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NETWATCH
First MTR South Western Railways contract
https://tinyurl.com/yg7x4nk4
Commemoration plaque for first black train driver at Kings Cross
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-59035203
Translink Vancouver 30 year plan
https://tinyurl.com/yg7xu849
Franklin Park's Railfan Park
https://tinyurl.com/yhz9gqpr
https://www.railfanguides.us/il/franklinpark/index.htm
Milw's Tower B-12: (Metra+CP)/Milw vs. IHB (Franklin Park Junction) +
CN/Wisconsin Central
http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2016/03/milws-tower-b-12-milw-vs-ihb-franklin.html
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
45627 Sierra Leone AKA 'Galatea' Tackles The Peaks Express!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf1qjlhezFQ
An hour of ACTION! Basford Hall, CREWE, 20th October 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpm_WqB64yM
45627 Sierra Leone Through Chesterfield 24/10/21 (Jubilee Class 45699
GALATEA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm3yK9KVB9w
Middleton Railway, North Eastern Weekend, 23rd October 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5vDS3UvVzE
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - 'Autumn Steam & Diesel Gala'
23-24/10/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO83kCaoksA
Isle of Man Steam Railway No. 13 Kissack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_yEnZNdaXM
One of Chile’s finest and most detailed private model railway layouts in
HO scale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wicX6mgCbHU
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
A deeper look at the Tube’s Spiral Escalator
https://www.londonreconnections.com/2021/a-deeper-look-at-the-tubes-spiral-escalator/
Here's when and how you can get 4G on the Glasgow Subway
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19679295.can-get-4g-glasgow-subway
A history of China’s first successful railway
https://tinyurl.com/yff5lc8u
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
3 Lightning Fast Norfolk Southern Trains! 2nd Train Is Must See Crossing
Bridge Over CSX Main Line!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHg9QzKq3sQ
The many, MANY failed VW Beetle Reboots!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ut7zFv7fUs
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Across Kazakhstan by rail – a photo essay
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/oct/22/across-kazakhstan-by-rail-a-photo-essay
Model Railroading with Jack Burgess: Layout Design Considerations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO1cy1SQ4OA
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IN THE NEWS
Budget 2021: English city regions to get £6.9bn for public transport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59017503
£11 billion of government support for railways
https://www.railjournal.com/financial/government-support-for-british-operators-nears-11bn/
https://tinyurl.com/yfgqfnet
Chancellor's rail investments mostly not new money
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2021/10/25-chancellors-rail-investments-mostly-not.html
Crossrail: Contractors to exit sites by end of year in bid to keep costs
down
https://tinyurl.com/ydr7s9bb
Inside HS2’s huge Euston construction site
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2021/10/26/inside-hs2s-huge-euston-construction-site/
RAIB review of Enfield Town buffer stop collision
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/buffer-stop-collision-at-enfield-town
Steam train to run through Southwest London
https://tinyurl.com/yebhwjb2
New interactive information screens trialled on GW main line
https://tinyurl.com/yhf9lc4s
Road and rail disruption after lorry hits bridge in Romsey
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-59079208
Seven abandoned railways set to follow Dartmoor line back into service
https://tinyurl.com/ygsvhy58
Mark 3 coach delivered to Waltham Chase school for use as a library
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-59007584
Report finds London North Eastern Railway can aid UK's pandemic recovery
https://tinyurl.com/yjjufyxm
East Midlands Railway auction old wagon raising £700 for charity
https://tinyurl.com/ygxvr43p
https://tinyurl.com/ykywcqql
West Midlands Trains cancellations to continue for months
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-59062041
Birmingham New Street station gets fast and free Wi-Fi
https://tinyurl.com/yzeepqoh
Councillors back bid for Crewe to be Great British Railways HQ
https://tinyurl.com/yjaqfjop
Campaigners fight to save the Monsal Trail from rail line plans
https://tinyurl.com/ydqn34ra
New intermodal service between Immingham and Doncaster
https://www.business-live.co.uk/ports-logistics/new-rail-freight-service-launches-21939246
Major step forward – Transpennine Upgrade
https://www.railengineer.co.uk/major-step-forward-transpennine-upgrade/
Northern conductor’s colourful railway paintings to go on display at
Harrogate station
https://tinyurl.com/yzbsogsd
ScotRail to provide more net zero carbon travel during COP26
https://tinyurl.com/yelejj8b
Calls for free train travel for young and old under nationalised ScotRail
https://news.stv.tv/?p=218494
Inside Central Station's third season release date confirmed by BBC
https://tinyurl.com/ye7hn3mk
Timetable changes would hit Kirkcaldy worse than any Scottish station,
politicians warn
https://tinyurl.com/ye68eksg
Trailer released for The Railway Children Return
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVNWZ5t0ZBs
Kitchen car fire on NYMR
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/19669810.firefighters-called-train-fire-grosmont-near-whitby/
Scotrail strike resolved
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59071375
The train will shortly be arriving in 1983: Britain’s biggest model railway
https://tinyurl.com/yjs8d7fg
Spanish rail reveals plans for high-speed London to Paris link
https://tinyurl.com/yjzbmdk3
Contract awarded for refurbishment of Normandy fleet
https://www.railjournal.com/fleet/sncf-awarded-normandy-fleet-renewal/
Skytrain extension along Broadway in Vancouver
https://tinyurl.com/yhcepxbr
MTA Metro North train information app
https://tinyurl.com/yzshc48j
Road flooded in Dorset due to preparations for demolishing former
railway bridge
https://tinyurl.com/ye32eu29
Improvement plan for bus services in the North East
https://tinyurl.com/yebu8ayw
Stagecoach bus strike in Scotland called off
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-59043254
Brexit sees Dublin Port UK traffic fall by over 20%
https://tinyurl.com/ydkaxgmp
Ryanair Boeing 737 Max delivery flight
https://simpleflying.com/ryanairs-impressive-9-hour-long-boeing-737-max-8-delivery-flight/
Industrial action suspended over Highlands and Islands air Traffic
Control dispute
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-59036886
MD-87 Crash Houston update 21 Oct
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du6tgqA9R1Q
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, John McCorriston, Reg Nerps, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
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)
30/10/21 Yesterday 0800-1200
"Steam Train Britain" 4 episodes
30/10/21 Yesterday 1200-1400
"The Architecture the Railways Built" 2 episodes
30/10/21 Yesterday 1400-1500
"Steam Train Britain"
30/10/21 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 10 episodes
31/10/21 Yesterday 1800-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground" 3 episodes
01/11/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" East Malling to Rye
01/11/21 Yesterday 1900-2000
"Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain" 2 episodes
01/11/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built" New series
01/11/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World" New Series
01/11/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Chris Tarrant's Extreme Railway Journeys" Timbuktu
01/11/21 Yesterday 2300-0000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
01/11/21 5 Select 2300-0000
"Ian Hislop's Trains that Changed the World"
02/11/21 5 Select 0000-0100
"A Year on the Yorkshire Steam Railway"
02/11/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Jarrow to Spennymoor
02/11/21 Yesterday 1900-2000
"Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain" 2 episodes
02/11/21 5 Select 1900-2000
"Ian Hislop's Trains that Changed the World"
02/10/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
02/11/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Chris Tarrant's Extreme Railway Journeys" Timbuktu
02/11/21 5 Select 2100-2200
"Walking Victorian Britain"
03/11/21 Yesterday 0000-0100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
03/11/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Northumberland
03/11/21 Yesterday 1900-2000
"Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain" 2 episodes
03/11/21 More4 2100-2200
"Britain's Scenic Railways" New series
03/11/21 More4 2200-2300
"The World's Most Famous Train" VSOE
03/11/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Train Truckers"
04/11/21 Yesterday 0000-0100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
04/11/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Falkirk to Dundee
04/11/21 Yesterday 1900-2000
"Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain" 2 episodes
04/11/21 Channel 5 2000-2100
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" 6/6 The North-east
04/11/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Hornby: A Model World"
04/11/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
04/11/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
05/11/21 5 Select 1900-2000
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" Ruabon to Barmouth
05/11/21 Yesterday 1900-2000
"Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain" 2 episodes
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EVENTS
If you would like to publicise an event here, please contact the editor
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
13/11/21- East Lancashire Railway: DMU Weekend
14/11/21
http://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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