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Update on P2 2007
https://www.p2steam.com/category/news/
Robertsbridge turntable photos
http://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2022/02/turntable-and-pit-9.html
http://rvrailway.blogspot.com/2022/02/this-turntables-for-turning-4.html
Lancaster Film trailer - due for release May 2022
https://www.facebook.com/lancasterdoc
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
LMS 45627 - A Gruelling Climb To Ais Gill! The Cumbrian Mountain Express
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2F8m2mCQgc
NYMR - Farwath track renewal update, Pickering carriage shed and
Grosmont Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJyz1gXbDbY
NER Y7 1310
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vko5VWzYFUk
East Lancashire Railway - Spring Steam Gala 2022 - 26/02/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8UzAzZf550
Mid Afternoon at Reading West Station 24/02/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48_n4b8o9AM
Two model railway exhibitions in one day Nottingham & Heanor 27/02/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8FvZqvbuXU
Glastonbury & Street Lions - Model Railway Exhibition - 26/02/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCd0cmlVe6s
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
A rather bizarre Pepsi advert!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqrohqXpkOg
(Spotter: Andrew Nummelin)
When London’s tube tunnels were painted white
https://tinyurl.com/y985q3q9
London Underground’s experimental porthole tube train
https://tinyurl.com/y9ddlepn
The forgotten plan to connect Edinburgh and Glasgow by high-speed monorail
https://tinyurl.com/yajyb8gl
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Model Railroading with Jack Burgess - Yosemite Valley 330 Observation Car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snAtm7AGwVk
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IN THE NEWS
Free booklet about the Elizabeth line
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/free-booklet-about-the-elizabeth-line-52207
Southampton station fire after scooter thrown on to rail tracks
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-60571022
Community heroes from BBC Bristol region have GWR train named in their
honour
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-60562608
https://tinyurl.com/y9atf2f6
HS2 aggregate deliveries in the Aylesbury area
https://tinyurl.com/ycqfzl5l
Railway restoration for historic Grade II listed Cheshire signal box
https://tinyurl.com/y929ykhs
York University drops 'world's only degree in railway history' from
teaching programme
https://tinyurl.com/ycubx2uy
Work on Darlington North Road bridge
https://tinyurl.com/yb8ln7qm
Proposed refurbishment of Eaglescliffe station
https://tinyurl.com/ybqg4a8b
Green light for last of six new stations for Northumberland Line
https://tinyurl.com/y7mr5due
Repairs on the Royal Border Bridge
https://www.railengineer.co.uk/repairs-on-the-royal-border-bridge/
West Coast Main Line: Engineering works set to disrupt Glasgow-London
rail services
https://tinyurl.com/yb86gwa3
£32m Argyle line improvement works set to begin
https://tinyurl.com/ycy2ltz3
Eight-month structural improvement works on Stirling railway viaduct
begin today
https://tinyurl.com/y7u4gb6c
Time lapse photo of Network Measurement train
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/amazing-image-hi-tech-laser-26376198
Transport Minister visits site of Inverness Airport station
https://tinyurl.com/y9hmakzm
Barry railway depot to be sold to Transport for Wales
https://tinyurl.com/yahcs3gw
Mid Suffolk Railway Fowler diesel shunter wins award
https://tinyurl.com/y8zdny7g
Renaming of 34027 for Platinum Jubilee
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-60563765
Starting work on Darlington Railway Heritage Quarter
https://tinyurl.com/y8bsvzj3
Eurostar offers free tickets to Ukranian refugees
https://tinyurl.com/y8z66xoo
European Railways response to Ukraine crisis
https://tinyurl.com/y75ozfkt
Four level crossing incidents on six days on Brightline Florida
https://tinyurl.com/yba42cb4
BNSF investments for 2022
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/bnsf-2022-capital-investments/
Strikes on London Underground
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60568419
TfL secures deal to build new Elephant and Castle station entrance
https://tinyurl.com/ybr43gts
Problems with mobility scooters on Isle of Man buses
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-60524226
Newark canal drained as restoration work takes place
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-60537863
Cowes Floating Bridge: Digital signs plan for chain ferry
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-60558129
Arran berth at Ardrossan Harbour to close for up to two weeks
https://tinyurl.com/ycau33bh
Burnt out car carrying ship has sunk
https://nypost.com/2022/03/01/burning-cargo-ship-carrying-porsches-lamborghinis-sinks/
British Airways flights cancelled due to IT problems
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60533275
Ukraine Confirms That The World's Largest Plane Has Been Destroyed
https://simpleflying.com/confirmed-an-225-mriya-destroyed/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
04/03/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Railway Journeys with Chris Tarrant" Former Yugoslavia
04/03/22 5 Select 1900-2100
"Brunel: Building a Great Britain"
04/03/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
05/03/22 Yesterday 0800-0900
"Trains That Changed the World"
05/03/22 Yesterday 0900-1200
"Full Steam Ahead"
05/03/22 Yesterday 1200-1500
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
05/03/22 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys"
07/03/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's Made in Britain" Lifetime's Achievement (2)
07/03/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Underground Worlds" A Cornish tin mine
07/03/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Smoke and Steel" A Manchester mill
07/03/22 5 Select 2200-0000
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" 2 episodes
08/03/22 5 Select 1900-2000
"Britain's Greatest Bridges" The Tyne Bridge
08/03/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone" 1/12
08/03/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the Transport Museum" New series
08/03/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the Transport Museum" Old series
09/03/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone" 2/12
09/03/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
09/03/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Steam Train Britain"
09/03/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Full Steam Ahead"
10/03/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone" 3/12
10/03/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the London Underground"
11/03/22 5 Select 1900-2000
"Secret Life of Lighthouses"
11/03/22 5 Select 2000-2100
"Building Victorian Britain" Public Transport
11/03/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
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EVENTS
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05/03/22 Burton Railway Collectors Fair
Burton on Trent Town Hall, DE14 2EB
1030-1530
https://www.tobaz.co.uk
05/03/22- Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Days
06/03/22 Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
05/03/22- Rainhill Model Railway Club Exhibition
06/03/22 Rainhill Village Hall, Weaver Avenue, Rainhill, L35 4LU
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
http://www.rainhillmrc.org.uk/
07/03/22 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St. John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
7:30 for 7:45pm
"Red, Buff & Other Funnels: Bournemouth & Boscombe Paddle
Steamers" by Nick Braddock
Non-members welcome
https://www.hias.org.uk/meetings.htm
08/03/22 Great Western Society Bristol Group
589 Southmead Road, Filton, BS34 7RF
7:30 for 7:45pm
"More Photographing Britain's Railways" by Jack Boskett
Non-members welcome
No admission charge but a suggested donation of £3 is appreciated
11/03/22- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Steam Gala Extravaganza
13/03/22
http://www.kwvr.co.uk
12/03/22 Apedale Valley Light Railway: New members day
https://avlr.org.uk/
https://tinyurl.com/y83tj3pv
12/03/22- Midlands Garden Rail Show
13/03/22 Warwickshire Event Centre
http://www.midlandsgardenrailshow.co.uk
18/03/22 Dronfield Civic Society - Zoom talk
"Bradshaw's and an Early Railway Tour" by Robert Mee
Starts 1930
https://www.dronfieldcivicsociety.org.uk/events/
19/03/22- The London Festival of Railway Modelling
20/03/22 Alexandra Palace, N22 7AY
http://www.model-railway-shows.co.uk
21/03/22 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Community Space, The Kennet School, Stoney Lane,
Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start
"The GWR West of Exeter" by Howard Sprenger
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards
expenses welcome
Cheers, Howard.
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