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NETWATCH
The last diesel locos built in Darlington
https://tinyurl.com/y5ytva77
Daleks seen at Didcot Parkway
https://tinyurl.com/yychj64v
Tickets as Christmas decorations
https://tinyurl.com/y4fvkyzy
What happened to Stranraer after the ferries left?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-59262276
Farewell to the A380
https://www.airspacemag.com/airspacemag/farewell-giant-180978705/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
'Choppers' at Llandudno! Class 20s with 'The Jolly Slateman', 20th
November 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7HImCPSFd4
South Devon Railway - 'The Polar Express' 21/11/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jmp-9PWJVs
NYMR - Grosmont MPD end of season shunt for winter maintenance and shed
tidy up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qVsmrylXcQ
Winter Sun and Steam - GCR Last Hurrah 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB-n1Pq-Y3U
Lucie - Cockerill steam tram type IV Number 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFtnFgeW1Fo
Penworth Model Railway Layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj4Db5uwpaY
Bachmann Narrow Gauge Ffestiniog Railway Double Fairlie 'Livingston
Thompson'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuS59k6NAwU
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Heyday of Bristol's tram network remembered by collector
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-bristol-59325189
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
The Duchess takes Lickey with a bang!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwo2bJxuvdk
(Spotter: Barry Knapper)
Western Maryland Scenic Railroad:: Trial Run of 1309
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOwS_q-tT8A
Trio Of Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters Quietly Arrive At The US Air Force’s
Boneyard
https://tinyurl.com/yhcpa57u
Why has 'Trump Force One' been grounded for two years?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtVd07NjRwQ
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Interesting footage of the German narrow gauge Plettenberger Kleinbahn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXdYuh1tWyw
(Spotter: Kees Wielemaker)
The sleeper train that takes you from Central London to one of
Cornwall's most beautiful seaside towns
https://www.mylondon.news/whats-on/sleeper-train-takes-you-central-22237912
The part-time London Underground station where Tube trains can run to a
completely random timetable
https://tinyurl.com/yylrtd2t
The world's most beautiful subway and metro stations
https://tinyurl.com/y57lcn8e
The most overcrowded model train in the world, Living in a Museum, Room Tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNT0i3vtCKQ
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
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IN THE NEWS
Comments on the Integrated Rail Plan
https://tinyurl.com/y48dg368
Four Class 321 units being converted into express freight trains
https://tinyurl.com/yyeovljc
Freightliner withdraw all electric locos due to electricity price increases
https://tinyurl.com/y2qtaps2
Crossrail aims to start Trial Operations "within days"
https://tinyurl.com/ydoxjp63
Stratford overtakes Waterloo as Britain’s busiest railway station
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59414795
https://tinyurl.com/yxqnars8
London's least used rail station revealed with just 162 passengers the
whole year
https://tinyurl.com/y669lvc5
Rail upgrades set to begin in South London this weekend
https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/rail-upgrades-south-london
https://tinyurl.com/yyvowhb6
Progress at HS2 Superhub station Old Oak Common as construction of main
station box begins
https://tinyurl.com/y2z4xo28
https://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/19734114.work-underway-giant-station-box-old-oak-common/
HS2: Grant Shapps balks at betrayal claims over scrapped rail plan
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-593439
Appeal to find owner of WW1 medals found near Vauxhall station
https://www.forces.net/news/lost-wwi-medals-spark-online-search-owner
Refurbishment of Swanley station completed
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/dartford/news/station-opens-after-5-5-million-upgrade-257937/
Upgrading of Campbell Road bridge in Eastleigh
https://tinyurl.com/y4obs7gw
Southampton's Northam Rail Bridge: Plans for replacement unveiled
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-59414409
Wigan crane company in clear up of Salisbury collision
https://tinyurl.com/y5v62url
Traffic Management system trial on GW Main line
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/network-rail-traffic-management-system/
A new station for Torquay
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/torquay-getting-third-train-station-6231194
Go Ahead taken to court over overcharging across London Travel zone boundary
https://tinyurl.com/y37pplw9
Buffet in a disused signal box at Bodmin Parkway reopens after refurbishment
https://tinyurl.com/yxmnmw2l
Berney Arms: Quietest rail stop sees eight-fold passenger rise
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-59418071
Oxford-Cambridge arc reopening scheme could be dropped?
https://reaction.life/?p=32028
Ridgmont station gets tidied up to celebrate the 175th anniversary of
the Marston Vale line
https://tinyurl.com/y2up4hzq
Amey Rail fined £600,000 for health and safety breaches at Market
Harborough station
https://tinyurl.com/y3y87v62
Memorial plaque unveiled at Penistone Station
https://communityrail.org.uk/penistone-station-memorial-plaque/
Plan to convert Castlefield viaduct into a linear park
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-59401861
Track improvements at Bootle for Port of Liverpool
https://tinyurl.com/y2zeqloh
Hull electrification dropped
https://tinyurl.com/yyj7mz8f
Network Rail to carry out major revamp to Cramlington station footbridge
https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/work-cramlington-footbridge
https://tinyurl.com/y55mrdd5
8,000 tonnes of rock installed on Marches Line to prevent future washouts
https://tinyurl.com/y42gozwq
Freight operator in dispute over increased Wrexham-Bidston service
https://tinyurl.com/y6qdbrta
2025 remains the target for the opening of the West Clare Greenway
https://tinyurl.com/y3nooadp
Progress on reopening CP line between Kamloops and Vancouver
https://tinyurl.com/y4c228ux
CP route route to Vancouver reopened Tuesday
https://tinyurl.com/y6spawrq
Federal Regulators allow Canadian Pacific & Kansas City Southern
amalgamation
https://tinyurl.com/y3mp6o9y
KiwiRail Northland line rejuvenation
https://www.kiwirail.co.nz/what-we-do/projects/northland-rail-rejuvenation/
TfL crisis latest: entire Tube line may have to close and bankruptcy
notice issued
https://tinyurl.com/y5z7a4lp
London Underground strikes
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/network-rail-traffic-management-system/
Metro’s extension to Newcastle Airport celebrates its 30th anniversary
https://tinyurl.com/y2sugprq
Seaburn tram shelter on track for development after listed building
application submitted
https://tinyurl.com/y44zcn9k
Two years of Trams to Newhaven (Edinburgh)
https://tinyurl.com/y4maoq4w
New Electric Railway sign erected in Douglas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-59402869
New homes in England to have electric car chargers by law
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59369715
Northern Ireland to Scotland bridge plans scrapped
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59368707
Rolls-Royce says its all-electric aircraft 'is world's fastest'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-59359263
https://tinyurl.com/yjc96rr6
Rolls Royce deliver 1000th Trent XWB engine
https://simpleflying.com/rolls-royce-1000th-trent-engine/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
27/11/21 Yesterday 0900-1300
"Secrets of the London Underground" 4 episodes
27/11/21 Yesterday 1400-1500
"Hornby: A Model World"
27/11/21 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 10 episodes
27/11/21 BBC4 1910-1940
"Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age" 3/6 Iron & Steel
27/11/21 More4 2000-2100
"How to Build British: Caterham"
28/11/21 More4 2000-2100
"Britain's Scenic Railways" Ep 4 K&WVR
29/11/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World" New Series
29/11/21 5 Select 2200-2300
"Walking Yorkshire's Lost Railways"
29/11/21 5 Select 2300-0000
"Walking Cornwall's Lost Railways"
29/11/21 Yesterday 2300-0000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum
30/11/21 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Christmas on the Yorkshire Steam Railway"
30/11/21 More4 2100-2200
"How to Build British" Briggs Automotive Co
30/10/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
30/11/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Chris Tarrant Extreme Railways" The Congo
30/11/21 5 Select 2100-2200
"Walking Victorian Britain" Lancs & West Yorks
30/11/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Hornby: A Model World"
01/12/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the Railways" Harz Mountain Railway
02/12/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Hornby: A Model World"
02/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
02/12/21 BBC4 2250-2350
"Dial 'B' for Britain: the Story of the Landline"
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