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69005, 68003, 50049, 73136/107, etc @ SVR Spring Diesel Gala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKOefMfx0kk
Steam locos. 19 in 2 Cavalcades at Llangollen. Excess of steam and whistles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UL0jGrtpO8
Steam Railways at Llangollen - Glyndyfrdwy. 58926/49395. Track-side
along the line
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIXWU0vlZUE
Spectacular Steam at Llangollen. Britannia, Tornado and more in 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jbRhZEg3N8
Railways 1992. Longsight, Crewe and Warrington. Top and Tail coal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_zYteZSy0A
Longsight Open Day 1992,. Steam, classes 20 37,47,55,60,86,90 etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQxchQgRzMo
DMU 30th Anniversary at Dean Forest. 1, 2, 3 and 6 car sets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGzW5DhcTyY
Spectacular Steam and Triple Heading with 6233 45596 45690.April 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4NtI0bNc9c
Withdrawn 86/87s Long Marston 2008 Open Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnejs9j-n10
Naming 66727 and start up at Tamworth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8TS-dUw3UY
(Mike Wilcock)
Engineering challenges of Crossrail
https://tinyurl.com/2pw69kdl
Design for new station in Nairobi
https://www.e-architect.com/africa/nairobi-central-railway-station-kenya
Spaghetti Junction at 50: What lies beneath?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-61482844
1st Dutch US Convention (De Hofnar Aalten) 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjXTd8dibqk
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley - A Black Mainline Streak For One Day Only!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiBOipA96-s
NYMR - 'Exhausting work' on the 1:49 - Class 37, Q6, 9F and LH&JC No. 29
tackle the gradient
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7tx4s35Q7Q
Severn Valley Diesel Gala May 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6i7oLjHv4E
Fairbourne Miniature Railway 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0giAMzj7GY
RVPT Vintage Bus Running Day Morecambe 22nd May 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjRauKEnU3w
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
TP&W/NS Kokomo grain train has a derailment moments after leaving town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1f_epPaEdM
Cleanup begins on the TP&W/NS 55G derailment by re-railing some of the
grain cars
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLqj8LOHPeo
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD_tqP59sJc
Part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weutyv0ZCeQ
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Elizabeth line: What is Crossrail?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-61505172
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IN THE NEWS
Rail unions vow to fight government strike threat
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61541303
Network Rail staff deliver equipment to Ukraine Railways
https://tinyurl.com/2jexx7pt
Hostile takeover bid for First Group
https://tinyurl.com/2rx4kvzq
Crossrail open
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-london-61507125
https://tinyurl.com/2qtc9x7b
First Crossrail engineering works will clash with Southeastern line closure
https://wp.me/plVfU-aLn
Meet the Scots playing a key role in London’s revolutionary new
Elizabeth line underground railway
https://tinyurl.com/y3v4ud58
RAIB report on track worker fatality at Surbiton February 2021
https://tinyurl.com/2qfc9djx
Tiny Hampshire railway station marks 180 years with delayed celebration
https://tinyurl.com/2qwya8hx
Road closure for track renewal on Boston Docks branch
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-61552609
First train runs on Midlands' newest and longest railway bridge
https://tinyurl.com/2zzyup8q
HS2: Curzon Street station restoration paused as cash runs out
https://tinyurl.com/2qvb77ok
Rail line shut after train hits mini digger near Craven Arms
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-61548719
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-61586173
Multi-million-pound upgrade of Manchester to Sheffield railway line
https://tinyurl.com/2fy4yqpm
https://tinyurl.com/2oouojfm
ScotRail train drivers offered improved 4.2% pay rise in bid to end dispute
https://tinyurl.com/2mfpp9eg
https://tinyurl.com/2mlhudov
Reston gets its station back after 58 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-61478177
https://tinyurl.com/y2mhol62
Talgo plant at Longannet site purchase options expired
https://tinyurl.com/2h4kqy5l
Pledge to demolish Ayr's Station Hotel unless owner enters talks
https://tinyurl.com/2jckqgzf
Class 197 unit trials on Wrexham-Bidston line
https://tinyurl.com/2q7wmr75
Calls for train services between North Wales and London to be reinstated
to pre-pandemic levels
https://tinyurl.com/yxdy4jvq
Plans to expand commuter rail services in Galway
http://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2022/0523/1300660-galway-train-service/
Culleybackey resignalling work
https://tinyurl.com/2jbh78dj
Stadler in joint rolling stock factory enterprise in India
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/stadler-medha-servo-rail-india/
London Underground station staff to stage 24-hour strike on 6 June
https://tinyurl.com/yyuxeekf
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/london-tube-station-staff-to-go-on-strike-54894/
Photos from Bank tube station’s huge new platforms
https://tinyurl.com/y3f9yauq
Crich to partially reopen from 25th May – but no trams will run
http://www.britishtramsonline.co.uk/news/?p=45116
Potters Bar: Buses catch fire at town centre transport depot
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-61543634
End of Citaro bendy buses in Brighton
https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2022/04/26/bye-bye-to-brightons-bendy-buses/
Bus hits bridge in Sheffield
https://tinyurl.com/2l5skq7j
Shortage of Bus Drivers in Isle of Man
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-61580162
Llanfair school bus crash: Three children flown to hospital
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-61557775
CalMac ferry MV Hebrides to return to service after repairs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-61542964
Large military flypast over London for the Platinum Jubilee
https://tinyurl.com/y2228zty
Southampton Airport runway review claim rejected
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-61557313
Ryanair to open maintenance, repair facility in Shannon
http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2022/0517/1299624-ryanair-jobs-shannon/
Aurigny Airways 2021 financial results
https://tinyurl.com/2z5h2497
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO
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"
28/05/22 Yesterday 1600-2100
"Great Continental Railway Journeys"
28/05/22 Quest 1700-1800
"How Trains Changed the World"
29/05/22 Yesterday 2300-0000
"Secrets of the London Underground"
30/05/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Secrets of the London Underground"
30/05/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Hampstead to Islington
31/05/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Secrets of the London Underground"
31/05/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Dagenham to Battersea
31/05/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Scouting for Toys"
31/05/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Train Truckers"
01/06/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Secrets of the London Underground"
01/06/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great British Railway Journeys" Park Royal to Westminster
02/06/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Secrets of the London Underground" New
02/06/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Scouting for Toys" New
03/06/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Secrets of the London Underground"
03/06/22 Channel 5 2000-2100
"World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" The Peak District
03/06/22 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
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
18/06/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
18/06/22 Gainsborough Model Railway Society: Open Day
The Clubrooms, Florence Terrace, Gainsborough, DN21 1BE
1330 to 1730 (last admission 1630)
http://gainsboroughmodelrailway.co.uk/
18/06/22- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: War on the Lines
19/06/22
https://watercressline.co.uk/
18/06/22- Spa Valley Railway: Summer Steam Up
19/06/22
https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
19/06/22 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre: HCVS Ridgeway Run
https://www.bucksrailcentre.org
19/06/22 Leek & Rudyard Railway: Fathers Day
http://www.rlsr.org/index.html
Cheers, Howard.
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