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NETWATCH
Restoration of Barmouth Bridge
https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/restoring-barmouth-bridge-to-its-former-glory
100 years of "Stand on the Right" on London Transport escalators
https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/londoners-always-stand-right-london-17666743
Princess Flying boats
https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/19551060.princess-flying-boats-familiar-sight-cowes-years/
Forty Years of BAe146
https://simpleflying.com/british-aerospace-146-40-years/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Tokyo Reborn: Shibuya - Transforming a "Monster" (NHK Documentary)
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/4001401/
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
Union Pacific "Big Boy" No. 4014 crossing Lake Houston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0GkhLDQlZk
Will it make it through the curve? Short chase of Big Boy 4014 to Duluth, MN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAlK61l6yQI
(Spotter: Barry Knapper)
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IN THE NEWS
Rail industry urges workers not to spurn the train
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58502589
HS2 loses large amount of potentially highly polluting bentonite
https://tinyurl.com/yk2l6fku
Cracking on Hitachi 800 class units
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-58494275
Thameslink services increased towards pre pandemic levels
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-58460572
Changes to South Western Railway off peak discounted fares
https://tinyurl.com/yh36ojxd
Cheap fares from new East Coast open access operator
https://www.thenational.scot/news/19563371.lumo-trains-edinburgh-london-launch-15-fares/
https://tinyurl.com/ygupy3ng
CCTV shows 'idiotic' drive down Birmingham rail tracks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-58479017
Wires down between Aston and Four Oaks on cross city line
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/cross-city-line-chaos-overhead-21526843
Pacer vehicle repurposed by Airedale Hospital
https://tinyurl.com/yhww9r2r
MerseyRail cleaners backed by MPs in pay dispute
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-58409925
New station for Renton
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-58488144
Preservation plan for swing bridge in Leith
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-58463366#
Lifting a KiwiRail diesel shunter out of Picton Harbour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xej7O4dcfs&t=43s
Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern start merger agreement
https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/119846/canadian-pacific-kansas-city-southern-merger/
3801 on tour April 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVtD2VdqFAc
London's Oyster card: Are its days numbered?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58197631
London Underground: Man died after falling into gap, RAIB finds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58407238
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/report-052021-fatal-accident-at-waterloo-underground-station
Photos of Whitechapel Elizabeth line platforms
https://tinyurl.com/yepz2r5n
Red Funnel Southampton check-in kiosk flattened by lorry
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-58467000
Cowes Floating Bridge: 'Serious engine fault' discovered
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-58479222
Cowes Floating Bridge: Replacement 'could take six years'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-58488584
Crash during Bournemouth airshow
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-58448700
Southampton - Salzburg British Airways service from December
https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19567333.british-airways-launch-route-southampton-salzburg
Farnborough 1952 air show crash victims remembered after 69 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-58468613
Which airlines still fly Boeing 727s
https://simpleflying.com/passenger-boeing-727s/
Dario Costa flies an aeroplane two tunnels near Istanbul at average
speeds of 245kph
https://www.redbull.com/ph-en/tunnel-pass-dario-costa-catalca-turkey
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin
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TV and RADIO
10/09/21 5 Select 1900-2000
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" France
11/09/21 Yesterday 0800-1000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum" 2 episodes
11/09/21 Yesterday 1000-1400
"Trains that Changed the World" 4 episodes
11/09/21 Yesterday 1400-1500
"Inside Central Station" Glasgow
11/09/21 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" 10 episodes
11/09/21 More4 2000-2100
"Guy Martin: Battle of Britain" 1/2
12/09/21 More4 2000-2100
"Guy Martin: Battle of Britain" 2/2
13/09/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" W Sussex/Hampshire
13/09/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built" New series
13/09/21 Yesterday 2100-2300
"Secrets of the London Underground" 2 episodes
14/09/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Dorset
14/09/21 5 Select 1900-2000
"How the Victorians Built Britain"
15/09/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Whitland to Swansea
15/09/21 ITV 2000-2030
"Heathrow: Britain's Busiest Airport"
16/09/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Cardiff
17/09/21 5 Select 1900-2000
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" India/Burma
17/09/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Lighthouses: Building the Impossible" India/Burma
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EVENTS
If you would like to publicise an event here, please contact the editor
10/09/21- Bluebell Railway: Beer Festival
12/09/21
https://www.bluebell-railway.com
10/09/21- Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway: Diesel Gala
12/09/21
https://www.chinnorraiway.co.uk
10/09/21- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Mixed Traffic Gala
12/09/21
https://www.kwvr.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- Helston Railway: Heritage Transport Weekend
12/09/21
https://www.helstonrailway.co.uk
11/09/21- Blaenavon Heritage Railway: Annual Steam Gala
12/09/21
https://www.bhrailway.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
16/09/21- Severn Valley Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
19/09/21
https://www.svr.co.uk/
18/09/21- Romsey Signal Box Open Day - Heritage Open Days
19/09/21
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk
18/09/21- Avon Valley Railway: 1940s Weekend
19/09/21
http://www.avonvalleyrailway.org/
18/09/21- Leek & Rudyard Railway: Steam Gala
19/09/21
http://www.rlsr.org/
23/09/21- North Yorkshire Moors Railway: Steam Gala
26/09/21
https://www.nymr.co.uk/
25/09/21- Epping Ongar Railway: Diesel Gala
26/09/21
https://www.eorailway.co.uk
25/09/21- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
26/09/21
https://www.gwsr.com/
25/09/21- Ribble Steam Railway: Steam Gala
26/09/21
https://www.ribblesteam.org.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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