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NETWATCH
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway August Diesel Gala 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwryO6LL6jY
Kettering Station with diesel and electric
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQq4DfAB5eQ
Corby Station in the electric era
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x2ZzC_ahhc
(Martin Miller)
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway August Diesel Gala 2021
https://www.flickr.com/photos/26690797@N02/albums/72157719665534172
(Neil Ferguson-Lee)
GWS blog on locomotives in wartime service
https://didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/product.php/78/going-loco
Tales of Isle of Wight railway tunnels
https://tinyurl.com/yzrjavoy
Amberley Chalk Pits museum steaming dates
https://www.amberleymuseum.co.uk/whats-on/steam-dates/
Sandtoft Trolleybus museum events
https://tinyurl.com/yjaqul3l
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
LMS 45627 Takes Thirteen over the S&C on The Pendle Dalesman 10/8/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jigbsSyUGW4
Garratt 130 at work on the Welsh Highland Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEoZ8NV7AUY
Severn Valley Railway - 'Vintage Transport Extravaganza' 08/08/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuN6Y6zV9rQ
View from Grosmont Signal Box of 9F, S15, Class 25 & 37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slqJ1sPEjc4
Middleton Railway, 2387 Brookes No. 1, 8th August 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMpFzu5ZlS4
Trago Mills Model Railway Exhibition - 05/08/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3CqzvBOtcU
Trains in the Cathedral! Pete Waterman's NEW 'Making Tracks',
Exhibition, Chester
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb-MLkb7eCA
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
The Okehampton Line Reinstatement
https://www.txmplant.co.uk/case-studies/the-okehampton-line-reinstatement/
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IN THE NEWS
Network Rail acceptance for Tratos aluminium stranded conductors for
electrified lines
https://railuk.com/?p=108960
New chapter in the story of the Night Mail as freight train travel
enters a new era
https://tinyurl.com/yhxmq88h
Paddington Crossrail station handed over to TfL
https://tinyurl.com/ydl6r5ag
Alstom to upgrade South Western Railway class 458 units
https://tinyurl.com/ygvwb4fl
Line closure at Bearstead for soil nailing
https://tinyurl.com/yz8qnemj
Call to reopen local stations around Bath
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/calls-reopen-baths-lost-railway-5752661
Bristol East Junction track upgrade work reaches halfway point
https://tinyurl.com/ygst9q4z
Married on a Pendolino
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-58173130
New £157m Chelmsford railway station makes progress
https://tinyurl.com/yhuhwpy8
GBRf HQ and control office opened in Peterborough
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2021-08-11/3-million-railway-hq-opens-in-peterborough
Action group calls for a return of the railway to Monsal Trail
https://tinyurl.com/yggam6ee
Footpath crossing near Mexborough replaced by footbridge
https://tinyurl.com/ygvwb4fl
Line blocked at Warrington Central by collapsed scaffolding
https://tinyurl.com/yjku7tm3
Dalmuir tunnel blocked by flood water
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/floods-turn-railway-line-canal-24712876
Pullman Rail Limited purchased by Transport for Wales
https://news.tfw.wales/news/transport-for-wales-signs-deal-to-purchase-pullman-rail-limited
Formal approval for test centre on the site of Onllwyn colliery
https://www.railjournal.com/news/formal-approval-for-welsh-test-track/
Bank Holiday steam event planned at Swanage
https://tinyurl.com/yzl23qq2
L92 and Prairie 5521 to visit Epping and Ongar line
https://tinyurl.com/yzxlmwhk
TR Edward Thomas to visit Corris Railway
https://tinyurl.com/yhutkkug
Dutch passenger numbers halved by Covid 19
https://tinyurl.com/yhlobbex
Order for more nightjet stock from OBB
https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/126711/obb-nightjet-siemens-order/
Canadian Pacific and Canadian National bid for Kansas City Southern
https://capital.com/canadian-railway-makes-bid-for-us-line-sending-shares-upward
Edinburgh Council warned 'history repeating itself' after £6m tram overspend
https://tinyurl.com/yfu8ymly
Tampere tram network opens early
https://tinyurl.com/yk6b7hra
Fatal accident in Victoria bus station
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58097961
Behind the scenes of Hindhead road tunnel
https://tinyurl.com/ygga6z6q
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price
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TV and RADIO
13/08/21 5 Select 2000-2100
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson"
13/08/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Ian Hislop: the Trains that Changed the World"
13/08/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
14/08/21 Yesterday 1000-1200
"Full Steam Ahead" Four episodes
14/08/21 Yesterday 1200-1400
"Impossible Railways"
14/08/21 Yesterday 1400-1500
"Inside Central Station" Glasgow
14/08/21 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Several episodes
15/08/21 Talking Pictures 1900-1725
"Night Mail" (1936)
15/08/21 4Seven 2200-2335
"Guy Martin: The World's Fastest Electric Car?"
16/08/21 BBC4 1930-2000
"Pubs, Ponds & Power: the Story of the Village" Port Isaac
16/08/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
16/08/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"The Railway Killers" 1/3
16/08/21 ITV 2245-2310
"Guy Martin: The World's Fastest Electric Car?"
17/08/21 5 Select 1900-2100
"How the Victorians Built Britain"
17/08/21 BBC4 1930-2000
"Pubs, Ponds & Power: the Story of the Village" Lavenham
17/08/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"The Railway Killers" 2/3
17/08/21 Paramount Network 2100-2200
"Concorde: 120 Seconds to Disaster"
18/08/21 BBC4 1930-2000
"Pubs, Ponds & Power: the Story of the Village" London
18/08/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"The Railway Killers" 3/3
20/08/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Ian Hislop: the Trains that Changed the World"
20/08/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
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EVENTS
As things gradually return to normal, I expect this section will begin
to expand again - if you would like to publicise an event here, please
contact the editor
15/08/21 Mid-Suffolk Light Railway: Steam Day
https://www.mslr.org.uk
21/08/21 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk
21/08/21 Imberbus - London buses to Imber across Salisbury Plain
https://imberbus.org/
22/08/21 Mid-Suffolk Light Railway: Steam Punk Day
https://www.mslr.org.uk
27/08/21- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: 46th Island Steam Show
30/08/21
http://iwsteamrailway.co.uk
28/08/21 Apedale Valley Light Railway: Leafers at t'pit (Land Rover
gathering)
https://avlr.org.uk/
28/08/21 Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway: Keeping the Pace(r) Gala Day
https://www.llanellirailway.co.uk/
28/08/21- Leek & Rudyard Railway: Sweet Treat Trains
30/08/21
http://www.rlsr.org/
29/08/21 Apedale Valley Light Railway: Transport Show
https://avlr.org.uk/
29/08/21- Mid-Suffolk Light Railway: Model Mania & Hornby Collectors
30/08/21
https://www.mslr.org.uk
30/08/21 Apedale Valley Light Railway: Classic Cars and Steam Trains Day
https://avlr.org.uk/
A full list of forthcoming RCTS meetings (virtual and physical)
https://rcts.org.uk/branches
Cheers, Howard.
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