RAILDATE: the weekly newsletter of the Hursley Park Model Railway Society: http://steam.to/hpmrs
Pictures of the last of the mail trains at Derby last Friday with:
47727 8:35pm Mail North 67011 8:58pm Mail South
http://mpt-trains.fotopic.net/
The Railway Age, Crewe:
http://www.llahsneh.freeserve.co.uk/
Proposal to reopen the Killin Railway...
The Loch Tay Steam Packet Company is close to completing the building of the steam ship "Spirit of the Tay", and it has also secured, at the western end of the loch, the track bed of part of the former Killin Railway. This includes the extension part which ran, from the station in the village of Killin, onto a pier for steamships, about a century ago.
Set in spectacular scenery, Killin is at the eastern gateway to the newly formed and first of Scotland's national parks, the Loch Lomond National Park, and one of the interested public bodies is considering the feasibility of a Scottish Heritage steam site, based around the environs of the former Killin Station. The former Calendar and Oban Railway line, which fed the Killin Railway, is breached in Glen Ogle but a few miles beyond the former Killin Junction there remains a working part of Network Rail on the former North British Railway (LNER) route at Crianlarich. What could start off as a small scale rebuilding of a mile or two of track could eventually be developed, in stages if required, into the longest operating tourist railway in the UK set amongst what is arguably the finest of all Scottish scenery and surrounded by some of the richest historical heritage of the nation.
The whole project will be greedy for volunteers and especially hands on workers in the cold, damp, dirty regions of the permanent way! If sufficient interest is shown, the first step could be the purchase of an accommodation coach or coaches.
http://www.lochtaysteamheritage.co.uk
The Signalling Record Society website has had a bit of a facelift (at least since the Editor last looked):
From the GWR list...
Nick Baxter has several books for sale, mainly GWR, and there might be more to follow. All are in 'read' condition and all O.N.O. Please contact him if you are interested in purchasing any of them at:
nickjp813@hotmail.com
New Fotopic website... Buses and trains galore!
A new Blackpool Tram Route is in the process of being built for MSTS. There are already six Blackpool trams available for download and more trams are being built for this route which will be the first non-fictional British Tram Route for a simulator. It should be available for download late March/early April. Other trams being built are Liverpool Baby Grand/Goddess, Glasgow Coronation and already there are two Felthams in London and Leeds liveries. To find out more information about this go to:
Click on Forums and scroll down to British Trams, once on this page, you will see all the topics relating to trams for MSTS.
The AEC society webshots album - hours of happy browsing for lovers of AEC vehicles - loads of buses:
http://community.webshots.com/user/aecsociety
Trans-Pennine service has new operator: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3449793.stm
Train upgrade running late: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3455923.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3459527.stm
Rail user numbers on right track (Oh please...!): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/3463885.stm
Facelift for railway viaduct: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/3451713.stm
Pop idol found walking on railway line (not Pete Waterman): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3459123.stm
First passenger train across Australia: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3449389.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3450473.stm
Gas leak cripples Sydney rail network (Government blamed): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3461317.stm
India to gain rail enquiry jobs: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3459329.stm
| Sun Feb 08 | 1830-1930 | C4 'Scrapheap Challenge' All-terrain vehicles |
| Sun Feb 08 | 2000-2130 | BBC4 'Restoration Secrets' West Midlands' architecture |
| Mon Feb 09 | 1330-1500 | BBC4 'Restoration Secrets' West Midlands' architecture |
| Mon Feb 09 | 2000-2100 | C4 'Salvage Squad' Restoring a 1960 Amphicar |
| Mon Feb 09 | 2000-2030 | C5 'Ultimate Helicopters' A look to the future |
| Mon Feb 09 | 2100-2200 | C4 'Men of Iron' The Brunels and the Stephensons |
| Tue Feb 10 | 2000-2100 | BBC2 'Crafty Tricks of War' Unusual weapons |
| Tue Feb 10 | 2200-2230 | BBC2 'What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us' |
| Wed Feb 11 | 1310-1330 | BBC2 'Big Screen Britain' The locations for 'The Railway Children' |
| Wed Feb 11 | 1910-1930 | BBC2 'What the Romans Did For Us' |
| Wed Feb 11 | 1930-2000 | C5 'Weapons of World War II' Gliders |
| Thu Feb 12 | 0400-0455 | C4 'Plane Crazy' Building a plane in 30 days |
| Thu Feb 12 | 1300-1320 | BBC2 'Big Screen Britain' The locations for 'The Dam Busters' |
| Thu Feb 12 | 1910-1930 | BBC2 'What the Romans Did For Us' |
| Thu Feb 12 | 1930-2000 | ITV Meridian 'The Way We Were' Archive film from the last 50 years |
| Thu Feb 12 | 2000-2100 | BBC2 'Inventions That Changed the World: The Television' |
| Fri Feb 13 | 0420-0510 | C4 'Plane Crazy' Building a plane in 30 days |
| Fri Feb 13 | 1910-1930 | BBC2 'What the Romans Did For Us' |
| Sat Feb 14 | 0415-0510 | C4 'Plane Crazy' Building a plane in 30 days |
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 Feb 07 | 1400 |
Paddington Films present British Transport Films
Exeter Picture House, 51 Bartholomew Street West, Exeter Train Time (1952), Fully Fitted Freight (1957), Reshaping of British Railways (1963), Terminus (1961) commencing at 1400 |
| Sat Feb 07 | ? | Camden Transport Bazaar, Camden Centre http://www.prorail.co.uk/events/ |
| Sat Feb 07 | ? |
Gauge O Guild Auction
Bletchley Park |
| Sat Feb 07 | ? |
North Staffordshire Railway Study Group
Open Meeting at Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke http://www.nsrsg.org.uk/ |
| Sat Feb 07 - Sun Feb 08 | 1030-1700(both days) |
Alton Model Railway Group Model Railway Exhibition
Eggars School, Alton, Hants 1030-1700 (both days) http://www.altonmrg.co.uk/febex |
| Sat Feb 07 - Sun Feb 08 | 1000-1800(Sat) 1000-1700(Sun) |
The Festival of British Railway Modelling
Doncaster Exhibition Centre, The Racecourse, Doncaster 1000-1800 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun) http://www.brmodelling.com |
| Mon Feb 09 | 1500-1700 |
South West Trains: Meet the Manager Live Online
1500-1700
Andrew Haines, Managing Director of South West Trains will be available to answer questions at: http://www.e-motionmagazine.co.uk |
| Wed Feb 11 | 1930 |
Rob Foxon's 'Railways Remembered' Archive Film Show
The Benn Hall, Rugby New West Coast Main Line Show starts at 1930 Further information: http://www.britishtransportfilms.co.uk |
| Fri Feb 13 - Sun Feb 15 | 1000-1730(each day) |
Brighton Modelworld
The Brighton Centre, Brighton 1000-1730 (each day) http://www.brightonmodelworld.com |
| Fri Feb 13 - Mon Feb 16 | ? | Great Central Railway: Day Out with Thomas http://www.gcrailway.co.uk |
| Fri Feb 13 - Sat Feb 14 | ? | Great Central Railway: Valentines Day Specials http://www.gcrailway.co.uk |
| Sat Feb 14 | 1030-1700 |
East Bedfordshire Model Railway Group Model Railway Exhibition
Stratton School, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade 1030-1700 http://www.ebmrs.org.uk |
| Sat Feb 14 | 1000-1700 |
Newbury Model Railway Club Exhibition
Luker Hall, St Bartholomew's School, Andover Road, Newbury 1000-1700 |
| Sat Feb 14 - Sun Feb 15 | ? | Kent and East Sussex Railway: Open Days http://www.kesr.org.uk |
| Sat Feb 14 - Sun Feb 22 | ? | Midland Railway Centre, Butterley - Half-Term Trains http://www.midlandrailwaycentre.co.uk |
| Mon Feb 16 | 1830-2000 |
IBM Club, Hursley - S.S. Shieldhall by Graham Mackenzie
A former HPMRS member, Graham is now Managing Director of Solent Steam Packet (Services) Ltd The talk will be held in the Jim Hayes Hall 1830-2000 Tickets: £2 each http://www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk/ |
| Tue Feb 17 - Fri Feb 20 | ? | Great Central Railway: Half-Term Daily Running http://www.gcrailway.co.uk |
| Sat Feb 21 | 1000-1700 |
Warminster & District Model Railway Group Exhibition
The Assembly Hall, Western Car Park, Warminster, Wilts 1000-1700 |
| Sat Feb 21 | 1000-1700 |
Tonbridge Model Railway Club Exhibition
The Angel Centre, Tonbridge, Kent 1000-1700 |
| Sat Feb 21 | 1900 |
Rob Foxon's 'Railways Remembered' Archive Film Show
Trinity Church, Farnworth, Bolton North West Railways Special Programme Show starts at 1900 Further information: http://www.britishtransportfilms.co.uk |
| Cheers, Howard. howard@derby.org | ||