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NETWATCH
Nottingham Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArkhVJRFaUM
Trams at Nottingham Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMJTO9s-d28
Trams at the Royal Centre Nottingham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeCbd04QSsU
Nottingham Trams at the Lace Market
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYIlmGOd94c
Nottingham Trams at Toton Lane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV7hZVp0GD8
(Martin Miller)
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Open Weekend Dunfermline August 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhhJWx-jpwQ
(Andrew Cook)
Weekday Cross Jn in the 1950s
https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/gallery/13-pictures-weekday-cross-days-5807668
Isle of Man Steam Railway summer 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efj-j7xRW4I
Positive Train Control fitted to Union Pacific Big Boy 4014
https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/big-boy-ptc-210819.htm
Around the world by Foden Steam Lorry
http://www.thesteammuseum.org/britannia.html
Crofton Beam Engines
https://www.croftonbeamengines.org/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The Fab Four! Flying Scotsman, Clan Line, Braunton & Mayflower - A Week
Of Steam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM5W7AvyGmQ
Midland Railway - 21st August 2021 - Derbyshire - England
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeUMPs64a5c
Steam RETURNS to LLangollen! 21st august 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiARvf-FVu4
The Greatest Station London Never Got: Farringdon Grand Central
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSEocYR23k
Another Rip-off? New EFE Rail Adams O2 Tank Engine - Unboxing & Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMRzNkvX-lI
Model Railway Exhibition - Summer Shows - Virtual Model Train Show -
Episode 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6RYtBW59Ww
Northampton and District Model Railway Exhibition 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6trDsryIyG4&t=19s
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Cab ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU-SAotxuFg
Last Electric America Freight Railway, Swapping Cars W/ Union Pacific
Railroad At Interchange!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWivy9t1T7Y
Train In The Middle Of The Road! Abandoned Railroad Crossing & Dangerous
Crossing With RR Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymo3FVcORko
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
The inventor of the ejection seat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-58274204
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IN THE NEWS
Majority of rail network "business as usual" over Bank Holiday weekend
as £90m upgrades to be delivered
https://tinyurl.com/yhamlxaz
Legionella found on Thameslink trains
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58298711
RMT strike action over Legionella on Thameslink trains
https://tinyurl.com/yjta6jey
Step free access provided at Southall
https://tinyurl.com/yewbgrak
Second unit delivered to Island Line
https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/19534618.video-new-island-line-train-arrives-isle-wight/
End of October suggested for reopening Island line
https://tinyurl.com/yhchgkzu
East Coast mainline timetable shake-up delayed until at least 2023
https://tinyurl.com/yhmf72w3
Derailment after level crossing collision near March
https://tinyurl.com/ydljvqrp
Reopened on Tuesday
https://tinyurl.com/yk4q547x
https://tinyurl.com/yhqab5tw
HS2 Birmingham to Leeds extension through Leicestershire dropped by
Government
https://tinyurl.com/yeb9zdcl
https://tinyurl.com/yf34b9xo
Arup and Fosters’ Leeds station plans in doubt as HS2 eastern leg faces axe
https://tinyurl.com/yhvsc2x8
Hensall track upgrades due over Bank Holiday weekend
https://tinyurl.com/yfyqcrnq
Next phase of Newcastle Central Station transformation due to begin in
September
https://tinyurl.com/yja9aoj7
ScotRail reintroduces First Class offering on board its trains
https://tinyurl.com/yj2ecu5g
Timetable woes for Borders Railway
https://tinyurl.com/yge24qr9
Bookshop at Wemyss Bay Station reopens after flood
https://tinyurl.com/ydvwrmhk
Work set to begin on Lanarkshire bridge with 'more hits than the Beatles'
https://tinyurl.com/yejkgdc4
Rail timetable changes under fire with Dunblane commuters set to see
service diverted
https://tinyurl.com/yebomp9p
Sir Nigel Gresley prepared for move from York to Crewe
https://www.sirnigelgresley.org.uk/news-a.shtml
Funding problems for Bredgar and Wormshill Railway
https://tinyurl.com/yf5m27zt
Cairngorm funicular to remain closed until autumn 2022
https://tinyurl.com/ye8fqnsg
Llangollen Railway trains vandalised with graffiti
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58339546
Level crossing misuse on Ffestiniog Railway
https://tinyurl.com/yh45a3xr
Mission: Impossible films Derbyshire quarry train crash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdsTwZhfEdI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npfsT6WWHYk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58271871
Step free access provided at Wimbledon Park
https://tinyurl.com/yg2zyhqz
London civil servant's bus odyssey sparks Twitter storm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58297172
German firm Navalue gets £375,000 to help with 'lessons learnt' new
Scots ferries concept
https://tinyurl.com/yeee64ex
Pilot Of Historic Air Force and Navy Training Plane Dies In Crash Before
Air Show
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/?p=550030
Sentence Handed Down After Panther Tank Removed from Pensioner’s Basement
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/?p=549416
Ever Given: Cargo ship returns through the Suez Canal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-58288512
Channel Light Vessel of Alderney replaced by buoy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-58284307
Light aircraft collision at Dunkeswell
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-58291102
RyanAir to withdraw from Northern Ireland airports
https://tinyurl.com/yfq8pvbe
Ferrybridge chimney stacks demolished in controlled explosion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leeds-58297602
Historic England: Seaside heritage sites given listed status
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-58307135
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
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"
28/08/21 Yesterday 0800-1000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
28/08/21 Yesterday 1000-1400
"Impossible Railways"
28/08/21 Yesterday 1400-1500
"Inside Central Station" Glasgow
28/08/21 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great British/Irish Railway Journeys" Several episodes
28/08/21 Channel 4 1620-1650
"Guy Martin's World Speed Records"
31/08/21 BBC4 1930-2000
"Canals: The Making of a Nation" Geology
31/08/21 5 Select 1900-2000
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Taiwan
31/08/21 5 Select 2000-2100
"How the Victorians Built Britain" Growth of the railways
31/08/21 Yesterday 2100-2300
"Secrets of the London Underground" 2 episodes
31/08/21 ITV 2245-2310
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport"
01/09/21 BBC4 1930-2000
"Canals: The Making of a Nation" Engineering
01/09/21 ITV 2000-2030
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport" New series
01/09/21 More4 2200-2305
"Scotland's Scenic Railways" East Fife
03/09/21 5 Select 1900-1930
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" France
03/09/21 5 Select 1930-2100
"USA by Train with Tony Robinson"
03/09/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Ian Hislop: the Trains that Changed the World" 4/4
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EVENTS
As things return to normal, I expect this section will expand again - if
you would like to publicise an event here, please contact the editor
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- Churnet Valley Railway: Rail Ale Trail
30/08/21
https://www.churnetvalleyrailway.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
10/09/21- Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway: Diesel Gala
12/09/21
https://www.chinnorraiway.co.uk
11/09/21- King Alfred Buses Heritage Weekend
12/09/21
https://www.kingalfredbuses.org.uk
11/09/21- Epping Ongar Railway: Steam Gala
12/09/21
https://www.eorailway.co.uk
11/09/21- International N Gauge Show
12/09/21 Warwickshire Event Centre
https://www.ngaugeshow.co.uk
12/09/21 Mid-Suffolk Light Railway: Steam Railway Day
https://www.mslr.org.uk
A full list of forthcoming RCTS meetings (virtual and physical)
https://rcts.org.uk/branches
Cheers, Howard.
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