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SVR Spring Steam Gala, all stations, all locos, and Purple 70 (34027)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dideqZHcEhI
Spectacular Steam and Triple Heading with 6233 45596 45690, April 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4NtI0bNc9c
(Mike Willcock)
Zagreb Trams April 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNEA8bYw4y4
(Andrew Cook)
70000 passes through on 26/4/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JjNu75VzH8
(Barry Knapper)
The Severn Valley Railway - Spring Steam Gala (2022)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3zhAYB9C7Y
GWR 4-6-0 2999 Lady of Legend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChZoGr75YqE
Bahamas leads Leander at Shrewsbury
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwoEpIhs880&t=13s
70000 Britannia Looking & Sounding Amazing at Stafford 27/04/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7j20YM9RZA&t=203s
Early Evening @ STAFFORD, was Ever So Good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzgpvXkEnlU
Leek & Rudyard Railway Diesel Gala 24th April 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvLbsb4ViUc
Überführungen im Raum Leipzig mit 52 8141-5 und 35 1097-1 am 14.04.2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl7vf8D3brU
Who is louder? Steam locomotive class 41 east or west? (4K)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hGj8zwgSIQ
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Onboard the disco train that transported Burnley fans to London in the 1970s
https://tinyurl.com/yxom2rf4
Elizabeth line purple creates new challenge for Island firm AJ Wells & Son
https://tinyurl.com/y4zy6gju
A Guide to Scotland's Lost Railway Lines book review
https://www.scottishfield.co.uk/culture/books/a-guide-to-scotlands-lost-railway-lines/
The abandoned Edinburgh tunnel that runs for a kilometre beneath the New
Town
https://tinyurl.com/y53gjrss
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway - Beyond the Tracks - Episode 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qzqy4KNrik
Model Railroading with Jack Burgess Looking Back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5M4EmBbasE
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IN THE NEWS
UK train tickets: the great rail sale is on – but is there a catch?
https://tinyurl.com/yxpmw6ds
West Coast main line Passengers advised to ‘travel either side’ of Bank
Holiday
https://tinyurl.com/y456lwyp
Class 90 locomotive unveiled in Malcolm Group livery
https://tinyurl.com/yy87g7z5
UK train manufacturer sends second set of Class 230 battery stock to the US
https://vivarail.co.uk/vivarail-sends-second-class-230-battery-stock-to-the-us/
Crossrail’s predicted Elizabeth line journey times
https://tinyurl.com/y6t9l3su
Refurbished Pendolinos return to the rails as part of UK’s biggest ever
train upgrade
https://tinyurl.com/y3qoatmc
Swing bridge upgrades will deliver more reliable journeys for passengers
in East Anglia
https://tinyurl.com/y44pglow
Building contractor appointed for construction of three new Birmingham
stations
https://tinyurl.com/yye8eclo
Fifty years on, are the famous 'Beeching cuts' to Scotland's railways
finally being reversed?
https://tinyurl.com/yxu9kvem
New Stow station restaurant to be a 'destination' venue
https://tinyurl.com/yxj8q4en
First-time visit to Wick for weedkiller train
https://tinyurl.com/y42r34qs
The station with links to London that's so remote you can't go any
further north
https://www.mylondon.news/lifestyle/travel/train-station-london-links-north-21408955
Increase in train services from the 15th of May for Transport for Wales
passengers
https://tinyurl.com/y6g4fwz3
Midland Railway Trust gains Accredited Museum status
https://tinyurl.com/yxvskxhu
Eamon Ryan rules out return of West Cork rail service
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40859351.html
Japan's giant robot fixes railway wires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzHsPgnQ26Y
Wightlink ferry engine failures 'dated back to 2010'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-61258348
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/wight-sky-engine-failures-report-published
Old pier at Brodick Terminal to be removed over next six months
https://tinyurl.com/y5bloxzf
London Underground sends first test trains through Bank station upgrade
https://tinyurl.com/y66h2m45
London's tiniest bus station hidden in plain sight where almost every
bus runs on time
https://www.mylondon.news/lifestyle/travel/londons-tiniest-bus-station-hidden-23782519
One hurt in Glasgow city centre bus fire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-61202790
Boeing's CEO Says It Shouldn't Have Signed Air Force One Deal
https://simpleflying.com/boeing-ceo-air-force-1-deal-mistake/
Belper World Heritage site mill museum to close
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-61240867
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Reg Nerps, Andrew Nummelin, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
29/04/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
29/04/22 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Lighthouses: Building the Impossible" Wolf Rock
30/04/22 Yesterday 1600-2100
"Great British Railway Journeys"
30/04/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Smoke and Steel" First iron-framed building
02/05/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Hornby: A Model World"
03/05/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Scouting for Toys"
03/05/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
05/05/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground" New
05/05/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Scouting for Toys" New
06/05/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
06/05/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
06/05/22 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Lighthouses: Building the Impossible" The Smalls
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EVENTS
If you would like to publicise an event here, please contact the editor
29/04/22- Bristol Model Railway Exhibition
01/05/22 Thornbury Leisure Centre, BS35 3BJ
https://www.model-railway-shows.co.uk
29/04/22- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Spring Steam Gala
02/05/22
https://watercressline.co.uk/
30/04/22- South Devon Railway: 150th Anniversary Celebrations
02/05/22
http://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk
30/04/22- Leek & Rudyard Railway: Lollipop Specials
02/05/22
http://www.rlsr.org/index.html
01/05/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
01/05/22- Buckinghamshire Railway Centre: Spring Steam Gala
02/05/22
https://www.bucksrailcentre.org
02/05/22 Peak Railway Association - Sheffield Branch
"The Hill Railways of India" by Mike Fish
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
02/05/22- Foxfield Railway: Platinum Jubilee Weekend
05/05/22
https://foxfieldrailway.co.uk/
05/05/22- West Somerset Railway: Spring Steam Gala
08/05/22
https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
06/05/22- Swanage Railway: Diesel Gala & Beer Festival
08/05/22
https://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
07/05/22- Spa Valley Railway: Peppa Pig
08/05/22
https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
08/05/22 Celebrating Micheldever Station 1840-2022
The twice-postponed 180th anniversary celebration of the station
At Micheldever station and The Warren Centre, Andover Road,
SO21 3AR
Railway history talk, model railways, exhibition, vehicle
display, hog roast
1130-1630
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/micheldever180.htm
09/05/22 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St. John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
7:30 for 7:45pm
"Vickers-Supermarine at Hursley Park" by Dave Key
Non-members welcome
https://www.hias.org.uk/meetings.htm
10/05/22 Great Western Society Bristol Group
589 Southmead Road, Filton, BS34 7RF
7:30 for 7:45pm
"The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton’s Abandoned Route into
Southampton" by Howard Sprenger
Non-members welcome
No admission charge but a suggested donation of £3 is appreciated
http://www.gwsbristol.org/gws.html
14/05/22 Llangollen Garden Railway Festival
https://www.lgrf.co.uk/
15/05/22 Apedale Valley Light Railway: Preserved & Classic Vehicles
https://avlr.org.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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