RAILDATE: the weekly newsletter of the Hursley Park Model Railway Society: http://www.ibmhursleyclub.org.uk/ss/hpmrs/
There will be no RAILDATE for the next two weeks, but it will return on Friday 9th June.
Some interesting websites about the railway at Gosport:
http://www.discoverycentres.co.uk/gosport/localstudies/railway.html
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConBar.3043
http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/g/gosport/index.shtml
http://estatespractice.hants.gov.uk/GosportRaillwayStationDevelopmentBrief.pdf
The Gosport Railway Society is the owner of a OO model of the station. It was built by G A Allcock, author of the book on "Gosport's Railway Era". The model is currently in the care of the Fareham & District MRC with the intention that it will be renovated once their new club rooms are sorted out.
Not long after being involved in the notorious "Exeter Central Incident", Ian Riley's unrebuilt 34067 "Tangmere" suffered a rare failure at Rugby on 12th May. The cause is not yet known but the result is a hole in the sump and a now banana-shaped inside connecting rod snapped clean in half:
http://www.stuart9941.fotopic.net/c955400.html
As a result of this, the Kingfisher Railtours Wareham to Bristol and return on Saturday 20th May has been cancelled, as "Tangmere" was due to provide haulage.
Tony Hillman's website covering Southern Railway publicity. The site was recently extended, and now includes advertising and publicity from the early days of Network South East, including the TV commercials:
Paul Biggs has posted pictures of last week's Great Central Railway Diesel Gala:
http://paulbiggsgcrailway.fotopic.net/c956331.html
Thanks to Ralph Rawlinson for spotting this one...
The cast and filmmakers of Columbia Pictures' The Da Vinci Code today helped Eurostar set a Guinness World Record for the longest non-stop international train journey. The record was set as the Eurostar train arrived in Cannes, with the cast and filmmakers onboard, for the start of the Cannes Film Festival.
The Eurostar journey, which took 7 hours 25 minutes, started in London at 09.40 London time this morning, after stars Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou and director Ron Howard, had named the train "The Da Vinci Code". It is the first time a Eurostar has made the journey with travellers from London to Cannes, and the longest non-stop high-speed journey in the world, with a distance of 1421km.
An official from Guinness World Records certified the record-breaking run and confirmed the record distance during a presentation on arrival at Cannes station.
See what they can do when they try? Now that it has been demonstrated that Eurostar can reach Cannes at an average speed of 191.6 km/h (119 mph), there is no reason why Eurostar services to Lyon, Basle and Lausanne cannot be operated. In 2007, Eurostar will switch its UK operations to London's St Pancras International. Journey times will fall further with London-Paris only 2h 15m, London-Brussels 1h 51m and London-Lille just 1h 20m.
Da Vinci Code stars at Waterloo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4986232.stm
Thanks to Neil Kearns for alerting me to "Milk Float Corner":
Settle and Carlisle to be upgraded: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4765883.stm
MPs back Transport Police: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4987554.stm
Rail services delayed after fire: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4771543.stm
Level crossing danger campaign: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4988550.stm
Eddie Stobart on the rails: http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=365888
Lord Nelson (why can't they distinguish between a train and a loco?) http://www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire/content/articles/2006/05/16/lord_nelson_train_feature.shtml
Miniature railway looks for new home: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4987554.stm
Document reveals early rail opposition: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4987580.stm
| Discovery's programmes are no longer included, but their daily schedules are here: http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/_listings/ and http://discoverywings.co.uk/_listings/ | ||
| Sat May 20 | 0900-0100 (D+1) | UKTV History 'Fred Dibnah' Another Saturday, yet another Dibnah tribute day |
| Sat May 20 | 1900-1950 | BBC4 'Monsoon Railway' A look at Indian railways Part 1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/monsoon-railway.shtml |
| Sun May 21 | 0145-0240 | BBC4 'Monsoon Railway' A look at Indian railways Part 1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/monsoon-railway.shtml |
| Sun May 21 | 1800-1900 | BBC2 'Coast' Norn Irn |
| Tue May 23 | 2100-2200 | BBC2 'Dan Cruickshank's Marvels of the Modern Age' |
| Tue May 23 | 2200-2230 | BBC4 'Living with Modernism' New Brackenfell, Cumbria |
| Wed May 24 | 1040-1130 | BBC2 'Horizon' Percy Pilcher's flying machine |
| Wed May 24 | 1915-2000 | Five 'Raising the World's First Iron Warship' |
| Wed May 24 | 2000-2100 | Five 'The Mystery of the Mary Celeste' |
| Wed May 24 | 2030-2100 | BBC4 'Take One Museum' Manchester Museum of Science & Industry |
| Thu May 25 | 0125-0155 | BBC4 'Take One Museum' Manchester Museum of Science & Industry |
| Fri May 26 | 2000-2030 | Five 'The History of Britain from the Air' The Victorians |
| Sat May 27 | 1900-1950 | BBC4 'Monsoon Railway' A look at Indian railways Part 2 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/monsoon-railway.shtml |
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. | ||
| Fri May 19 - Sat May 20 | ? | Swanage Railway Beer Festival http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk |
| Sat May 20 | 1100-1700 |
GBTicket - Transport Ticket Fair
Model Railway Club, Keen House, 4 Calshot Street, London 1100-1700 http://www.gbticket.co.uk |
| Sat May 20 | ? | Main Line Steam: London Victoria-Newbury-Cranmore-Wells http://www.steamdreams.co.uk |
| Sat May 20 | 1030-1700 |
7mm Narrow Gauge Association Model railway Exhibition
Burton Town Hall, King Edward Place, Burton-upon-Trent 1030-1700 http://www.7mmnga.org.uk |
| Sat May 20 - Sun May 21 | ? | Mid-Hants Watercress Line: 1960s Event http://www.watercressline.co.uk |
| Sat May 20 - Sun May 21 | 1000-1700(Sat) 1000-1600(Sun) |
Four Marks Scout Group Model Railway Exhibition
Four Marks Village Hall, Lymington Bottom, Four Marks 1000-1700 (Sat) 1000-1600 (Sun) Free vintage bus service between Four Marks station and hall |
| Sat May 20 - Sun May 21 | 1030-1630(Sat) 1000-1600(Sun) |
Salisbury & South Wilts Railway Soc Model Railway Exhibition
Michael Herbert Hall, South Street, Wilton, Salisbury 1030-1630 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun) |
| Sat May 20 - Sun May 21 | 1930 |
Dean Forest Railway: Parkend Opening Weekend Gala
Celebration party at Parkend on Saturday, 1930 to 2300 http://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk/ |
| Sun May 21 | ? | Imperial War Museum, Duxford: AirSpace Air Show http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/server/show/conEvent.877 |
| Tue May 23 | ? | Main Line Steam: London Victoria-Chichester-Portsmouth http://www.steamdreams.co.uk |
| Wed May 24 | 1400 |
Institute of Railway Studies and Transport History
The Yorkshire Rail Academy at the NRM, York The YRA is reached from within the Warehouse at the NRM off the Great Hall and is not open to the general public - use the entryphone to get in Research Workshop: Commercial cultures of C20th transport Nicolas Maffei (Norwich School of Art and Fine Design) The streamlined designs of Norman Bel Geddes: from imagined ideal to commercial reality David Watts (Coventry University) (TBC) Some reflections on the interpretation of visual advertising Starts 14.00 |
| Sat May 27 - Sun May 28 | 1030-1700(Sat) 1000-1630(Sun) |
Burnham & District MRC Open Days
Highbridge Community Centre, Highbridge, Somerset 1030-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun) http://www.burnhamanddistrictmrc.co.uk |
| Sat May 27 - Sun May 28 | ? |
Aylesbury RAILEX
Stoke Mandeville Exhibition, Harvey Road, Aylesbury http://www.rdmrc.nildram.co.uk |
| Sat May 27 - Mon May 29 | ? |
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Bank Holiday Open Days
and Wirksworth Carnival
Class 03 on incline and Class 37 to Gorsey Bank (27/28) Class 03 on incline and Class 31 to Gorsey Bank (29) http://www.e-v-r.com |
| Sat May 27 - Mon May 29 | ? | East Lancashire Railway: War Weekend http://www.east-lancs-rly.co.uk/ |
| Sat May 27 - Sun Jun 04 | ? | East Hayling Light Railway: Pirates of Beachlands http://www.easthaylinglightrailway.co.uk |
| Sun May 28 - Mon May 29 | ? | Talyllyn Railway: Tom Rolt Vintage Rally http://www.talyllyn.co.uk |
| Mon May 29 | ? | Swanage Railway Fete http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk |
| Tue May 30 | 1930 |
West Somerset Railway Bristol Group
The BAWA, Southmead Road, Filton, Bristol 'Irish Railways' - Patrick McCormack Starts 1930 for 1945 http://www.wsra.org.uk |
| Thu Jun 01 | ? | Talyllyn Railway: Children's Duncan Day http://www.talyllyn.co.uk |
| Thu Jun 01 - Sun Jun 04 | ? | Dean Forest Railway: A Day Out with Thomas http://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk/ |
| Tue May 02 - Thu May 04 | ? | Churnet Valley Railway: Diesel Gala http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk |
| Sat Jun 03 | ? |
Reading Rail and Bus Collectors Fair
Rivermead leisure Complex, Richfield Avenue, Reading http://www.tobaz.co.uk |
| Sat Jun 03 - Sun Jun 04 | 1030-1630 |
Charity Model Boat Show
In aid of the Merchant Seamen's War Memorial Society Springbok Estate, A281 Horsham-Guildford Road at Alfold 1030-1630 both days |
| Sat Jun 04 | 1000-1600 |
Romsey Signal Box Open Day
1000-1600; Admission free (donations welcome!)
Annual General Meeting at 1530 Romsey Infants School, Plaza Parade, Winchester Rd, Romsey Car park in school grounds http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk |
| Sun Jun 04 | ? |
Aldershot & District Centenary Event
Largest gathering of Dennis vehicles Stagecoach South Depot open for family fun day Aldershot, Hants |
| Wed Jun 07 | ? | Main Line Steam: London Victoria-Canterbury http://www.steamdreams.co.uk |
| Sun Jun 11 | ? |
Strawberries and Steam
Steam engines, cars, commercial vehicles and motor cycles Coptyhorne, Hants |
| Sun Jun 11 | ? | Churnet Valley Railway: Classic Bus Rally http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk |
| Thu Jun 15 | ? |
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Schools Open Day
Class 03 on incline and M55006 to Gorsey Bank http://www.e-v-r.com |
| Thu Jun 15 | ? | Talyllyn Railway: Victorian Train http://www.talyllyn.co.uk |
| Fri Jun 16 - Sun Jun 18 | ? | Talyllyn Railway: Have-a-Go on the Talyllyn Railway http://www.talyllyn.co.uk |
| Sat Jun 17 | 1030 |
Solent Railwayana Auction
The Community Centre, Mill Lane, Wickham, Hampshire Viewing from 0800, 500 lots, sale starts 1030 http://www.solentrailwayana.com/ |
| Sat Jun 17 - Sun Jun 18 | ? |
Wessex Narrow Gauge Modellers: Narrow Gauge in the Gardens
Exbury Gardens Engine & Carriage Shed, Nr Beaulieu, Hants |
| Sun Jun 18 | ? | Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Father's Day http://www.watercressline.co.uk |
| Sun Jun 18 | ? |
Churnet Valley Railway: Pre-War Austin 7 Car Display and
Father's Day Lunch http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk |
| Cheers, Howard. editor@raildate.co.uk | ||
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| (C) Howard Sprenger and Hursley Park Model Railway Society 2006. | ||
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