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NETWATCH
37s Thrashing in the Valleys 1993!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6ip1NZZ_C4
Steam loco, Mallard, mainline at York. Oct.1986 plus NYMR Steam Specials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFcQXO_JOME
https://youtu.be/AQ-1WG9eOdA
Severn Tunnel Junction 67021 Pullman, EMU, Short HST, 67021, 68025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ-1WG9eOdA
SVR Shunter haulage and more at Autumn Gala 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajI2eIwwPBI
SVR Diesel Gala 2021, All stations; 10 different locos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjlQ47xBrkI
Newport Stations 3 Impressive moves worth a look?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGZZFNlpkrQ
(Mike Wilcock)
South Eastern Trains - or how to loose a franchise
https://tinyurl.com/yg579ra8
Werrington dive under
https://tinyurl.com/yj9t9mxz
Railfreight in the supply chain
https://tinyurl.com/yfame535
FR Gala weekend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddRV9R_STAg&t=76s
Photos from Kidderminster Railway Museum
https://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/19648040.age-steam-railway-region-remembered-lens/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
LMS 45596 'Bahamas' Heads Home! The Yorkshireman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOloLcHduBM
Stanier Power - Jubilees at work on the Mainline 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0HTvei5mB8
NYMR - A day at Grosmont MPD. A1 60163 'Tornado' arrives and GWR Saint
'Lady of Legend' trial run
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOHDEnylsHE
Ivatt 41312 on the ELR - 3P20 Parcels Group
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDNV2uHPw9Y
60009 'Union of South Africa' FINAL gala appearance!! East Lancs
Railway.16th October 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFwxRUnIIEg
Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways Bygones Weekend 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml7B5yYoxxw
Pete Waterman's Making Tracks model railway layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4Nuul0wT40
Is This TRS Trains Conversion The Next Advancement in Realistic Model
Locomotives?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr5zwKzmrYQ
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Military Railway Engineering: the role of 507 Specialist Team Royal
Engineers (online event)
https://tinyurl.com/yg3rkajb
Up in smoke: When Dundee’s last tram journey ended in a bonfire
https://tinyurl.com/yedstwsq
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
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IN THE NEWS
British supermarket chain keeps shelves stocked thanks to rail
https://tinyurl.com/yfe54wu6
Southeastern train services taken over by government
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-58939209
HS2 station at Euston to be scaled back
https://tinyurl.com/yz2x9tgx
Disruption caused by defective points at New Cross
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-58964711
Decision on Portishead branch delayed for 6 months
https://tinyurl.com/ygu9jaj3
Railway flooded at Hele and Bradninch
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/dramatic-pictures-show-train-tracks-6092944
Fraudster made £29,000 by selling fake first class LNER tickets on eBay
and Shpock
https://tinyurl.com/yebeaqcr
Removal of A14 viaduct over Huntingdon station
https://tinyurl.com/yh5psqen
Disruption due to OHLE failure at Cambridge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-58977469
Cost of removing infill from bridge at Great Musgrave
https://tinyurl.com/yglbumu8
Waverley Station's toilets must have Walter Scott spinning in his grave
https://tinyurl.com/yzdlmcqq
MSP takes East Kilbride rail track dualling battle to Holyrood
https://tinyurl.com/yj6kxeql
36,000 passengers use Kintore's new station in first year
https://tinyurl.com/3fh9t8r9
Inverness Airport Station build is underway
https://tinyurl.com/yk23tet9
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway re-opens after landslide
https://tinyurl.com/yhgmxjam
Suppliers chosen for fitting ECTS to heritage locos
https://tinyurl.com/yeh7dbok
Lottery Grant of £3.1 million for Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland
https://tinyurl.com/yjxqlu55
Garratt on test on Vale of Rheidol line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc0YwUI5VdA&t=7s
Rail Head Treatment Trains on London Underground
https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/secret-london-underground-trains-very-21900408
Depot upgrade at Cockfosters for the Piccadilly line's new trains
https://tinyurl.com/yfxz48p4
Washington DC withdraw part of fleet due to derailments
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/dc-metro-train-derailed-3-193845411.html
Tribute to Solent Blue Line co-founder John Chadwick
https://tinyurl.com/yjmt2m84
National Express takeover bid of Stagecoach
https://tinyurl.com/yzvjgdsd
FirstGroup announces £125m sale of its Greyhound bus service in the US
https://tinyurl.com/yzeyjvwn
Southampton-Isle of Wight ferries disrupted by three separate incidents
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-58997713
MV Argyll Flyer: Ferry to finally return this month
https://tinyurl.com/yh8jmq68
CalMac island vessel out of action for a week brings ferry route to a halt
https://tinyurl.com/yj8g893b
CalMac's oldest ferry withdrawn while trying to assist with another
breakdown
https://tinyurl.com/ygrtgwe4
First drawings of Scottish led hydrogen-powered ferry project completed
https://tinyurl.com/jt6psvyw
States of Guernsey write off Aurigny debt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-58928982
Tail of Spitfire shot down over Norway goes on display in Henley
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-58896152
Rolls-Royce Flies A Trent 1000 Engine On 100% Sustainable Fuel
https://simpleflying.com/rolls-royce-trent-1000-saf-boeing-747/
Pigs at Amsterdam's Schipol Airport help to keep skies safe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58928677
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO
22/10/21 5 Select 1900-2000
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways"
22/10/21 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Walking Cornwall's Lost Railways" New
23/10/21 Yesterday 0800-1100
"Steam Train Britain" 3 episodes
23/10/21 Yesterday 1100-1400
"The Architecture the Railways Built" 3 episodes
23/10/21 Yesterday 1400-1500
"Steam Train Britain"
23/10/21 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great British/Continental Railway Journeys" 10 episodes
23/10/21 Channel 4 1900-2000
"The Lancaster Bomber at 80"
24/10/21 BBC Radio 4 1945-2000
"Miss Bessemer Saves the Train" Saving the Bluebell Line 5/5
25/10/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Warwick to Radley
25/10/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built" New series
25/10/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World" New Series
25/10/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Steam Train Britain"
25/10/21 Yesterday 2300-0000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
25/10/21 5 Select 2300-0000
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" Japan
26/10/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Clivedon
26/10/21 5 Select 1900-2000
"Ian Hislop's Trains that Changed the World"
26/10/21 5 Select 2200-2300
"British Airways Then and Now"
27/10/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" West London
27/10/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Train Truckers"
27/10/21 Yesterday 2300-0000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
28/10/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Piccadilly to Gravesend
28/10/21 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" 5/6 Inverness-Wick
28/10/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Hornby: A Model World"
28/10/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
28/10/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
29/10/21 5 Select 1900-2000
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" Somerset & Dorset
29/10/21 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" Kent (new)
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EVENTS
If you would like to publicise an event here, please contact the editor
23/10/21- Dean Forest Railway: 50th Anniversary Gala
24/10/21
http://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk
24/10/21 Central Southern Gauge O Group: Model Railway Exhibition
Allendale Community Centre, Hanham Road, Wimborne, BH21 1AS
1000-1600, admittance £5, accompanied children free
6 finescale layouts, fine and coarse scale test track,
vintage tinplate layout,
8 traders, bring & buy stall and 4 railway societies, cafe
and ample parking
http://www.csg0g.org/
27/10/21- Winter Manx Heritage Transport Festival
31/10/21
http://www.rail.im
29/10/21- Watercress Line: Wizard Express
31/10/21
https://watercressline.co.uk/
30/10/21 Apedale Valley Light Railway: Halloween Spooky Specials
https://avlr.org.uk/
30/10/21- Leek & Rudyard Railway: Spooky Specials
31/10/21
http://www.rlsr.org/
30/10/21- Ribble Steam Railway and Museum: Spooky Trains
31/10/21
http://www.ribblesteam.org.uk
06/11/21 Leek & Rudyard Railway: Lake Fireworks
http://www.rlsr.org/
06/11/21- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway: 40th Anniversary Gala
07/11/21
https://www.gwsr.com/
07/11/21 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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