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Stockton and Darlington 200 proposals
https://tinyurl.com/yaznrznf
https://tinyurl.com/y8ftqe64
Cross Channel Travel not using Eurostar
https://tinyurl.com/ybhpp897
Union Pacific security service
https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/badges-04-11-2016.htm
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Class 91 action @ Doncaster, 15th January 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad4_lREXFbI
Great Central Railway - East Coast Weekend - 15/01/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6YXc1AW2Ao
NYMR - Removing BR Standard 80136 wheels on the modified wheel drop at
Grosmont MPD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61_6rdq_0pc
Ffestiniog Railway Number 4 Palmerston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jN9y0vm_lo
Modbury Torr Model Railway Layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKgTjF-2Yms
DCC sound for O Gauge Terriers under £90? Doehler & Haass 21 pin DCC
Sound Decoder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvrhe_rWFto
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
The lost Edinburgh bookshop that has completely disappeared from the
high street
https://tinyurl.com/y98ndsba
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
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IN THE NEWS
Rail Cuts Extend Across Britain as Train Passenger Numbers Slump
https://tinyurl.com/ybwhzsn5
Direct Rail Services extends supply partnership with Tesco
https://tinyurl.com/y8cvlz93
Elizabeth line on track to open in the first half of 2022
https://www.railengineer.co.uk/elizabeth-line-on-track-to-open-in-the-first-half-of-2022/
https://tinyurl.com/y7vwysbo
Plans for an additional Elizabeth line station in Berkshire
https://tinyurl.com/ya424g9p
Stowaway found on Crossrail test train
https://tinyurl.com/yawyvx2q
Confusion over future of Beam Park station in East London
https://tinyurl.com/yda84yv3
Plans to improve railway arches through Lambeth and Wandsworth
https://tinyurl.com/y93pw6n4
Southeastern restores full December train timetable
https://tinyurl.com/yc6cxl8b
South Western Railway cuts services due to Omicron impact
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-59968307
Railfuture slam new South Western Railway Covid timetable changes
https://tinyurl.com/y9tes6vh
Waterside Wanderer Day Ranger (Southampton area)
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/WWR.aspx
Bridge demolition near Torquay
https://www.devonlive.com/news/local-news/engineers-tear-down-torquay-rail-6503888
London-Cornwall sleeper trains disrupted for eight weeks
https://tinyurl.com/ycc84qw8
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-60028647
Fight to keep Network Rail jobs in Milton Keynes with Great British
Railway authority
https://tinyurl.com/y725vkzj
New station proposed for National Arboretum
https://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2022/01/19-new-station-proposed-for-national.html
Contractors shortlisted to build rail stations at Moseley, Kings Heath
and Stirchley
https://tinyurl.com/y9jpqnhf
New lift at Retford Station provides step free access to all platforms
https://tinyurl.com/ybsg6xnz
Trans-Pennine routes could soon benefit from hybrid Northern trains
https://tinyurl.com/y8p7k55w
Plans for National Railway Museum project in Durham
https://tinyurl.com/yb6nropz
Major repairs to Royal Border Bridge throughout 2022 – community invited
to learn more
https://tinyurl.com/y8zavcxn
ScotRail records £26m loss despite £850m pandemic public funding boost
https://tinyurl.com/ybgork8s
High-speed rail must go to Scotland to help reach net zero, report finds
https://tinyurl.com/ya97e97e
Glasgow Batgirl filming sees first train 'call' at Botanic Gardens
station since 1939
https://tinyurl.com/yaymmxa5
https://tinyurl.com/y9kjqj9w
Calls for old Glasgow West End rail way station to re-open as tourist
attraction
https://tinyurl.com/yc7bypc2
Glasgow drone photos show potential that exists for New York-style 'High
Line' in city
https://tinyurl.com/y9em5u5h
Two rail workers hailed as heroes for life-saving actions at station
near Glasgow
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/two-rail-workers-hailed-heroes-22770722
Motherwell railway station benefits from new customer lounge
https://tinyurl.com/y8onv4dv
Sunrise on Ravenstruther Rail Freight Terminal in Scotland
https://tinyurl.com/yapkaek3
Lineside replanting trial to improve biodiversity on the West Highland Line
https://tinyurl.com/yanc8pea
Convenience stores to sell Transport for Wales train tickets
https://tinyurl.com/yafha2qm
Class 365 EMU to be preserved at the East Kent Railway
https://tinyurl.com/y8b7cxww
Wymondham Abbey station signal box appeal launched by Mid Norfolk Railway
https://tinyurl.com/ya4jgkgh
Glyn Valley Tramway: Bid to revive historic line gets on track
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-59981852
Los Angeles railway littered with thousands of parcels stolen from trains
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-60006306
Firefighters deal with major Indiana train derailment
https://tinyurl.com/yd7a7hnp
North Vancouver’s history gets its own spotlight with a new museum
https://tinyurl.com/yb6w45hr
West Midlands Metro service to be restored by the end of January
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-60016800
Expansion of production at Peco, Seaton
https://seaton.nub.news/noticeboard
Scotland's troubled ferry routes could be replaced with 'bridges or tunnels'
https://tinyurl.com/yd5phj3k
British Airways Launches Four New Routes From London City
https://simpleflying.com/british-airways-london-city/
Report on aborted aircraft take off at Luton
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-60004453
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin, Mike
Price
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TV and RADIO
22/01/22 Yesterday 0600-0800
"Train Truckers"
22/01/22 Yesterday 0800-0900
"Hornby: A Model World"
22/01/22 Yesterday 0900-1200
"Steam Train Britain"
22/01/22 Yesterday 1200-1500
"Secrets of the Railways"
22/01/22 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys"
23/01/22 5 Select 1800-2100
"Lighthouses: Building the Impossible" Three editions
24/01/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection"
24/01/22 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Coastal Railway Journeys" Dunbar to Edinburgh
24/01/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" North Wales
24/01/22 Yesterday 1900-2000
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
24/01/22 BBC4 1930-2000
"Fred Dibnah's Magnificent Monuments" Bridges & Tunnels
25/01/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection"
25/01/22 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Coastal Railway Journeys" Leith to Culross
25/01/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Snowdonia
25/01/22 Yesterday 1900-2000
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
25/01/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground"
25/01/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
25/01/22 More4 2200-2305
"The Lost Lotus: Restoring a Race Car" Lotus Elite
25/01/22 BBC4 2250-2350
"India's Frontier Railways" 1/3 Maitree Express
26/01/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection"
26/01/22 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Coastal Railway Journeys" Stirling to East Neuk
26/01/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Aberystwyth
26/01/22 Yesterday 1900-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
26/01/22 BBC4 1930-2000
"Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain" Mighty Cathedrals
26/01/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Steam Train Britain"
26/01/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Railway" Nordland Line
27/01/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection"
27/01/22 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Coastal Railway Journeys" St Andrews to Stonehaven
27/01/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Railways: the Making of a Nation" The Age of Leisure
27/01/22 5 Select 1900-2000
"The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard"
27/01/22 Yesterday 1900-2000
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
27/01/22 BBC4 1930-2000
"Fred Dibnah's Building of Britain" Castle Building
27/01/22 5 Select 2000-2100
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Alaska
27/01/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Train Truckers"
28/01/22 Yesterday 1800-1830
"Fred Dibnah's Railway Collection"
28/01/22 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Coastal Railway Journeys" Forvie to Peterhead
28/01/22 Yesterday 1830-1900
"Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel & Stone"
28/01/22 Yesterday 1900-2000
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
28/01/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Great British Railway Journeys" Cornwall
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EVENTS
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22/01/22 Midland Railway Society: "Full Steam Ahead"
Museum of Making, The Silk Mill, Derby, DE3 1AF
Free admission, opens 1000
https://midlandrailwaystudycentre.org.uk/
28/01/22- Great Central Railway: Winter Steam Gala
30/01/22
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
07/02/22 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St. John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
7:30 for 7:45pm
"The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton’s Abandoned Route into
Southampton" by Howard Sprenger
Non-members welcome
https://www.hias.org.uk/meetings.htm
07/02/22 Peak Railway Association - Sheffield Branch
"A forty-year Obsession" by Dave Stacey
Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Road, Sheffield S2 2TP
£4 donation requested on the door, non-members welcome
Starts 1930
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/sheffieldbranch
08/02/22 Great Western Society Bristol Group
589 Southmead Road, Filton, BS34 7RF
7:30 for 7:45pm
"The Early Days of the GWS" by Alan Price
Non-members welcome
No admission charge but a suggested donation of £3 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gws.html
Cheers, Howard.
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