RAILDATE: the weekly newsletter of the Hursley Park Model Railway Society: http://steam.to/hpmrs
New from KRB Publications is "A Lifetime in Traction" by Arthur Tayler. This is something for diesel and electric enthusiasts, particularly those with an interest in the Southern Region. Arthur Tayler spent his professional life working with non-steam traction on the Southern from 1948 to 1980 - and he took his camera with him everywhere he went! His book contains a wonderful selection of previously-unseen photographs of tests, trials, and other unusual workings, as well as captions that give an insight into the development of "Modern Traction" (not so modern now, of course!) as seen through the eyes of someone who was very much involved at the time. Price £14.95. 96 pages, softback, black and white with full-colour cover. ISBN: 0954485920.
You can order this book post-free from: KRB Publications 2 Denewulf Close Bishop's Waltham Hants SO32 1GZ
Purchasers of the two TRAX books, also published by KRB Publications, "Wiring the Layout" and "Track Design", are advised that the TRAX discussion group is now up-and-running. If you have any questions about the software, this is the place to ask, as the creator of TRAX, Jeff Geary is a member of the group. To join in, go to:
http://www.topica.com/lists/trax/
Paul Bartlett's Fotopics
BR Medfit 13ton open as used by engineers - 44 photographs: http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/show_collection.php?id=87052
Rudd and Clam ballast/spoil wagons on BR - 8 photographs: http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/show_collection.php?id=86686
FPA and Russell Containers - 17 photographs: http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/show_collection.php?id=86162
Grain wagons on BR - 25 photographs: http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/show_collection.php?id=85932
0-6-0 Drewery shunters at Willington Power station - 3 photographs: http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/show_collection.php?id=84829
CBA covered hopper wagon for Limestone - 9 photographs: http://gallery6801.fotopic.net/show_collection.php?id=83386
Pictures along the Penrith-Keswick trackbed taken on Christmas Eve: http://www.ckp-railways.co.uk
A new page has been added to the website at: http://www.friarsclose16.freeserve.co.uk See New Year 2004 in index.
Photographs of Stainmore Locomotives and the Eden Valley Railway:
http://www.nigelsmusic.freeserve.co.uk
Pictures of Wellow Station and Wellow Signal Box can be seen here:
http://www.gebejay.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/sdrail2.html
The following report has appeared on the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3348789.stm
The locomotives found under the sea would clearly have been express passenger locomotives since they have 6' 6" wheels. They could therefore not be anything that was being sent abroad for war service. They are apparently, unlike the rest of the shipwreck, very well preserved.
Two new discussion groups:
D_8_E_Multiple Unit Yahoo! Group Subscribe: D_8_E_MultipleUnit-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
South East Buses Group Yahoo! Group Subscribe: south_east_buses_group-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
You can see lever frames from the turn of the 19th to 20th Century from Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia at:
http://www.cdrail.cz/tudc/muzeum/galery.htm
Back next week...
| Mon Jan 05 | 1910-2000 | BBC4 'Great Railway Journeys' 3,000 miles across Africa |
| Mon Jan 05 | 2000-2100 | Channel 5 'Ultimate Strike Planes' |
| Mon Jan 05 | 2000-2100 | Radio 4 'Eurofighter: the Plane Truth' |
| Tue Jan 06 | 2000-2100 | BBC2 'Crafty Tricks of War' Unusual weapons |
| Tue Jan 06 | 1900-1930 | BBC2 'Days That Shook the World' Faster than sound |
| Thu Jan 08 | 2000-2100 | BBC2 'Dig with Dibnah' Fred builds a coal mine |
| Fri Jan 09 | 0210-0340 | BBC4 'Restoration Secrets' North West's Architectural heritage |
See Mainline Steam Tours page for up-to-date info on many of these tours, and others, often with timings.
| For up-to-date information on many of the tours mentioned in RAILDATE (and others) often with timings, see the Steam Tours pages at: http://www.uksteam.info/index.shtml | ||
| All details are correct to the best of my knowledge. No responsibility is taken for inaccuracies or changes. | ||
| Sat Jan 10 - Sun Jan 11 | 1000-1800(Sat) 1000-1700(Sun) |
Chiltern MRA Model Railway Exhibition
St Alban Arena, St Peter's Street, St Albans 1000-1800 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun) |
| Sat Jan 17 | ? |
Gauge O Guild Workshop
Model Railway Club, London N1 |
| Sat Jan 24 - Sun Jan 25 | 1000-1800(Sat) 1000-1700(Sat) |
Pontefract Model Railway Show
New College, Park Lane, Pontefract 1000-1800 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sat) |
| Sun Jan 25 | ? | Midland Railway Centre, Butterley - Winter Warmer Trains http://www.midlandrailwaycentre.co.uk |
| Sat Jan 31 - Sun Feb 01 | 1030-1730(Sat) 1000-1700(Sun) |
Southampton Model Railway Exhibition
The Eastpoint Centre, Burgoyne Road, Thornhill, Southampton 1030-1730 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun) http://www.hants.gov.uk/smrs |
| Cheers, Howard. howard@derby.org | ||
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