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Duchess of Sutherland - The Cheshireman 16/7/22 - short video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAeRaM8Bv_8
(Barry Knapper)
Specialist wagons to collect CO2 proposed
https://tinyurl.com/27x523pk
Wishful thinking for a North to South Wales Rail link?
https://nation.cymru/news/north-south-wales-rail-link/
NIR Great Victoria Street 1969
https://bbcrewind.co.uk/asset/5acb6759dae8bd001aa0c2c2
Stop frame animation of Brighton Works Terrier "Fenchurch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFgdrG65qtI
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Slow Hot Freight at Water Orton on the hottest day in UK History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhDZVMYf1eE
Class 47 North Stars 47 077 hauls her first train over the NYMR unassisted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAx3D7a1NjQ
Old Pusher - 33111 & 4TC working 'Push-Pull' at the Watercress Line -
'Diesel Gala' 15-16/07/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtEmwnV3_Xs
KWVR Vintage Trains 17th July 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO4s_RxLARw
A summer Saturday afternoon on the Severn Valley Railway featuring a
Western, a Class 20 & 50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf_AILTDXT4
F&WHR Moving Pictures Number Sixty Seven - 14/7/22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXlCvmsQCGc
Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours. Tram Sunday 17th July 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3zEHG7NAyw
Britain's Finest Model Railway - Semley - Finescale P4 Layout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45MvGDAPsQY
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
A history of Raildate
https://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/Raildate_History.htm
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IN THE NEWS
Speed restrictions and suspended services due to high temperatures
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62203809
https://tinyurl.com/25cwuwd2
Drones to be used for inspecting track and OHLE during heatwave
https://tinyurl.com/2cb8naak
Broken promises as RNEP has not been updated for over 1,000 days
https://tinyurl.com/22ojr3b8
All aboard London’s new subway line, a project that leaves SF's Central
Subway in the dust
https://tinyurl.com/2bjsw8az
Wrong delay code input for extreme weather by Avanti
https://www.mylondon.news/lifestyle/travel/london-train-delays-due-snow-24547516
Redevelopment of Victoria concourse and barrier lines approved
https://tinyurl.com/2cp9uxuk
New London Overground station opens with hardly any passengers due to
heatwave
https://tinyurl.com/23w7q5c9
https://tinyurl.com/23rmre3u
Four day possession of Hounslow Loop in August
http://neighbournet.com/server/common/conswtrains072.htm
Trees fall on OHLE near Harrow and and cause lineside fire, closing
route out of Euston
https://tinyurl.com/2y64sdy9
Network Rail Western and Wales ordered to improve performance
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-62241714
SWR Business plan issued
https://www.railtechnologymagazine.com/articles/swr-outlines-business-plan
South Western Railway Announces Planned Strike Day Timetable
http://neighbournet.com/server/common/conswtrains073.htm
Another bridge strike at Wilton South
https://tinyurl.com/2xjmcqzt
Derailment near Thorpe le Soken due to cattle on the line
https://tinyurl.com/29vh9vja
Crop fire closed line at Great Chesterford
https://www.elystandard.co.uk/news/great-chesterford-field-fire-near-m11-9150584
Heat Damaged track near Watlington
https://www.norfolklive.co.uk/news/norfolk-news/kings-lynn-train-great-northern-7347126
Work starts on cliff repairs between Gloucester and Chepstow
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-62205936
OHLE damage closes Birmingham New Street
https://tinyurl.com/27oetptu
Northumberland Line launches new website to keep public up-to-date about
its construction
https://tinyurl.com/2c9ntrdd
Schoolchildren get first glimpse of Northumberland line train services
https://tinyurl.com/2clp2kug
Sleeper train to nowhere
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-62236652
River Clyde train rescue: 'Without my lifejacket, I'd be dead'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-62175894
Bishopbriggs: Land safeguarded for new station
https://tinyurl.com/22flclov
Station Hotel Larbert for sale
https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/20284964.station-hotel-larbert-sale/
Helston Railway plan to connect train service to Water-ma-Trout
https://tinyurl.com/2yp44ycf
Fundraising to repair South London’s narrow-gauge railway
https://tinyurl.com/24454fjb
Disused military railway at Caldicott to be converted to cycle route
https://tinyurl.com/23txg3ay
NYMR "Support your Railway" campaign
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/20290047.nymr-spearheads-love-railway-campaign/
SBB abandon active suspension on twindexx rolling stock
https://tinyurl.com/2awmwwcz
SBB Cargo order 35 Siemens Vectron locos
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/siemens-contract-vectron-locomotives-switzerland-2/
Investment in on Canadian Prairie lines
https://tinyurl.com/2b42zk7x
Gauge clearance trials for Caltrans electric stock
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/caltrain-concludes-electric-trainset-trial/
Transhipment facility opened on Laos-Thailand border
https://tinyurl.com/2afd8fhg
Dapol launches new card kit range
https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/news/dapol-launches-new-card-kit-range
West Midlands Tram route extended to Edgbaston
https://tinyurl.com/2yuw6hhn
New Waldenburgerbahn rolling stock delivered for testing
https://tinyurl.com/2atldvqs
New trams ordered by PTG Geneva
https://tinyurl.com/24ochouf
New tramway to be built on route of Hedjaz Tailway
https://tinyurl.com/24vnqzvp
E-Scooter riders prosecuted by Transport for London after Tube ban
https://tinyurl.com/23e27ymd
Farnborough Airshow: Aerospace deals set to fly
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62178071
Fatal freight aircraft crash in Greece
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62195005
Crash at Mogadishu airport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-62206497
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Nick Wheat
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TV and RADIO
22/07/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Iberia
22/07/22 Channel 5 2000-2100
"World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Queensland
22/07/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
22/07/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Secrets of the London Underground"
23/07/22 Yesterday 1600-1900
"Steam Train Britain"
23/07/22 Yesterday 1900-2200
"Great Continental Railway Journeys"
24/07/22 Yesterday 1200-1400
"Steam Train Britain"
24/07/22 Yesterday 1400-1900
"Train Truckers"
24/07/22 BBC Radio 4 1915-1930
"Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train" Bristol to Penzance
24/07/22 Yesterday 2300-0000
"Hornby: A Model World"
25/07/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" The Holy Land
25/07/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great American Railway Journeys" Toronto
25/07/22 BBC Radio 4 2000-2030
"Leeds: Life in the Bus Lane"
25/07/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Scouting for Toys"
26/07/22 BBC2 1800-1900
"Great Indian Railway Journeys" Jodhpur to Delhi
26/07/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great American Railway Journeys" Reno to Colfax
26/07/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Former USSR
27/07/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" The Balkans to Sofia
27/07/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great American Railway Journeys" Sacramento to Napa Valley
28/07/22 BBC2 1800-1900
"Great Indian Railway Journeys" Mysuru to Chennai
28/07/22 BBC4 1900-1930
"Great American Railway Journeys" San Francisco to Sausalito
28/07/22 Yesterday 2100-2200
"Train Truckers" New 1/8 Class 47 to the Ecclesbourne
Valley Railway
29/07/22 Yesterday 1800-1900
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Italy
29/07/22 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Australia's Most Scenic Railway Journeys" Brisbane to Cairns
29/07/22 Yesterday 2000-2100
"The Architecture the Railways Built"
29/07/22 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
23/07/22- Hythe Pier Heritage Association celebrates the centenary of
the Hythe Pier Railway
24/07/22 Brush locomotives 16307 and 16302 built for use in a 1917
First World War munitions
factory will be joined on the track by 16303 from the
Amberley Museum reuniting
these siblings for the first time in 100 years
http://www.hythepierha.org.uk/
https://tinyurl.com/26xl8jcs
23/07/22- Spa Valley Railway: Buffalo Jill's Wild West Train Ride
24/07/22
https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
23/07/22- Churnet Valley Railway: Staffordshire Beer Train
25/07/22
https://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk/
27/07/22- Isle of Man Railways: Summer Transport Festival
31/07/22
https://www.rail.im
29/07/22- Bluebell Railway: Terrier Gala
31/07/22
https://www.bluebell-railway.com/terrier-150/
29/07/22- Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway: Diesel Gala
31/07/22
https://www.gwsr.com
30/07/22- Dacorum Steam & Country Fayre, Hemel Hempstead
31/07/22
https://www.dacorummachineryandsteam.co.uk
01/08/22 Winchester Cafe Sci
"Learning from Accidents: Railway Signalling in the UK" by Dr
Robin Wilson
Arc Winchester (formerly the Discovery Centre), Jewry St,
Winchester, SO23 8SB
Starts 1930
https://www.wincafesci.org.uk/
01/08/22 Peak Railway Association - Sheffield Branch
"An Evening with Ted Parker, Professional Video Producer &
Railway Artist", Ted Parker
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
06/08/22- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Day Out With Thomas
14/08/22
https://watercressline.co.uk/
06/08/22 Step back in time and explore Stonegate - life on an East
Sussex station
Through archives: original traffic records, stationery,
photographs, memories
Through artefacts: original signage, signals, signal lamps,
furniture and equipment
1400-1700, 7 Wills Way, Romsey, Hants, SO51 5HZ
Refreshments
Donations invited for to support the work of Amaudo UK
(
www.Amaudo.org)
supporting mental health work in Nigeria
If you are interested in coming, please let John Pennells
know:
j1pennells@hotmail.com
07/08/22 Romsey Signal Box Working Museum Open Day
Brick Lane, Romsey, Hants, SO51 8LG
Opens 1100, last entry 1530
https://romseysignalbox.org.uk/
08/08/22 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
The Underhill Centre, St. John's Road, Hedge End, SO30 4AF
7:30 for 7:45pm
Members Evening
Non-members welcome
https://www.hias.org.uk/meetings.htm
Cheers, Howard.
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