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NETWATCH
Trains at Aachen West and Aachen Hbf November 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WMnHeItxG8
(Andrew Cook)
Closed Hampshire stations
https://tinyurl.com/y39mrsyx
Restored station at Clare, Suffolk
https://tinyurl.com/yxfc79xf
Historic Railway pictures from Leicestershire
https://tinyurl.com/y4kr39tu
First HST derailment at Northallerton in 1979
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/19745988.first-high-speed-train-derailment/
1960 repairs to a washout near Boston Bar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0lXnYAtmtI
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Bluebell Railway - 'Santa Specials' and 'SteamLights' 26-27/11/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogtmiKpmrDc
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway: 40th Anniversary Gala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x23XL5BBvl8
The Duchess Roams Through Winter Weather! 6233 Duchess of Sutherland
27th November 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASmEebooIrE
Preserved Steam Locomotives of Kitson & Company
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R1pxLDlm_s
The BIG November Update - Talyllyn Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwzLlCO9K50
Harzquer- und Brockenbahn zum 1. Advent 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPD5XdQWrj8
One of Germany’s most extraordinary HO Scale Model Railroad Layouts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHNdVXrOQ8
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
The London to Edinburgh train ride was once a thing of wonder. Can it be
again?
https://tinyurl.com/ygv4wmdk
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Moving B&O "President Washington" Steam Locomotive #5300! (B&O Railroad
Museum)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnZS9O3udnA
The Dangerous Processes of Manually Scrapping Gigantic Old Ships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuqcoLoOaoY
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Josie Meets The Viral Trainspotting Star Francis Bourgeois - This Morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqg3k9Ha8k0
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Moveable platform trial (in Japanese but watchable with sound off)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krWNv2Lg7JA
(Andrew Nummelin)
An update about progress with the FARSAP signalling film archive after a
tricky past 20 months
https://www.nrmfriends.org.uk/post/farsap-still-growing
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IN THE NEWS
Funding for Network Rail track upgrades could be reallocated to tackle
drainage issues
https://tinyurl.com/y4ul443o
Storm disruption to National NetworkRailways
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-59445737
https://www.islandecho.co.uk/island-line-trains-halted-due-to-obstruction-on-the-track/
https://tinyurl.com/yxkz8eyt
Meldon Viaduct may scupper mainline plans
https://www.princetown-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=440461
DCRail contract for sugar processing limestone
https://www.railfreight.com/railfreight/2021/11/26/sugar-sweet-success-for-dc-rail/
Expansion at Daventry Freight terminal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-59506997
Shocking footage shows deliberate level crossing misuse in Nottinghamshire
https://tinyurl.com/y6rhmn3o
West Coast main line clear for Christmas travel, but upgrades to follow
in New Year
https://tinyurl.com/y3usb3a5
Plans for new stations and lines in Lancashire railway overhaul
https://tinyurl.com/y6jfz2ak
Dormouse bridge across railway line could help save endangered species
https://tinyurl.com/y5gzcvqe
https://tinyurl.com/yygl25ve
https://tinyurl.com/y2e8hey2
Sellafield trains go hybrid
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sellafield-trains-go-hybrid--2
Northumberland's busiest train station revealed
https://tinyurl.com/y29fg6oz
Scotrail's 'Polar Express' train departs this weekend with Santa onboard
and games
https://tinyurl.com/yy3mtv6u
Preparatory work begins on new station at East Linton
https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/preparatory-work-east-linton
Network Rail to start improvement work on Stirling viaduct
https://tinyurl.com/y5ztoeo8
Lynebeg rail bridge successfully installed on Highland Mainline
https://tinyurl.com/y5734rqz
Transport for Wales introduce new trains to its network
https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/transport-wales-new-trains
New Stadler built units for Transport for Wales
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/first-look-inside-brand-new-22346809
Barmouth viaduct restoration extended as engineers discover damage much
worse than feared
https://tinyurl.com/yytnxbvr
Changes to Northern Ireland Railways timetable
https://tinyurl.com/y3zhxjbm
Tanfield Railway
https://tinyurl.com/y6a76wtx
Munich WW2 bomb blows up near station, wounding four
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59487910
Financial problems for Kenyan standard gauge line
https://tinyurl.com/y6ous3zd
The silk traffic across Canada
https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/transportation/canada-s-silk-road
Model train giant Hornby, based in Margate, hit hard by supply chain
problems
https://tinyurl.com/yyge7o6m
Bid to make Glasgow Subway free for under 22s
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19745466.bid-make-glasgow-subway-free-22s/
Australian tram services suspended
https://tinyurl.com/y2n4yrp8
Isle of Wight bus accident
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-59502195
Increasing costs of new Liverpool ferry terminal
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-59484031
History of cross Pacific ship Hikawa Maru
https://hikawamaru.nyk.com/
Paint problems on A350 airbuses
https://tinyurl.com/y5twy7yf
British Airways Prepares To Send The A380 Long-Haul
https://simpleflying.com/ba-a380-long-haul-preparations/
United Airlines Set To Relaunch Direct Flights To Scotland
https://simpleflying.com/united-airlines-scotland-relaunch/
Emirates And Singapore Resume Sydney A380 Flights
https://simpleflying.com/emirates-singapore-airbus-a380-flights/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, John McCorriston, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO
04/12/21 Yesterday 0900-1300
"Full Steam Ahead" 4 episodes
04/12/21 Yesterday 1400-1500
"Hornby: A Model World"
04/12/21 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" 10 episodes
04/12/21 Channel 4 1810-1940
"The Golden Age of Coach Travel"
04/12/21 BBC4 2030-2130
"The Golden Age of Coach Travel"
05/12/21 5 Select 2300-0000
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson"
06/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World"
06/12/21 BBC4 2200-2240
"Charles Dickens's The Signalman" 1976 adaptation
06/12/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Great British Railway Journeys" 2 episodes
06/12/21 5 Select 2300-0000
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways"
06/12/21 Yesterday 2300-0000
"Secrets of the Transport Museum
07/12/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
07/12/21 More4 2100-2200
"How to Build" Land Rover Defender
07/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Chris Tarrant Extreme Railways" Adelaide to Darwin
07/12/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Hornby: A Model World"
08/12/21 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the Railways" Norway's Nordland Line
09/12/21 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Hornby: A Model World"
09/12/21 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
09/12/21 5 Select 2200-2300
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Northern Belle
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