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NETWATCH
Thameslink driver training simulator
https://tinyurl.com/y7xnoytz
Waterloo in 1967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK0QYQ0R5w8
£22.50 train ticket to beautiful villages on the Thames
https://tinyurl.com/y8maeyrk
B & O Museum Baltimore
https://www.cnet.com/news/the-trains-that-built-america-exploring-the-b-o-railroad-museum/
The scramble for cargo aircraft
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59957410
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The Unlikely Duo! Leander & Tangmere On The Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zy8O0p15pc
Great Central Railway - 'Winter Steam Gala' 29/01/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIZTftcS5nA
NYMR - Goathland Bridge 24 and 25 Update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuFfdUv_ERY&t=8s
K1 - The worlds first Garratt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj81XaLufIQ
25 Jahre Mansfelder Bergwerkbahn e.V Jubiläum auf zwei Spurweiten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3WW03rDqWs
Building A Working Stephenson's Rocket! - Timberkits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20vDMsahTgs
Stunning Bachmann GCR Class D11 - Unboxing & Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQV8wlRvgyA
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
South America's 'lithium fields' reveal the dark side of our electric future
https://tinyurl.com/yd3sr3p3
9 Most Mysterious Abandoned Aircraft Discoveries!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUGiySDLZfA
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Moretonhampstead and Teign Valley Branches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_x3Fg8Yb0I
The Hornby Hush Hush Disaster - Unboxing and Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWKGmVh7rV0
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IN THE NEWS
GBRf takes delivery of a Class 18 hybrid+ shunting locomotive
https://tinyurl.com/y9oonc28
https://tinyurl.com/ycqx2aaa
Crossrail update
https://tinyurl.com/y75z5je2
RAIB notes on derailment at London Gateway 24 December
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/freight-train-derailment-at-london-gateway
Brighton Main Line train services from London to be disrupted on 5/6
February
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-60230782
https://tinyurl.com/y9mbn8ch
New tour operator Westcountry Railtours cancels first 2022 tours
https://tinyurl.com/yd3nveb7
South Western Railway to restore timetable after Omicron cuts, PM says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-60236837
Calls to reopen alternative rail route as main SW line impacted
http://www.calstock-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=440882
Increasing passenger numbers at Coombe Jn
https://tinyurl.com/yasyerwm
Vital railway upgrade work completed on Newquay branch line
https://tinyurl.com/y8y76ouq
Work starts on new railway station for Bristol
https://tinyurl.com/y8vh8w9t
GWR and CrossCountry promote Gloucestershire as Great Rail Experience
https://tinyurl.com/y7rbmpxa
Greater Anglia to run more services on weekdays into London
https://tinyurl.com/y7aeunku
Train derailed near Haddiscoe due to flood damage
https://tinyurl.com/yaxj3ody
https://tinyurl.com/ya2cbmb2
St Albans City station upgrades continue as Sainsbury’s local set to open
https://tinyurl.com/yaadgu3k
East Midlands Railway to invest £120k to improve station safety
https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/east-midlands-railway-CCTV-station-safety
Merseyrail to increase train services from 14 February
https://tinyurl.com/yca2deor
Debate rages on over under-threat historic wooden canopy at Beverley
railway station
https://tinyurl.com/y7q5cchn
Borders Railway extension project 'dead in water', says chief
https://tinyurl.com/y7v4cunr
Plans for modern 'Forth Bridge experience hub' and thrilling walk across
structure
https://tinyurl.com/y6u7dnz5
Scottish Government transport review reveals Fife on track for electric
trains
https://tinyurl.com/yd4w2784
Abertillery railway restoration in doubt over government funding
https://tinyurl.com/y8yfezzs
Belfast to Dublin train service disruption due to "serious incident" on line
https://tinyurl.com/y97lbbdu
Hertford East Signal Box being moved to Leyburn
https://tinyurl.com/y6v5veye
Coupling rods fitted to 2007
https://www.p2steam.com/category/news/
New rails from Scunthorpe for NYMR
https://tinyurl.com/y9z6n3qh
Corris Railway remodelling at Maespoeth
https://tinyurl.com/y9ymcfoj
SNCB to purchase 50 Alston TRAXX locos
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/belgiums-sncb-traxx-locomotives/
New low emission loco on test in Finland
https://tinyurl.com/ycmvut64
Reading and Northern 4-8-4 to be run in on coal trains
https://tinyurl.com/y7bjpzh5
Chicago trains drive over flaming tracks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-60170962
Theft and vandalism on South African Railways
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-60202570
Rail line to Western Australia blocked by flooding
https://tinyurl.com/y7uwfvwj
Ayrshire model railway club celebrates 50th anniversary
https://tinyurl.com/ydeesnzo
Edinburgh York Place tram stop will be demolished with further traffic
restrictions
https://tinyurl.com/y8eu94cp
Possible cuts to sponsored bus services in Northamptonshire
https://tinyurl.com/ycy8d98j
Translink reveals start date for contactless payment & announces new
ticketing system
https://tinyurl.com/y9sztgfj
Condor passenger ferry service disrupted due to Covid cases
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-60233785
Plans to break up CalMac ferry network
https://uk.style.yahoo.com/revealed-radical-plans-break-scotlands-051400808.html
Maid of the Loch: New campaign to launch to raise money for paddle steamer
https://tinyurl.com/yb5x8ft2
Sinking of The Princess Victoria off the Northern Ireland coast
remembered 69 years on
https://tinyurl.com/y7fd3wvy
Storm Corrie: Plane struggles to land in strong winds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-60216196
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO
05/02/22 Yesterday 0800-0900
"Trains That Changed the World"
05/02/22 Yesterday 0900-1200
"Hornby: A Model World"
05/02/22 Yesterday 1200-1500
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
05/02/22 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys"
06/02/22 Yesterday 1200-1600
"Train Truckers"
07/02/22 Yesterday 1800-1830
"Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone"
07/02/22 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Coastal Railway Journeys" Tynemouth to Bardon Mill
07/02/22 Yesterday 1830-1900
"The Fred Dibnah Story"
07/02/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Canal Boat Diaries"
07/02/22 Yesterday 1900-2000
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
07/02/22 BBC4 1930-2000
"Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam" The Early Pioneers
07/02/22 5 Select 2200-0000
"Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson" 2 episodes
08/02/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"The Fred Dibnah Story"
08/02/22 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Coastal Railway Journeys" Newcastle to Lynemouth
08/02/22 5 Select 1900-2000
"Britain's Greatest Bridges" The Forth Rail Bridge
08/02/22 BBC4 1930-2000
"Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam" The Steam Locomotive
08/02/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the Transport Museum" New series
08/02/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum" Old series
08/02/22 BBC4 2200-2300
"Classic British Cars: Made in Coventry"
09/02/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"The Fred Dibnah Story"
09/02/22 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Coastal Railway Journeys" Morpeth to Amble
09/02/22 Yesterday 1900-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
09/02/22 BBC4 1930-2000
"Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam" Wheels of Industry
09/02/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Steam Train Britain"
09/02/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Railway" Harz Mountain
10/02/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways" The Congo
10/02/22 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Coastal Railway Journeys" Alnmouth to Bamburgh
10/02/22 5 Select 1900-2000
"Christmas on the Yorkshire Steam Railway"
10/02/22 Yesterday 1900-2000
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
10/02/22 BBC4 1930-2000
"Fred Dibnah's Age of Steam" Steaming down the Road
10/02/22 5 Select 2000-2100
"The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Northumbria
10/02/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Train Truckers"
11/02/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways" Adelaide to Darwin
11/02/22 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great Coastal Railway Journeys" Farne Islands to Berwick
11/02/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Great British Railway Journeys" Canterbury & Lincolnshire
11/02/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
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EVENTS
If you would like to publicise an event here, please contact the editor
06/02/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
06/02/22 Nottingham Heritage Vehicles Charity Open Day
The Heritage Bus Depot, Portland Road, Hucknall, NG15 7SF
1000-1600
http://www.nottinghamheritagevehicles.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
09/02/22 RCTS South Wales Branch
The Old Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF
"Steam from Euston to Carlisle, 1958 to 1961" by David Cross
https://rcts.org.uk/branches/branch-swl-south-wales-de-cymru/
12/02/22 East Lancashire Railway: Winter Diesel Gala
https://www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk
19/02/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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