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NETWATCH
Public consultation on capacity increases at Ely and Ely Dock Jn
https://tinyurl.com/y7x5u8ce
Go-Op possible operations in Wiltshire
http://www.whitehorsenews.co.uk/blog/2021/05/11/rail-travel-boost-for-westbury-2/
Underground stock on test at Brading in 1966
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK9k8LUEvDI
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
2999 'Lady Of Legend' Final Severn Valley Trains!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka94Ec6_leA
Mid Hants Railway 'Watercress Line' - Spring Gala 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjLxttfnCXY
Swanage Railway Blue Timetable 09/05/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZG2u-8b5h0
Standard Swansong - 80104's last services on the Swanage Railway
10-11/05/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T38Gt92mZ3k
NYMR - Shadow Running with S15 825, DMU and Class 25 prior to re-opening
of railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9aifH3wt8
GWR 2-8-0 2884 class 3850
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNbHFc11zrI
Control Trains With Your Smartphone - Hornby HM6000 - Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbPf0jialM8
A Brand New Layout - Part 1 - Yorkshire Dales Model Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCec5OjzhCk
Small & Delightful - Model Railway Exhibition - Virtual Model Train Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWlCF-n0uus
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
HMS Victory Safely Berthed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujqUg2aTeqc
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
An illustrated guide to the Atomic Bombs
http://www.alternatewars.com/Bomb_Loading/Bomb_Guide.htm
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
'Talk to me': A train driver asking men to open up
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-57060971
New Friends of the Cromford Canal website
https://www.cromfordcanal.org/
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IN THE NEWS
Hitachi taking “safety first approach” to returning GWR and LNER fleets
to operation
https://tinyurl.com/yeqfmzb2
Rail minister urges safety plan as IET disruption goes on
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2021/05/10-rail-minister-urges-safety-plan.html
End of Hitachi trains crisis ‘a long way off’
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2021/05/12-end-of-hitachi-trains-crisis.html
GWR and LNER Class 800 trains can re-enter service with ‘thorough
inspections’
https://tinyurl.com/y9975f8n
East Coast return class 225 sets to traffic
https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/LNER-intercity-225-service
New identity for DRS
https://www.directrailservices.com/a-new-era-in-direct-rail-services-identity/
Crossrail begins testing trains on the Elizabeth line in London
https://tinyurl.com/yz3ryals
Derelict land in London turned into waste transport hub by Biffa and GB
Railfreight
https://tinyurl.com/yge7bwxs
Island Line train carriage surfaces on eBay with £32,000 asking price
https://tinyurl.com/yzvauo9z
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164860951539
Line closure between Maidstone and Ashford in August
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/rail-line-to-close-for-nine-days-247137/
GBRf sign contract for new container traffic between Felixstowe and Tinsley
https://tinyurl.com/y7fnj426
New lease of life for bikes abandoned at Southern railway stations
https://tinyurl.com/yzz6r6o9
Photos of track renewals at Watford Jn
https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/19290575.new-railway-track-installed-watford/
Jogger seconds from being hit by train on level crossing in Buckinghamshire
https://tinyurl.com/yatt6bad
HS2 make history as it launches first giant Tunnel Boring Machine
https://tinyurl.com/y838nsnf
https://tinyurl.com/yf6ava3y
Oxfordshire railway bridge set for restoration after emergency repair work
https://tinyurl.com/y9emfwhv
https://tinyurl.com/yax7skxb
East West Rail confirm possibility of two viaducts to be built in St Neots
https://tinyurl.com/yhkgw896
Buses to replace trains for weekend engineering works in the Anglia region
https://tinyurl.com/yc4u8tdc
Electric service to Corby starts next week
https://tinyurl.com/ybv8bo5z
Cattle on the line at Nuneaton
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-57032174
Aurora - A New Dawn - EMR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIol3Mzu6CU
More space for trains and passengers at Ribble Valley line station
https://railuk.com/?p=107531
Port of Workington time-lapse captures railway bridge overhaul
https://tinyurl.com/ybvtaqfz
North-east rail upgrades on track for 2026 completion
https://tinyurl.com/39yemrya
ScotRail adds more than 400 extra trains to timetable in May across Scotland
https://tinyurl.com/y7xvy35t
Cracks found on ScotRail class 385 units (Also built by Hitachi)
https://tinyurl.com/yjxv725c
North Ayrshire: New stations, railway lines and A78/A737 upgrades proposed
https://tinyurl.com/y73ktgje
West Highland Line service restored from next week
https://wp.me/p8db2r-5Av
Wales railway first: Work begins to lift bridge out of river flood zone
https://tinyurl.com/y8mo2qqw
AC loco group update on 89001
https://www.aclocogroup.co.uk/index.php/latest-news/129-89001-returns-to-barrow-hill
Life returning to Beamish Museum as bosses prepare to reopen indoor
attractions
https://tinyurl.com/ybol53gs
Clifden railway - An outstanding engineering accomplishment
https://tinyurl.com/y7bap9ex
SNCF to refuse trespass incidents for selfies
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57021801
Czech Railways order 180 coaches
https://tinyurl.com/yc3usaru
Tyne & Wear Metro’s new trains recreated in miniature with Meccano
https://tinyurl.com/yzhcvx5p
Trolley Museum in Washington breaks ground on Welcome and Education Center
https://tinyurl.com/ygneyh4y
Japanese transport group aims to set up public ropeway transit system by
2025
https://wp.me/pbXBSE-2gSQ
Greater Manchester mayor accelerates franchise bus network plan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-57056702
Dartmouth: WW1 submarine wreck given protection
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-57091381
MV Loch Seaforth ferry expected to be back in service
https://tinyurl.com/yg4k44sx
Maid of the Loch paddle steamer won’t reopen to public until 2022
https://tinyurl.com/ygj7n9hh
Fresh fears for Queen Mary amid claims 'urgent' repairs remain outstanding
https://tinyurl.com/yfefuc5h
Boeing's 737 Max aircraft under scrutiny again
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57028687
Hackers Have Affected US Airline Operations By Blocking A Pipeline
https://simpleflying.com/us-airline-fuel-pipeline-hackers/
The Museum of Making is opening on 21 May 2021
https://www.derbymuseums.org/museum-of-making/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin
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TV and RADIO
14/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 15/15 Aberystwyth to Newtown
14/05/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" 1/4 New Zealand
14/05/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
14/05/21 5 Select 2200-2300
"Walking Britain's Roman Roads"
15/05/21 Yesterday 1600-2100
"Railway Journeys" Umpteen episodes
15/05/21 Paramount Network 1925-2200
"Battle of Britain" 1969 Movie
16/05/21 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Warbird Workshop" Westland Wessex
16/05/21 5 Select 1800-1900
"Secrets of SS Great Britain"
16/05/21 Yesterday 1900-2000
"Warbird Workshop" USAF Aeronca Defender
16/05/21 5 Select 1900-2000
"HMS Belfast: WW2's Great Survivor"
16/05/21 Channel 4 1930-2100
"Titanic: Into the Heart of the Wreck"
16/05/21 More4 2100-2205
"Titanic: a Dead Reckoning"
16/05/21 ITV 2315-0015
"Trevor McDonald's Indian Train Adventure" 1/2
17/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 1/15 Biggin Hill to Ashdown
Forest
17/05/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Canal Boat Diaries" 1/5 Shardlow to Stoke-on-Trent
17/05/21 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Wales's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" 4/6 North Wales
17/05/21 BBC4 2100-2200
"Classic British Cars: Made in Coventry"
17/05/21 More4 2100-2200
"World's Greatest Shipwrecks: History Beneath the Waves" 4
17/05/21 More4 2200-2305
"Ghosts of the Deep: Ancient Shipwrecks" 2/2
18/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 2/15 Hassocks to Benenden
18/05/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Canal Boat Diaries" 2/5 Froghall to Bugsworth Basin
18/05/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
18/05/21 More4 2200-2305
"How to Build: Maserati"
19/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 3/15 Rye to Dungeness
19/05/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Canal Boat Diaries" 3/5 Marple to Huddersfield
19/05/21 BBC4 2000-2100
"Skies Above Britain" 2/5 Conquering the skies
19/05/21 BBC4 2100-2200
"Blitz: the Bombs That Changed Britain" 2/4
19/05/21 BBC4 2200-2300
"Cold War, Hot Jets" 1/2
19/05/21 BBC4 2300-0000
"Classic British Cars: Made in Coventry"
20/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 4/15 Deal to Margate
20/05/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Canal Boat Diaries" 4/5 Sowerby Bridge to Manchester
21/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 5/15 Herne Bay to Leeds Castle
21/05/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" 2/4 Taiwan
21/05/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
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EVENTS
Hopefully, things will gradually return to normal over the next few
weeks, so I expect this section will begin to expand again - if you
would like to publicise an event here, please contact the editor
13/05/21- Severn Valley Railway: Spring Diesel Bash
16/05/21
https://www.svr.co.uk/SEItem.aspx?a=177
A full list of forthcoming RCTS virtual meetings
https://rcts.org.uk/branches/
Cheers, Howard.
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