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NETWATCH
Coaches to be reused as holiday homes
https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/upper-grove-farm-rendham-suffolk-holiday-lets-7975062
Dawlish Warren holiday coaches
https://tinyurl.com/ygggty8m
Soul of A Railway
https://sites.google.com/site/soulorailway/home
Trackless trams
https://theconversation.com/why-trackless-trams-are-ready-to-replace-light-rail-103690
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
British India Line Flattens Ais Gill - The Full Return Of Mainline Steam!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sQobCcbx_E
34028 "Eddystone" - first loaded test runs on the Swanage Railway 18/05/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_tcqtSrN-I
Beer Heights Light Railway - Pecorama - Trial Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_EMbgLK3aY
Shunting at Mid-Wales Steam Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFinxFGw5O8
Platforms, Tunnels, Bridges and Hills - New Layout - Part 2 - Yorkshire
Dales Model Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp2zo2xaQqs
1945s abandoned train restoration - Antique rusty locomotive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xag1LTQ704Y
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Tokyo Has Built The World's Best Subway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFpG3yf3Rxk
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
A Boeing 707 That Survived The ‘Black September’ Hijacking Spree Is
Getting Scrapped
https://tinyurl.com/yec2cfab
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
'My model railway is my little dream world'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leicestershire-57025809
Derby’s Museum of Making – read it and weep…
https://nielsenmcallister.com/news/derbys-museum-of-making/
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Driving Japan's first bullet trains
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-56918684
Drain-spotting: The people who keep their minds in the gutter
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-56281464
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IN THE NEWS
Better rail services promised in huge shake-up
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57176858
Concern about potential fare rises as government unveils rail changes
https://tinyurl.com/ye4r9kq8
Rail reform: What does the shake-up mean for you?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57187882
https://tinyurl.com/yeow6kby
Train travel shake-up as Network Rail is jettisoned - powers in Scotland
are limited
https://tinyurl.com/yzpmaelu
Great British Railway plan ‘could change a lot’ for plans to re-open
Scottish rail lines
https://tinyurl.com/zcnw27x8
Thousands of UK train services to be restored as Covid restrictions ease
https://tinyurl.com/ye7qmgnw
Some class 800 units re-enter service after safety checks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57100278
https://tinyurl.com/yzdlgpey
Photos of the cracking on class 800 units
https://tinyurl.com/yeelbcaq
https://tinyurl.com/yk2x4w4e
June closure for London Kings Cross as upgrade enters final stage
https://tinyurl.com/yftl5bde
Two railway bridges set to be replaced on same route in east Kent
https://tinyurl.com/yf6ngz9l
Hampshire coroner urges live rail warnings after teen death
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-57158300
Food on the move sponsored by SWR and Cross Country
https://tinyurl.com/yh3ntal5
Second unit shipped to the Isle of Wight, 18 May
https://www.flickr.com/photos/40172673@N03/51188311079/in/dateposted/
Network Rail finishes installing 11 miles of track on the Dartmoor Line
https://tinyurl.com/yz45jg59
Repair work planned on Reedham and Somerleyton swing bridges
https://tinyurl.com/yjvov3wx
Shorter road closures for rail tunnel repairs due to cancellation of
Burghley Horse Trials
https://tinyurl.com/ydvwnnjv
Northwich railway station roof collapse disrupts services
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-57157780
Malton railway station upgrade works begin
https://tinyurl.com/yky46vkq
Vital project at Northallerton station started by Network Rail
https://tinyurl.com/yhkc6pj9
Fresh Glasgow Queen Street plans include 'distinctive' entrance and
landscaped outdoor plaza
https://tinyurl.com/yg2l5cd7
Carnoustie residents plot level crossing fight back after ‘dishonest’
Covid-19 closure
https://tinyurl.com/2k3edp78
Bat boxes installed as work progresses on Levenmouth Rail Link
https://tinyurl.com/yf5nqfm2
Return of historic steam locomotive to Strathspey line after two decades
https://tinyurl.com/93fh76v8
https://thewatkinsontrust.blogspot.com/2021/05/first-days-in-steam.html
Financial support for Eurostar
https://tinyurl.com/yjx73mur
Drone footage shows fire and scale of massive train derailment in US – video
https://tinyurl.com/yzynw92n
The Waterloo & City to reopen in June
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57126731
First new trams for West Midlands Metro expansion delivered
https://tinyurl.com/yz74daox
Hythe ferry to resume
https://hytheferry.co.uk/
"No availability' is CalMac message
https://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/business/no-availability-is-calmac-message-3244382
Covid: First UK cruise since pandemic leaves port
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-57189645
Southampton port claims UK shore power first
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-57100815
Southampton welcomes largest UK cruise ship for naming ceremony
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-57133974
HMS Victory's lower mast removed for first time since 1894
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-57127277
PS Waverley leaves drydock for sea trials
https://waverleyexcursions.co.uk/waverley-emerges-from-dry-dock-as-covid-appeal-reaches-350000/
RMS Queen Mary in danger of sinking
https://www.foxla.com/news/historic-queen-mary-in-danger-of-capsizing-new-report-reveals
Ryanair posts record annual loss of €815m
http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/0517/1222018-ryanair-annual-results/
Could Spain Follow France With A Domestic Flight Ban?
https://simpleflying.com/spain-domestic-flight-ban/
Qantas’ Airbus A380 Returns To The Skies For Positioning Flight
https://simpleflying.com/qantas-a380-flies-again/
Qantas losses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57187882
Bloodhound rocket car stored in Coventry Museum as funding hunt starts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-57143170
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Brian Carter, Neil Kearns, Richard Maund, Reg
Nerps, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
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"
22/05/21 Yesterday 1600-2100
"Railway Journeys" Umpteen episodes
22/05/21 More4 2000-2100
"Scotland's Scenic Railways"
22/05/21 5 Select 1900-2000
"Scotland's Most Scenic Railway Journeys"
23/05/21 5 Select 2000-2100
"Flying Scotsman: Pride of Britain"
24/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 6/15
24/05/21 Channel 5 1900-2000
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys"
25/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 7/15
25/05/21 BBC2 1900-2000
"Britain's Biggest Dig: HS2" 1/3
25/05/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
26/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 8/15
26/05/21 BBC2 1900-2000
"Britain's Biggest Dig: HS2" 2/3
27/05/21 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 9/15
27/05/21 BBC2 1900-2000
"Britain's Biggest Dig: HS2" 3/3
28/05/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys"
28/05/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
28/05/21 5 Select 2200-2300
"Flying Scotsman: Pride of Britain"
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