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NETWATCH
Enamel London Underground signs produced in the Isle of Wight
https://tinyurl.com/ya6sxs5y
Animated recreation of the Marine Drive tramway on the Isle of Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQRpSiLGMto
Operating Ukrainian Railways
https://tinyurl.com/y9hczrcn
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60755198
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
LMS 6233 - The Lady In Red Returns To The S&C In Full Glory !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBeQ3S3LU8
KWVR Keighley And Worth Valley Railway Steam Gala 12/03/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBx3y2MGAe4
Leeds Station & Interesting Shipley Station 10/03/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz0WGZTLZd4
EcoCoal Results & More! - Talyllyn Railway Update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn9TEzXSAyo
Building Freight Trains at Chadwick Model Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JlkYFX3ovc
Charity Model Railway Build & Auction for Prostate Cancer UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIDufMzpOOI
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
We took the train to Heysham to find out what was really there
https://tinyurl.com/yb7583gs
The iconic Edinburgh Leith Walk rail bridge that's all but forgotten
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/history/iconic-edinburgh-leith-walk-rail-23362695
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
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IN THE NEWS
‘Spring of discontent’: wave of strikes looms for Covid-hit railways
https://tinyurl.com/y7y2fbsm
50 rail bridges and tunnels could escape National Highways demolition plans
https://tinyurl.com/yd4ccs9x
UK first rail freight electrification trial boosts industry net zero
ambitions
https://tinyurl.com/yahb4jnq
New wagons ordered for GBRf
https://tinyurl.com/ybnypoz8
https://tinyurl.com/y7pe2ohl
No trains out of London Euston station over Easter
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/no-trains-out-of-euston-station-over-easter-52506
A sneak preview of London’s new Elizabeth line railway
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-sneak-preview-of-the-new-elizabeth-line-railway-52641
Gatwick Express service restored from 3rd April
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-60752293
Disruption to Fareham and Eastleigh rail services after depot derailment
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-60747642
Plans to increase rail traffic from Tilbury
https://tinyurl.com/yaw9gn8c
First stage of HS2 tunnelling work completed under Chilterns
https://tinyurl.com/ycthscsg
Power supply upgrade for Midland Main Line
https://tinyurl.com/yasp2ay2
Councillor's call on Royal Border Bridge lighting
https://tinyurl.com/y9uoble9
Story picked for Ravenscraig rail bridge
https://tinyurl.com/yb28ewwb
Bridge bash with straw bales in Glasgow
https://news.stv.tv/?p=235627
Early progress at Levenmouth is rail-y positive
https://tinyurl.com/y8sn3rf6
Cambrian Line to reopen next month with extra £2m announced to improve
resilience
https://tinyurl.com/ycp8rfz5
Heritage Railways coal shortage reducing services
https://tinyurl.com/ycperur7
Leeming Bar station to reopen
https://tinyurl.com/y753n75s
SVR cancels 1940s event
https://www.svr.co.uk/?p=14917
Grant to Elsecar Heritage centre
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-60720424
Eurail celebrates 50th anniversary: the evolution of the Interrail pass
https://tinyurl.com/y7pnrhxb
First 'overhead line islands' for battery trains to be built in Germany
https://tinyurl.com/y72xc56e
Software problem with Alstom signalling software
https://tinyurl.com/ycutpmrt
Finance deal agreed for Turkish electrification project
https://tinyurl.com/ya2ajofu
Tohoku quake kills 4, injures 107, derails bullet train
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14574813
Video from inside the derailed Shinkansen train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbRGPXaKuE8
Scottish councils to be given power to run own bus services
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-60707134
P&O Ferries sparks outrage by sacking 800 workers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60779001
Turkish yard wins contract to build Islay ferries -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-60706915
Ever Forward aground in the port of Baltimore
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60754135
UAE registered cargo ship sinks off Iranian coast
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60773301
Historic steamer TS Queen Mary to sail on River Clyde again
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-60715967
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin
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TV and RADIO
18/03/22 5 Select 1900-2000
"Lighthouses: Building the Impossible"
18/03/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
19/03/22 Yesterday 0800-0900
"Trains That Changed the World"
19/03/22 Yesterday 0900-1200
"Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways"
19/03/22 Yesterday 1200-1500
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
19/03/22 Yesterday 1500-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys"
21/03/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone" 8/12
21/03/22 BBC4 1930-2000
"Canal Boat Diaries" Series 2 1/4
21/03/22 BBC4 2100-2200
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways" 1/2
21/03/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Smoke and Steel" A mill in Shrewsbury
21/03/22 5 Select 2200-0000
"Walking Britain's Lost Railways" 2 episodes
22/03/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone" 9/12
22/03/22 BBC4 1930-2000
"Canal Boat Diaries" 2/4
22/03/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the Transport Museum" New series
22/03/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Train Truckers"
23/03/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone" 10/12
23/03/22 BBC4 1930-2000
"Canal Boat Diaries" 3/4
23/03/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
23/03/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: a Model World"
23/03/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Full Steam Ahead"
24/03/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone" 11/12
24/03/22 BBC4 1930-2000
"Canal Boat Diaries" 4/4
24/03/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the London Underground"
25/03/22 5 Select 1900-2000
"Lighthouses: Building the Impossible"
25/03/22 Yesterday 2200-2300
"Secrets of the Transport Museum"
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EVENTS
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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 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
19/03/22- The London Festival of Railway Modelling
20/03/22 Alexandra Palace, N22 7AY
http://www.model-railway-shows.co.uk
19/03/22- Kempton Steam Museum Open Days
20/03/22 Joint event with the London Museum of Water & Steam
https://kemptonsteam.org/whats-on/march/
https://tinyurl.com/ycbjzogz
19/03/22- Great Central Railway: Railways at Work
20/03/22
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
19/03/22- Leek & Rudyard Railway: Community Weekend
20/03/22
http://www.rlsr.org/
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
26/03/22- Ribble Steam Railway and Museum: Steam Gala
27/03/22
https://www.ribblesteam.org.uk
26/03/22 Llanelli & Mynydd Mawr Railway: Mixed Traction Gala
https://www.llanellirailway.co.uk
27/03/22 Foxfield Railway: Mother's Day
https://foxfieldrailway.co.uk/
27/03/22 Leek & Rudyard Railway: Mother's Day
http://www.rlsr.org/
31/03/22 Hope Valley Railway Users' Group: Annual General Meeting
Hathersage Memorial Hall, S32 1DU
Guest speaker: Sir Peter Hendy, Chairman, Network Rail
Also Northern Railway's East Area Director, Tony Baxter
All users and potential users of the line welcome
Light refreshments and time to mingle with guests from 7.00
Prompt start with speakers at 7.30
02/04/22- Spa Valley Railway: Scottish Steam Up
03/04/22
https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
03/04/22 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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