa-completes-longest-flight-yet/
LATAM Airbus A320 Suffers Many Faults After Bird Strike
https://simpleflying.com/latam-a320-failures-from-bird-strike/
China’s Comac Aims to Rival Boeing and Airbus in the World’s Biggest Market
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yffcloPVn5A
Longannet Power Station demolition
https://is.gd/U3s4ng
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Alan Rushworth, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
05/02/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" 5/6 Bavaria
06/02/21 BBC4 1900-2000
"Full Steam Ahead" 3/6
07/02/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain" A lifetime's achievement (2)
08/02/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"David Jason: Trains, Planes and Automobiles"
08/02/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Steam Train Britain"
09/02/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel & Stone" 1/12
09/02/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built" 4/10
09/02/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"James May's Cars of the People"
10/02/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel & Stone" 2/12
11/02/21 BBC4 1910-1940
"Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel & Stone" 3/12
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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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