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NETWATCH
Electrification programme vital to decarbonising UK Railways
https://tinyurl.com/yfl9nbv6
Inside factory producing lining sections for HS2 tunnel
https://tinyurl.com/yg5jesq8
Photo exhibition at Burgess Hill waiting room
https://tinyurl.com/yfu8ff6r
How London terminal stations got their names
https://wp.me/pa79OH-4Lf
Development of containers on the White Pass and Yukon Railway
https://yukonnuggets.com/stories/white-pass-the-container-pioneers
Tunnels to link the Shetland Islands proposed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-56325106
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The Dartmouth Stalwart - 7827 "Lydham Manor" on the Dartmouth Steam
Railway 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIm-bmCjZsU
NYMR - BR Standard 4 No 80116 on a freight photo charter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edFlIkUl7Os
Furness Railway No. 20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEsUvy7vAvU
Brilliant Bodmin Model Railway Layout from the Great Western Railway
1928 era
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxuIIDjjkZA
Castlederg Model Railway Layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jKclh6UaJs
KRModels GT3 - OO Gauge - Model Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iSNhPoZSrk
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Tar Heel Traveler: Scott visits a restored, 110-year-old Pullman train
https://tinyurl.com/yjgg68g3
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
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IN THE NEWS
New wagons for GBRf
https://www.gbrailfreight.com/gbrf-partners-with-porterbrook-to-build-100-new-wagons-2/
Installation of bridge beams for line to Barking Riverside
https://tinyurl.com/yglxb5eh
DB cargo fined after injury to shunter at Dollands Moor
https://tinyurl.com/yeuxlsxn
Feasibility study for reopening Oxford to Witney line
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-56498807
Campaign to electrify Oxford to Cambridge line
https://tinyurl.com/ygydsuo4
Bridge installation north of Bicester over Easter weekend
https://tinyurl.com/yg5z5bsy
Multi-million pound new railway line for Gloucestershire 'will go ahead'
https://tinyurl.com/yjdz23r2
https://tinyurl.com/ygvmzmbs
Land purchased for new transport hub at Moreton-in-Marsh
https://railuk.com/?p=106648
Network rail completes a year’s work in five days as Northampton gets
‘speedy’ upgrade
https://tinyurl.com/yhc7hvze
Drone photography of reconstruction of Hopswood Hall embankment near Rugby
https://tinyurl.com/yjedse5n
Full steam ahead for Camp Hill line to reopen as final budget approved
https://railuk.com/?p=106657
Scheme to restore Ironbridge to Bridgnorth line
https://tinyurl.com/yjsu42r6
Plans to restore Wingfield station in Derbyshire
https://tinyurl.com/yg7ttsqd
Beautiful old pictures show Derbyshire railway station in former glory
https://tinyurl.com/yfuyyu7x
Councillors blast proposals to re-open Matlock to Manchester rail line
https://tinyurl.com/yga6o5tq
Road Closure in Newark for railway level crossing upgrade work
https://tinyurl.com/yhorgwez
Network Rail gets cracking with Easter track improvements in Sheffield
https://railuk.com/?p=106638
Bradford unveils plans for New Northern Powerhouse railway station
https://tinyurl.com/yfo8l5et
RAIB investigation into bufferstop collision at Kirkby
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/buffer-stop-collision-at-kirkby-station
Study to consider reopening Midge Hall station near Preston
https://tinyurl.com/yf9t9mxx
Government urged to back £140million Northumberland Line regeneration dream
https://tinyurl.com/ygrtaoxa
ScotRail gives over-50s a welcome boost
https://www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail/news/scotrail-gives-over-50s-welcome-boost
Earthworks to reopen Largs line
https://tinyurl.com/ygzr94oz
https://tinyurl.com/yfvo4gvr
Reston Station construction is underway
https://tinyurl.com/yem7ww36
Missing Balloch schoolgirls spent night locked inside train
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-56476935
A sign of things to come at Leven
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/a-sign-of-things-to-come-at-leven
Rannoch timber rail project ‘on track’ with Memorandum of Understanding
https://tinyurl.com/yfljlkb9
https://tinyurl.com/ydkf4ak2
Newport-Ebbw Jn service to be restored (Gaer Jn to Park Jn to be
restored to passenger use)
https://wp.me/p8Mk4U-6rY
Before and after pics: The new look Haverfordwest railway station footbridge
https://tinyurl.com/yzawg2nf
Welsh railway bridge to be raised one metre in £3.6m project
https://tinyurl.com/yfkzd7oj
Bullhead rail delivered to the South Devon Railway from Scunthorpe’s
British Steel
https://tinyurl.com/yz5j3co3
DfT considering national network service to Minehead
https://tinyurl.com/ygvx7ulb
7822 Foxcote Manor to spend the next 5 years on the West Somerset Railway
https://tinyurl.com/yhvm79wu
Helston Railway hit by vandalism during Covid struggle
https://tinyurl.com/yeh3nw7k
NYMR fitting controlled emission toilets to historic coaches
https://tinyurl.com/yehkrjh2
Volunteers needed by Ness Island railway in Inverness
https://tinyurl.com/yfoezt79
Exterior design of new nightjet stock
https://tinyurl.com/yzs4ehdm
Fatal level crossing accident in Sri Lanka
https://tinyurl.com/yhcespwk
CP Rail Agrees to Buy Kansas City Southern for $25 Billion
https://tinyurl.com/yza26o2m
https://futureforfreight.com/investors/press-release/
Hunter Valley coal lines reopen after flooding
https://tinyurl.com/yjbuclz5
TfL to take over ownership of DLR Lewisham branch
https://tinyurl.com/ydpx3m2j
Fare avoiding beaver on Toronto Metro
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/25/toronto-fare-evading-beaver-subway-station
Temporary double deck repair proposed for Hammersmith Bridge
https://tinyurl.com/yzfl2zcu
Earlier lockdown would have saved bus drivers lives
https://tinyurl.com/yj5nbvrx
Bus fire near Chelmsford
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-56483469
Greater Manchester bus services to be brought under public control
https://tinyurl.com/yfwzbd4n
Scottish Bus operators secure £40.5m for new green vehicles
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-56459350
Suspended Hythe Ferry set for council cash
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-56457276
Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56505413
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56522178
How are they trying to free the Ever Given?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/56523659
Scandal-Plagued German Sail Training Ship Gorch Fock Back in the Water
https://tinyurl.com/yjmpmu6o
Golden Ray Salvage Drags On, 3rd Block Removed
http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2021/03/update-golden-ray-salvage-drags-on-3rd-block-removed
Southampton Airport's runway extension debate goes on
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-56534522
Funding for Newquay Airport to cope with G7 conference flights
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-56484551
Cornwall plane crash: Two pilots eject from Royal Navy jet
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-56521380
Final A380 departs from Toulouse factory
https://thepointsguy.co.uk/news/last-a380-departs-toulouse/
Final China Airways flight of 747-400
https://simpleflying.com/china-airlines-boeing-747-final-flight/amp/
Spotters: Brian Billing, Richard Buckby, Brian Carter, Neil Kearns, Reg
Nerps, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
26/03/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Warbird Workshop" Westland Wessex
26/03/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Warbird Workshop" Aeronica Defender
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"Great Canal Journeys" Staffordshire 2/2
28/03/21 Channel 4 1930-2030
"Scotland's Scenic Railways" West Highland Line
29/03/21 More4 2100-2240
"Guy Martin's Spitfire"
30/03/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
30/03/21 5 Select 2100-2200
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Helsinki to Kemijarvi
31/03/21 More4 2200-2305
"Scotland's Scenic Railways" West Highland Line
02/04/21 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Secrets of the Royal Train"
02/04/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Warbird Workshop" Piper Cub
02/04/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
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