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NETWATCH
Newport Station in busier times; 40 movements in 20 mins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86VCTz7LVGE
Railways 1991/2012 Tondu. 1st DMU, Freight and Railtour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MfGYos2FbU
Railways. 1990 December at SVR in heavy snow!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm0Kn9xx_6M
Steam at Pontypool and Blaenavon. Sept 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbp8OXF8iLw
Railways 2021; 20 movements on GWR where it's always hot and
sunny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FYa0c7wBIU
Barry Railway, big changes at the Waterfront 2021v2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc_q4Wx1jGU
Gwili Railway with London Transport L92 in steam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32PC-n7LBG8
Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway 3 x 2 car DMU event
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5OrbqztMz8
Railways in Cardiff/Newport. 8 hours edited down to 20 mins!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW0dNH0SvEA
Our layout latest. Hornby 00 gauge Yellow Submarine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjL7Vp2KV2A
(Mike Wilcock)
Rebuilding drainage in Cowburn Tunnel
https://tinyurl.com/yehm5gkk
The quietest underground station
https://tinyurl.com/ygp5g7lo
Filisur station web cam
https://en.swisswebcams.ch/webcam/1099128193-Bahnhof-%280-Filisur%29_Weather
Landwasser viaduct web cam
https://en.swisswebcams.ch/webcam/1489597627-Landwasser-%280-Berg%C3%BCn-Filisur%29_Weather
New book on Canadian Pacific - Canadian Pacific Trackside - John
Cowan
https://tinyurl.com/ye6me57e
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Great Western Black! Pitchford Hall & Double Hawksworths -
The SVR Autumn Gala 21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUjW2OpgDtM
Early morning steam at Bridgnorth and a gorgeous SUN RISE! 18th
September 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0ZkkfVD5z0
SR 35018 Gets into Trouble on The Pendle Dalesman 21/9/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWbfN7qJkvY
NYMR - Lucie and the Saint arrive for Autumn gala. J27 and 825
head off for service and 37 passes 8F
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAJMMRv2GjM
The Decapod: Better than the Underground?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9FbPF4DKw
Vale of Rheidol Railway September 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QucCSdvFYKc
Brockwell layout update 20 09 21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1XmiKT01uA
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
'Stunning' finds on Scotland's earliest railway
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-58624721
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Leek & Rudyard Railway Steam Gala 18th September 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqWq6jKURxw
(Spotter: Barry Knapper)
How we Mapped an Abandoned Railway Tunnel. The Garnddyrys Tunnel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ttOEspQQjI
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
Bennerley Viaduct: New cycling route planned to connect bridges
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-58597352
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IN THE NEWS
Rail freight has never been more crucial
https://tinyurl.com/yjownbu7
Rail freight moved across Britain’s railway returns to
pre-pandemic levels
https://tinyurl.com/yh84l24q
British Rail logo designer appalled by green makeover ‘mess’
https://tinyurl.com/yjgnwuwq
Great Northern class 717 unit tested on Thameslink ECTS
https://tinyurl.com/yfdp24nw
Isle of Wight rail line set to reopen after 10-month closure
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-58651466
https://tinyurl.com/ygtxpw84
Good Neighbourhood Awards 2021 winner transforms Hedge End
station
https://tinyurl.com/yh8gxo7a
Warning of increased train movements on Okehampton line
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/safety-warning-issued-trains-begin-5935548
Victorian ticket ledger found at March railway station
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-58657984
https://tinyurl.com/ygpdb674
Derby train firm drops competition prize because public's ideas
were so rubbish
https://tinyurl.com/yeqpoe65
Cutting repairs at Cumwhinton on Settle & Carlisle line
https://tinyurl.com/yj7262zs
Grange over Sands given best small station award
https://tinyurl.com/yz4qqwdr
Reductions to services between Hull and Bridlington from
December
https://tinyurl.com/yg6gapmj
Low speed collision at Grosmont - RAIB investigating
https://tinyurl.com/yforxeao
Second Northumberland Line station gets approved
https://tinyurl.com/yh7mpzxp
Railhead treatment plans for Scotland
https://tinyurl.com/yf7ntm8a
Proposed cuts to Borders Railway service
https://tinyurl.com/yzzxgezu
Crumbling wall at Froig above Cambrian Coast Line
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58615510
Coach delivered to West Bay restaurant
https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/19592506.station-kitchen-west-bay-obtains-second-carriage/
Mission Impossible carriage accidentally crashes into Derbyshire
railway bridge
https://tinyurl.com/yeeya6t8
The carriage was already damaged during filming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekwch9itxaQ
Collision at North Yorkshire Moors Railway
http://newrytimes.com/?p=76959
Remains of early Scottish waggonway discovered
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-58624721
Garratt K1 returns to Welsh Highland Railway
https://tinyurl.com/yjounkka
Navan commuters waiting on Dublin train for 25 years
https://tinyurl.com/yf4jfy8k
Guinness grain van restored after brush with destruction in 1978
Whitehead blaze
https://tinyurl.com/ydpmns3w
All Ireland Rail review
https://tinyurl.com/yfd3289x
Unveiling TGV Modular
https://tinyurl.com/yj8amqch
China to Laos line to open in December
https://tinyurl.com/yfd3289x
Unveiling the next generation of French high-speed trains
https://tinyurl.com/yj8amqch
Northern Line extension: Two new Tube stations open
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58621491
20,000 passengers travelled on Battersea power station branch on
opening day
https://tinyurl.com/yhtgnltb
Man's hidden Hornby model railway collection fetches £21k
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-58668109
Double-decker bus crashes into Crouch End house
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58585495
Ullswater Steamers and Eskdale & Ravenglass Railways receive
highest level Green at Heart Award
https://tinyurl.com/yea27hwx
'Only travel if necessary': Warning as one of CalMac's oldest
ferries remains out of action
https://tinyurl.com/yk3ng2e4
Three CalMac vessels sidelined in a day - including an
'emergency' charter for a second time
https://tinyurl.com/yk5bshhg
How to arrange an RAF fly past
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/09/23/how-to-request-your-very-own-red-arrows-flypast/
British Airways Suspends Short-Haul London Gatwick Operation
https://simpleflying.com/british-airways-london-gatwick-short-haul-suspended/
Airbus To Offer Blackout Dimmable A350 Windows – Controlled Via
A Tablet!
https://simpleflying.com/airbus-a350-dimmable-windows/
How Rolls-Royce Solved its Trent 1000 Issues
https://simpleflying.com/rolls-royce-trent-1000-solved/
Why Embraer’s New Turboprop Has Its Engines At The Back
https://simpleflying.com/embraer-turboprop-rear-engines/
Aluminium recycling plant plans approved
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn47q0eerd2o
Spotters: Ann Aldred, Richard Buckby, Brian Carter, Neil Kearns,
Ted Millward, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO
24/09/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Lighthouses: Building the Impossible" Bell Rock
24/09/21 Yesterday 2200-0000
"Train Truckers" 2 episodes
25/09/21 Yesterday 0800-1000
"Train Truckers" 2 episodes
25/09/21 Yesterday 1000-1500
"The Architecture the Railways Built" 5 episodes
25/09/21 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" 10 episodes
25/09/21 More4 1855-2000
"Inside the Spitfire Factory " Ep 1
25/09/21 More4 2000-2100
"Inside Rolls Royce" The car factory
26/09/21 Channel 5 1840-2000
"Ten Mistakes That Sank the Titanic"
26/09/21 BBC Radio 4 1945-2000
"Miss Bessemer Saves the Train" Based on a true story
1/5
27/09/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Leeds/Bradford
27/09/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built" New series
27/09/21 Yesterday 2100-2300
"The Architecture the Railways Built" (Rpt)
28/09/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Nottinghamshire
29/09/21 BBC4 2130-2200
"Tornado: the 100mph Steam Engine"
30/09/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Liverpool to North
Wales
30/09/21 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" 1/6
Australia
31/09/21 5 Select 1900-2000
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways"
31/09/21 5 Select 2000-2100
"Building the Ultimate Super Train"
31/09/21 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Lighthouses: Building the Impossible" Fastnet
31/09/21 Yesterday 2100-2300
"Train Truckers" 2 episodes
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EVENTS
If you would like to publicise an event here, please contact the
editor
23/09/21- North Yorkshire Moors Railway: Steam Gala
26/09/21
https://www.nymr.co.uk/
25/09/21- Lynton & Barnstaple Railway: Steam Gala
26/09/21
https://www.lynton-rail.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
30/09/21- Severn Valley Railway: Autumn Diesel Gala
03/10/21
https://www.svr.co.uk
30/09/21- Great Central Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
03/10/21
https://www.gcrailway.co.uk
01/10/21 West Somerset Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
03/10/21
https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
02/10/21 Apedale Valley Light Railway: Steam Gala
03/10/21
https://avlr.org.uk/
02/10/21- The Dartmoor Line: Okehampton Rail 150
03/10/21
https://dartmoorline.com/150th/
03/10/21 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk
08/09/21- Bluebell Railway: Giants of Steam
10/09/21
https://www.bluebell-railway.com
08/10/21- Epping Ongar Railway: LT Weekend
10/10/21
https://www.eorailway.co.uk
08/10/21- Ffestiniog Railway: Bygones Weekend
10/10/21
https://www.festrail.co.uk
09/10/21- Solent Sky Tram Event
10/10/21
https://www.solentsky.org/
Cheers, Howard.
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