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Leicester Station surprise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sZI9acvfcE
Derby Station variety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF8ZkPQ3LB8
Chesterfield Station variety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_FVjb9GfxI
(Martin Miller)
Williams Rail Review renamed, but still no publication date
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2021/04/21-williams-rail-review-quietly-renamed.html
Safe management of weather events affecting train operations
https://tinyurl.com/yfkdho2h
Talking benches in Essex
https://communityrail.org.uk/essex-talking-benches/
Record of the end of BR operations to Minehead, 1971
https://www.flickr.com/photos/157387502@N05/albums/72157718907721362
Mapping oyster card zones in London
https://mappinglondon.co.uk/2021/tube-zones/
Updates on TfL Northern Line extension to Battersea
https://tinyurl.com/yh7wxtk3
Railcam overlooking Glenfinnan viaduct
http://news.railcam.uk/index.php/2021/04/23/railcam-at-glenfinnan-viaduct/
Engineering challenges of building the world’s first ship tunnel - New
Civil Engineer
https://tinyurl.com/yeqlmamp
How too much information nearly caused an aviation disaster
https://tinyurl.com/yfmwxk7c
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The Severn Valley Railway - Spring Steam Up!
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcLNUwj_a7M
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30EgCcQ4BlE
34028 "Eddystone" emerges from Herston Works - Swanage Railway 26/04/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLKHJoJioMg
East Somerset Railway - Spring Steam Gala - 24/04/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IUVAN57Ibk
Exton Quay Model Railway Layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHpHl439Nh8
Worst Mechanism Of The Year? - Bachmann 9F - Unboxing & Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP-ikxgmsmQ
Mucking Up a Flying Pig - Weathering a Bachmann Ivatt 4MT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7usSkZvCJs
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Too Many Cars! (Pathe, 1956)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKmB03hqZJY
Sneak peek at classic car museum to open in Derbyshire village
https://tinyurl.com/yzuf9gm6
Save The Skymaster Walkthrough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qWQouIdi6s
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
A treasure trove of photos capturing the last decade of steam travel
unearthed
https://tinyurl.com/yz5prs9s
Fascinating past of Dartmoor's lost railway station
https://tinyurl.com/yfvjtj9z
England's 20th Century coastal communities seen from above
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-56929622
Trevithick Day Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnAmDE74aIwQDu8ejvxYliQ
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IN THE NEWS
RailAdventure purchases eight HST power cars
https://wp.me/p7dVyI-hoo
Kings Cross Eastern tunnel reopened
https://tinyurl.com/yjtot8cj
GWR class 800 units taken out of service to cracking in suspension
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-56902528
Train issues mean further delay for Island Line reopening
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-56902520
https://tinyurl.com/yzd5vsdw
http://wig.ht/2ooi
Real time train loadings on SWR
https://tinyurl.com/ydt5kj2k
Tamping machine fire near Sevenoaks (DR75410, Matisa B41UE)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-56856731
Network Rail fined for safety breaches in substation
https://tinyurl.com/yfkx6pll
Brush factory at Loughborough to close
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-56851006
Cuts proposed to Blythe & Tyne reopening plans
https://tinyurl.com/yeb4t5rz
Scotrail strike continues
https://tinyurl.com/yg88c28m
Derailment at Dalwhinnie, 10thApril. RAIB report
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/derailment-at-dalwhinnie
Wales' level crossings need urgent safety changes, report says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56846778
Titanic-linked train carriages discovered in yard
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-56941766
Mission Impossible 7: Tom Cruise and steam locomotive mockup head to the
NYMR
https://tinyurl.com/yeclbaua
Mission... Derbyshire? Train track teetering over quarry, set for new
Tom Cruise film
https://tinyurl.com/yhkhvwg7
Movement of 34028 Eddystone from Herston Works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLKHJoJioMg
https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/19262779.eddystone-train-returns-swanage-railway/
Deal reached between Llangollen Railway Trust and administrators
https://tinyurl.com/yh6lvrbr
Another fatal accident on Egyptian Railways
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56798927
Los Angeles Union station hosts Oscar awards ceremony
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-56859336
Long Island Rail Road trial of Battery multiple units
https://www.railjournal.com/fleet/long-island-rail-road-to-pilot-bemus/
First group sells US bus business
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-56852358
Metro bus service looses its roof under railway bridge in Haywards Heath
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-56899935
FastCat ferry service to resume on 29 April
https://www.wightlink.co.uk/press-releases/the-fastcats-are-back-as-wightlink-gears-up-for-summer
CALMAC Loch Seaforth out of service until mid May
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-56858270
New vessel launched to clean Dublin's rivers
http://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2021/0422/1211388-liffey-sweeper/
Model of Suez Canal for training mariners in France
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-56834143
Hawker Sea Fury crashes near RNAS Yeovilton
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-56920390
USAF Osprey VTOL aircraft wrecks Addenbrookes hospital helipad
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-cambridgeshire-56847090
Airbus retires the first "Beluga"
https://simpleflying.com/airbus-retires-the-worlds-first-beluga/amp/
TBM Avenger aircraft ditches at Cocoa Beach Airshow, Florida
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-56792530
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV3NFuVo-MI
TBM Avenger Recovery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i27CN9uVIS4
New problems with the Boeing 737MAX
https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/whats-at-stake-with-new-737-max-electrical-issues/
Ethiad Remove Airbus 380s from their website and flights
https://simpleflying.com/etihad-airbus-a380-website-removal/amp/
Qantas will return their A380s to service
https://www.airlive.net/qantas-to-reactivate-its-entire-airbus-a380-fleet/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, John McCorriston, Ted Millward,
Reg Nerps, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
01/05/21 More4 1900-2000
"World's Greatest Shipwrecks: History Beneath the Waves" 1
02/05/21 Yesterday 1100-1700
"Railway Murders" Six episodes
03/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 6/15 Saxmundham to Dedham
03/05/21 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Cornwall's Most Scenic Railway Journey" Looe & St Ives branches
03/05/21 BBC1 2030-2200
"Sully: Miracle on the Hudson" 2016 movie
03/05/21 More4 2100-2200
"World's Greatest Shipwrecks: History Beneath the Waves" 2
04/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 7/15 Colchester to Chadwell
Heath
04/05/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
04/05/21 More4 2200-2305
"How to Build British: Aston Martin"
05/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 8/15 Potters Bar to Cardington
05/05/21 BBC4 2100-2200
"The 1951 Festival of Britain: Brave New World"
06/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 9/15 Sawbridgeworth to
Cambridge
07/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 10/15 Newmarket to Walsingham
07/05/21 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The World's Most Scenic River Journeys" 6/6 The River Shannon
07/05/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
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