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Old Dalby test track
http://www.old-dalby.com
Autonomous self propelled wagons
https://www.intramotev.com
Delivery of Cape Gauge locos to Sandstone Estates
https://www.sandstone-estates.com/index.php/railway-heritage-58/3ft-6q-cape-gauge
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Southampton Dockside & Railway - 1958
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wzb9dJxtHY
LMS 6233 - The Duchess Is Back & At Speed! The Midland Bristolian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPpJXJISpF8
B12 Farewell: Last day in steam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHYZneVSwIM
Ffestiniog Railway Photo Charters - 31st October/1st November 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLP3deDSOUk
Mit Nostalgiezugreisen Volles Rohr durch Thüringen am 30.10.2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4j4dfyPlzc
Weymouth MRA Open Day 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CcakTZ0Tl0
Hornby - Pete Waterman Talks With Simon Kohler - Mind The Gap 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVn8m2Hk1iI
Amazing 3D Printed Model Scenery from West Hill Wagon Works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VqMy5SVfRw
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Southern Railway (USA) Still Serves the South
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu2Wrt4JlnM
Last of the Giants: The Cheyenne Shops - A 2005 Documentary About UP Big
Boy Operations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1im6rNbU34
Finding a Flat Spot on a Freight Car Wheel plus the Rails are Singing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbjHC1YzHWg
Re-arming a Wellington Bomber 1940s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NScptsa5zJA
The Cursed History of BSAA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR7xXIZnBOU
Ora Cat review: Britain's cheapest new EV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BvevMKcXmc
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
'I went to where the London Underground starts and it was the least
London thing ever'
https://tinyurl.com/yg7s2kje
Farewell to the Sherman Hill Route - Closure of the Forest Railroad
Theme Park At Dobwalls, Cornwall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0d8agU1q8Q
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IN THE NEWS
Network Rail and RIBA announce railway station design competition winner
https://tinyurl.com/yfztlc56
Government confirms Environment Bill will not apply to steam locomotives
https://tinyurl.com/yfttawov
https://tinyurl.com/yzn3l3nf
Storm disruption holds up COP26 travellers from Euston station
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-59110091
London Euston trains back on after Glasgow-bound COP26 delegates left
stranded
https://tinyurl.com/yzla9gs4
Signal sighting on SWR class 701 units affected by windscreen wipers
https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/train-drivers-refuse-test-brand-22001357
Isle of Wight rail line reopens 10 months after £26m overhaul
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-59117451
https://tinyurl.com/yf9kpd3l
Hidden London Hangouts D78 stock on the Isle of Wight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRi9xZvRhWs
Island Line closed due to cable fire
https://tinyurl.com/yj2kgzvx
Call for better co-ordination between railways and Isle of Wight Ferries
http://wig.ht/2oO1
Brockenhurst-Bournemouth closed for five weekdays of engineering work
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-59088516
Railway goods shed in Winchester set to be revamped
https://tinyurl.com/yers4ws5
Salisbury train crash: Service ran through red light after wheel slip
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-59130769
RAIB statement
https://tinyurl.com/yzo4ocbd
SWR comments on RAIB findings
https://tinyurl.com/ydvv7y3k
SPAD due to rail contamination suspected
https://tinyurl.com/yetmqwzt
Salisbury train crash: Driver suffers 'life-changing injuries'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-59116800
A30 London Road blocked while coaches are lifted out of Fisherton Cutting
https://www.wiltshirelive.co.uk/news/wiltshire-news/salisbury-train-live-crash-a30-6158879
Funding awarded for planning a new station at Corsham
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-59102850
Chiltern Railways introduce new service to reduce congestion
https://tinyurl.com/yjcwtcp9
Train driver jumps out of cabin to clear branches off tracks himself
https://tinyurl.com/yedfktd2
East Midlands Railway’s Nottingham depot undergoing £2 million upgrade
https://tinyurl.com/ykyjjq9c
Rossendale Council successfully bid for restoration of Manchester rail link
https://tinyurl.com/yez9fva9
Second platform to be reopened at Castleford
https://tinyurl.com/yjowjypz
Hitachi Rail strike deal with ScottishPower over renewable supply
https://tinyurl.com/yf4ys8zx
Green train goes Forth to mark COP26 in Glasgow
https://tinyurl.com/yesqqkl3
Deer leaps to avoid train danger
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/deer-leaps-to-avoid-train-danger
https://tinyurl.com/yz2ck7fw
Severn Tunnel Flooded
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-59098786
Cab of Class 58 locomotive up for auction
https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2021/11/cab-of-class-58-locomotive-up-for-auction.html
Red Funnel temporary change of Berth at Southampton for linkspan repairs
https://tinyurl.com/yhxrbaoh
Boats remain stranded by Millennium Bridge in Gosport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-59118489
Uproar over ferry timetable change
https://tinyurl.com/yzwfav2u
Locals fear possible demolition of Queen Mary
https://wp.me/p5kxuC-6KQ
Southampton Spitfire Flight Shed: Building set for demolition
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-59147414
COP26: Aircraft carrying world leaders excite planespotters
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59114688
Fawley Power Station: Chimney demolished as part of redevelopment
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-59108792
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, John McCorriston, Reg Nerps, Alan
Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
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
06/11/21 Yesterday 0900-1300
"Secrets of the Transport Museum" 4 episodes
06/11/21 Yesterday 1300-1400
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
06/11/21 Yesterday 1400-1500
"Hornby: A Model World"
06/11/21 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 10 episodes
07/11/21 5 Select 1600-1800
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" 2 episodes
07/11/21 5 Select 1800-2100
"Lighthouses: Building the Impossible" 3 episodes
07/11/21 Yesterday 2300-0000
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
08/11/21 Yesterday 0000-0100
"Hornby: A Model World"
08/11/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Dundee to Aberdeen
08/11/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built" New series
08/11/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World" New Series
08/11/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Chris Tarrant's Extreme Railway Journeys" Baltic States
08/11/21 5 Select 2200-2300
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" Australia
08/11/21 Yesterday 2300-0000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
08/11/21 5 Select 2300-0000
"Ian Hislop's Trains that Changed the World"
09/11/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Lossiemouth
09/11/21 5 Select 1900-2000
"Ian Hislop's Trains that Changed the World"
09/10/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
09/11/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Chris Tarrant's Extreme Railway Journeys" Baltic States
09/11/21 5 Select 2100-2200
"Walking Victorian Britain"
10/11/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Cornwall (1)
10/11/21 More4 2100-2200
"Britain's Scenic Railways" New series
10/11/21 More4 2200-2300
"The Great Train Robbery: the Hidden Tapes"
10/11/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Train Truckers"
11/11/21 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Cornwall (2)
11/11/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Hornby: A Model World"
11/11/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
11/11/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
11/11/21 5 Select 2225-2325
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Taiwan
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EVENTS
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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
20/11/21 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk
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