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NETWATCH
Newark Northgate Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPtffTKzwJY
Derby Midland Station departures from Chaddesden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFH388bDebw
Doncaster Station Variety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Y3pnrrwtE
Sheffield Supertram at the Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxUqAmmsxWk
(Martin Miller)
Sir Nigel Gresley 4498 (60007) 17/5/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUwonZbjQpc
(Barry Knapper)
History of a Salisbury Railway bridge
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/20131195.charting-history-salisburys-railway-bridges/
Caernarfon to Blaenau Ffestiniog in 2 minutes and 42 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJz6gNoz98s
Rocky Mountaineer reintroduces Vancouver - Whistler service
https://tinyurl.com/y4bb3zmp
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
That Deltic Drone! The Greatest Sounding Diesel? The Napier Necessities!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEtFGtOU5F0
4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley' Loaded Test Run at Shrewsbury
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YxaShr3UyM
No 70 Elizabeth II - AKA 34027 In Purple/Pink Jubilee Livery - Severn
Valley Railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQuLpogCTqM
Black 5 'Eric Treacy' and Class 31 31128 'Charybdis' on the Esk Valley
Line and Moorgates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csniVEwGgsY
Nine months delay getting to Pwllheli behind 97302+97303 13/05/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2GZ17WshX0
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - '95th Anniversary Gala' 15/05/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdWv7W7wmf8
“Why the SNCF Converted to Electricity" 1957 French documentary in English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l6v2qLYg4Q
Industrial Action - Industrial Locomotives - Model Trains with Real Sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s7djT3yN8k
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Britain’s royal railways – the stations and lines with regal connections
https://tinyurl.com/y2f76up9
London’s WW2 experiment with coal-powered buses
https://tinyurl.com/y2bjzp3g
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
The 5.20 from Kyiv: restored suburban rail offers hope as clean-up
intensifies
https://tinyurl.com/yxczk3er
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IN THE NEWS
Great British Railways legislation this year
https://tinyurl.com/y2gqevhk
Elizabeth line: London unveils new Tube line, 10 stories underground
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/12/elizabeth-line-tube-london/
Ten years, three London mayors and £19 billion, Crossrail will change
the capital forever
https://tinyurl.com/y675tonw
London has paid for the Elizabeth Line, the whole country is benefiting
from it
https://wp.me/pa79OH-6c8
Queen makes surprise visit to see the Elizabeth line at Paddington station
https://tinyurl.com/y3ppk2ul
https://tinyurl.com/yyjafg4t
TfL to expand contactless payments outside London
https://tinyurl.com/y6xrvj74
Elephant & Castle gains new direct rail link to Finsbury Park
https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/10655
Emergency exercise at Moorgate
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/296815.aspx
Cafe and museum plan for old Isle of Wight underground train
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-61492986
Near miss when felling trees at Uphill Jn
https://tinyurl.com/y6cgw2qx
Stourbridge Shuttle suspended
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-61358051
Birmingham engineering works before Commonwealth Games
https://tinyurl.com/yysd6tc5
Restoration of former Wingfield station
https://tinyurl.com/y5avt3ks
Scheme to divert HS2 to Newark and ECML
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-61274952
LNER shares spectacular views of Teesside and County Durham from the
train driver's seat
https://tinyurl.com/y65d8ee2
Carlisle Council approve 92 homes for Currock Yard
https://tinyurl.com/yxvzvqso
Cumbrian council may reverse concrete infilling of Victorian bridge
https://tinyurl.com/y6pblqx5
Monday is opening day for new £20m railway station at Reston
https://tinyurl.com/y4njlhph
Derailment at Coatbridge
https://tinyurl.com/yyhkwzeo
ScotRail train driver shortage triggers wave of cancellations
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61457827
https://tinyurl.com/y4j3xr63
https://www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail/news/scotrail-introduce-temporary-timetable
ScotRail plans to cut third of services, says RMT union
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61468006
St Rollox Locomotive Works in Glasgow recognised with listed status
https://tinyurl.com/y6h5du2l
https://tinyurl.com/y3nxmgn7
Anger as plans to dual East Kilbride's rail line remain in the buffers
https://tinyurl.com/y547n7hv
Timber traffic trial run from Aberystwyth to Chirk
https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/20119890.cambrian-line-timber-train-set-return-trial/
1887 built coach delivered to GWS Didcot
https://didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/article.php/509/news
New Rail delivered for Llangollen Railway extension to Corwen
https://wp.me/p8Mk4U-gzn
Battery loco to be built for Bure Valley Railway
https://tinyurl.com/y2efdql3
Iconic Lake District attraction launches exclusive steam rail experience
https://tinyurl.com/yyuxhnym
https://tinyurl.com/y4c6f3xm
Irish public transport passenger numbers increase as fares reduced
http://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/0509/1296845-public-transport/
Fatal GySEV derailment south of Wien
https://tinyurl.com/y3gv4hz5
OBB orders 41 new multiple units from Stadler
https://tinyurl.com/y6xrhmf7
Delays to Swiss infrastructure improvements
https://www.railjournal.com/infrastructure/delays-expected-to-swiss-infrastructure-projects/
Fatal collision in Barcelona
https://tinyurl.com/y2z8jb9r
https://tinyurl.com/y5tg4bdg
New China to Europe rail and ship service
https://tinyurl.com/y5pp7j49
Resumption of Vancouver-Seattle AMTRAK service postponed
https://tinyurl.com/y3lmbvbr
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has re-opened the Bank branch of the
Northern line
https://tinyurl.com/yyo5qze6
An ‘awful’ loss as modeller’s sentimental railway collection goes up in
flames
https://tinyurl.com/y3ndpnbs
Popular Derbyshire museum and tourist hotspot closed over safety concerns
https://tinyurl.com/y25dwcwu
Brussels Tram Museum 40th Anniversary
https://trammuseum.brussels/en/
Mitsui OSK to introduce exhaust treatment technology
https://www.ship-technology.com/news/mol-marine-exhaust-treatment-system/
Dual fuel system for new Wallenius Line car carrying ships
https://www.ship-technology.com/news/man-cryo-fuel-gas-carriers/
EasyJet to remove seats so it can fly with fewer cabin crew
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61370175
Guernsey to Dublin flights to restart
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce4xrgggdvgo
Russian Airlines Expected To Start Cannibalizing Western Aircraft For
Spare Parts
https://tinyurl.com/y2x4yawd
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Andrew
Nummelin, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
21/05/22 Yesterday 1600-2100
"Great British Railway Journeys"
21/05/22 Quest 1700-1800
"How Trains Changed the World"
21/05/22 More4 2000-2100
"Flying Solo: The Mystery of Amelia Earhart"
22/05/22 5 Select 1710-2000
"The Railways That Built Britain with Chris Tarrant"
22/05/22 Yesterday 2305-0005
"Secrets of the London Underground"
23/05/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Deal to Margate
24/05/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Herne Bay to Leeds Castle
24/05/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Scouting for Toys"
24/05/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Train Truckers"
25/05/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Chislehurst to Kennington
26/05/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Hackney Wick to Oxford Circus
26/05/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground" New
26/05/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Scouting for Toys" New
27/05/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Secrets of the London Underground"
27/05/22 Channel 5 2000-2100
"World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" California coast
27/05/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
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EVENTS
If you would like to publicise an event here, please contact the editor
19/05/22- Severn Valley Railway: Spring Diesel Festival
22/05/22
https://www.svr.co.uk
20/05/22- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Vintage Vehicles
22/05/22
https://watercressline.co.uk/
20/05/22- Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway: The Beyer Bash
22/05/22
https://www.wllr.org.uk/
21/05/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
28/05/22- Bluebell Railway: Road Meets Rail
30/05/22
https://www.bluebell-railway.com
28/05/22- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Day Out With Thomas
05/06/22
https://watercressline.co.uk/
29/05/22 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre: Annual Bus Rally
https://www.bucksrailcentre.org
02/06/22- Epping Ongar Railway: 10th Anniversary Weekend
05/06/22
https://www.eorailway.co.uk/
02/06/22- Apedale Valley Light Railway: Teddy Bear Outing
05/06/22
https://avlr.org.uk/
03/06/22- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway: Festival of Steam
05/06/22
https://www.gwsr.com
05/06/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
06/06/22 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St. John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
7:30 for 7:45pm
"Royal Navy Salvage & Secrecy in WW1" by Tony Babb
Non-members welcome
https://www.hias.org.uk/meetings.htm
06/06/22 Peak Railway Association - Sheffield Branch
"Off the Beaten Track" by Rob Morrey
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
09/06/22- West Somerset Railway: Sixties Diesel Gala
11/06/22
https://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
10/06/22- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Heritage Diesel Gala
11/06/22
https://www.kwvr.co.uk
11/06/22- Leek & Rudyard Railway: Teddy Bear Specials
12/06/22
http://www.rlsr.org/index.html
Cheers, Howard.
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