HPMRS RAILDATE 14 Oct 05

News

RAILDATE: the weekly newsletter of the Hursley Park Model Railway Society: http://www.ibmhursleyclub.org.uk/ss/hpmrs/

NETWATCH

Photographs of stations and lines in Warwickshire:

http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/

Aidan Croft has set a North Staffordshire Railway blog. It will periodically be updated with news of any events of any sort relating to the NSR that he happens to come across:

http://nsrly.blogspot.com

Roger Bailey has uploaded some photos of the West Somerset Railway Autumn Gala, held between 29th September and 2nd October:

http://thebaileygallery.fotopic.net/c717223.html

Duncan Langtree's pictures of the recent Autumn Gala at the Severn Valley Railway:

http://www.dlangtree.fotopic.net/

John Wills has completed a major upload to his Southern Railway website:

http://www.southernrailway.net

Clive Standen has added an album named "Exeter-Ilfracombe", and added pictures to various collections including: "Isle of Wight", "Ashford Steam Centre 1974 + Misc.Pictures" and "DEMU":

http://clivestanden.fotopic.net

Chris Dadson's pictures taken on a recent visit to the Mid-Hants Railway:

http://gallery74781.fotopic.net/c720288.html

And the Bluebell Railway:

http://gallery74781.fotopic.net/c656671_10.html

The area between Dartford and Gravesend will be very heavily re-developed over the next few years. Details of transport proposals are here:

http://www.go-fastrack.co.uk

A fotopic gallery of the North London Line with EPBs and 501s:

http://everythingbutthegoyle.fotopic.net/c231305.html

"Merlin" has uploaded a new collection of photographs of coal trains being loaded in Leith Docks: http://merlinsphotos.fotopic.net/c722594.html

There are also took a couple of shots of the old conveyor that was used for loading Scottish coal into boats for export: http://merlinsphotos.fotopic.net/p21374841.html http://merlinsphotos.fotopic.net/p21374842.html

And a few of Portobello Junction, where the Leith branch joins the ECML at the former Freightliner terminal: http://merlinsphotos.fotopic.net/p21374838.html http://merlinsphotos.fotopic.net/p21374840.html http://merlinsphotos.fotopic.net/p21374839.html

Also uploaded are a couple of views of the new spray rig at Thornton Yard which sprays a fixing agent onto coal trains to reduce blow-off: http://merlinsphotos.fotopic.net/p21374220.html http://merlinsphotos.fotopic.net/p21374235.html

The InterCity Railway Society:

http://www.icrs.org.uk/

A couple of weeks ago, I included a link to a site covering Departmental Rolling Stock. That link is repeated here, together with several more that have come my way:

http://www.departmentals.com

http://www.ontrackplant.com/index.php

http://www.btinternet.com/~second_engineering/fishkinds_and_tops.htm

http://www.loram.com/railgrinding2.html

http://www.jarvisplant.com/uk_htm_files/uk_machines_for_railways.htm

http://www.balfourbeatty.com/bbeatty/businesses/rail/plant/

http://www.gamblegroup.co.uk/rail/railhome.asp

Alderney and its railway:

http://www.sbrobinson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Alderney.html

Other interesting (non-Aldernety) pictures at the main site:

http://www.sbrobinson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Index.html

The Fundacion Patrimonio Historico in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has just launched a web-based distance learning course from Oct 28 - Dec 2 on Railway Architecture in Latin America. Enrolment for non-Hispanic countries is US$ 90.00:

http://www.sai.com.ar/patrimonio_ferroviario.html

Road transport models made to 1:87 scale:

http://www.1-87vehicles.org/

A quirky look at Blackpool tram models:

http://www.blackpool-in-the-box.freeserve.co.uk/

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