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NETWATCH
Matlock Hall Leys Park Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQWR6ysgcl8
(Martin Miller)
Railways. Three Capitals Railtour 1996. Widow/Station views
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLcGqMqs8uo
Railways 1997, Busy times in Doncaster, Warrington and Lancaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QvlvH5654A
Railways 1996: South Wales Freight in busy times, 37/47/56/60s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETVuVC5-2lM
Railways. Rare trip through St Phillips Marsh Depot. August 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBe5G4KdI94
Railways 1995. Westbury, Bath, Newport, Barry, Cardiff Docks, Leicester
and Worcester
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd9OWCVM1mo
Railways at Barnetby 1997. Heavy freight and semaphores galore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lPheFMxqf8
(Mike Wilcock)
Beyer weed-killing train tested on SVR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B48FD6NNPJY
Finding the end of the Metropolitan Line
https://tinyurl.com/yzjzgfdv
Down Street, the secret station of the Piccadilly Line
https://tinyurl.com/yhodt3xc
Tour of the Kingsway Tram subway in London
https://busandtrainuser.com/2021/08/14/%F0%9F%8E%B5underneath-the-aldwych%F0%9F%8E%B5/
Archive film of the end of Australian main line steam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePpG4tVHSMQ
Pinzgauer Loakalbahn before recent flood damage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWl7tqRedTc
Just how hard is it to recycle a jumbo jet?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57983174
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Ffestiniog Railway July 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH6iuaYy67k
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway 14/08/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy7tlsIM8eU
Head, Wrightson & Co No 1 Coffee Pot - Beamish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJbtpDTp-2w
Great Central Railway, Steam ACTION, 'Railways at work' gala, 14th
August 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhO8ko5j-C4
35018 BIL The Waverley, KWVR, 15th August 2021
Weathering a Diesel Locomotive - Bachmann’s Class 40 - The Yorkshire
Dales Model Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrB1PID5LBg
Model Railway News, August 2021, Hornby Buys Oxford Rail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMuZvMFkLng
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
The Greatest Railway In the World - Metro in Tokyo Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t50ZeV5Er-U
A lawnmower tram - Kagoshima Shiden, the Kagoshima City Tram in Kyushu,
Japan
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/hobby/travel/20210816-OYT8T50027/
In Japanese - note the man with the broom to sweep up the bits missed by
the vacuum cleaner!
(Andrew Nummelin)
The Petite Ceinture: the battle over Paris's abandoned railway
https://tinyurl.com/yz8jbupj
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IN THE NEWS
More structures added to "blocking up" programme by Highways England
https://tinyurl.com/yzgzwk2o
Purfleet station to be rebuilt and level crossing closed
https://tinyurl.com/yejd2lo5
Narrow escape for jogger and cyclist at Canterbury railway crossing
https://tinyurl.com/yzelfj29
Reading Green Park to open Summer 2022
https://tinyurl.com/ygvoxyz8
New station building for Reading West
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-58231446
Level crossing collision near March
https://tinyurl.com/yz932juh
Start of work refurbishing March station
https://tinyurl.com/ygojc23m
Motorist fined £1000 for causing delays at Tallington Level Crossing
https://tinyurl.com/yjnzdoan
Plans for new footbridge at Dore and Totley
https://tinyurl.com/ydnq6vla
Network Rail completes major railway overhaul in Manchester
https://tinyurl.com/yfw6aj97
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure win contract to build new stations on
Northumberland Line
https://tinyurl.com/yfko9ot9
First trains travel on proposed Northumberland Line route
https://tinyurl.com/yhxrjt24
Peterhead branch reopening proposal
https://tinyurl.com/7vk8d9tv
Update on 89001 restoration
https://www.aclocogroup.co.uk/index.php/latest-news/130-update-on-89001-s-traction-motors
Canvey miniature railway closed due to vandalism
https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/19522492.canvey-model-railway-facing-closure-vandalism/
Collectors hail £250k ‘find of the decade’ in steam memorabilia left
behind by Peterborough fireman
https://tinyurl.com/ydr7zsx5
Increased Eurostar service
https://tinyurl.com/yj45xp49
DB Cargo drivers strike in Germany
https://tinyurl.com/yf9zbhsw
Krimml station and Pinzgau narrow gauge line damaged in floods
https://tinyurl.com/yjraguws
Kansas City - Southern reject latest Canadian Pacific bid
https://capital.com/kcs-board-rejects-cp-rail-s-latest-offer
Wrightbus to create up to 300 jobs in Ballymena
http://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2021/0817/1241217-wrightbus/
Threat of bus strike in Merthyr Tydfil
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58261359
Scottish distillery using whisky waste to fuel lorries
http://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2021/0811/1240290-whisky-lorries/
Southampton Spitfire testing shed: Calls to save building from demolition
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-58270135
New Quarrying "Centre of Excellence" in the Derbyshire Dales
https://www.quarrying.org/iq-news/new-centre-of-excellence-in-derbyshire-dales
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
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"
21/08/21 Yesterday 0800-1000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum
21/08/21 Yesterday 1000-1400
"Impossible Railways"
21/08/21 Yesterday 1400-1500
"Inside Central Station" Glasgow
21/08/21 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great British/Irish Railway Journeys" Several episodes
23/08/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
24/08/21 BBC4 1930-2000
"Pubs, Ponds & Power: the Story of the Village" Milton Abbas
24/08/21 5 Select 1700-1800
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" New Zealand
25/08/21 BBC4 1930-2000
"Canals: The Making of a Nation" Heritage
25/08/21 ITV 2000-2030
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport"
27/08/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Ian Hislop: the Trains that Changed the World" 3/4
27/08/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
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EVENTS
As things 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
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/
03/09/21- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Steam in the Valley
05/09/21
https://www.e-v-r.com
04/09/21- Mid-Suffolk Light Railway: Country Railway Gala
05/09/21
https://www.mslr.org.uk
05/09/21 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk
A full list of forthcoming RCTS meetings (virtual and physical)
https://rcts.org.uk/branches
Cheers, Howard.
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