HPMRS RAILDATE 08 Jun 07

News

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

NETWATCH

Issue 59 (June 2007) of "West Somerset Express", the unofficial online newsletter of the West Somerset Railway is now available: http://trainsferriesbuses.co.uk/westsomersetexpress.htm

Thanks to Nick Wheat for spotting this fold-up model of the Euston Arch: http://home.clara.net/rogerpattenden/eustonarch.html

Peter Smith is compiling a website as a database of colour schemes used on railway buildings: http://www.stationcolours.info

Various East Midlands links:

Annesley MPD: http://www.annesleyfireman.com/index.html

Nottingham's lost railway heritage: http://www.leverton.org/tunnels/nottingham/index.html

Colliery lines east of Mansfield: http://www.avoe05.dsl.pipex.com/East%20of%20Mansfield.htm

Lots of information about the Great Central Railway here: http://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/

Details of this new limited edition book on the Great Central Railway covering the period 1960-1964: http://steamcentral.tripod.com/

Thanks to Richard Buckby who spotted this accident report. Evidently, wrongly-connected wiring resulted in a SPAD - power was turned off, but the train kept going: http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources/070430_R102007_Camden_Road.pdf

The Summer Railway Photograph Fair will be held at the Kidderminster Railway Museum on 14th July. Doors open at 10.00am and close at 5.00pm. The KRM's own archive will be open for your inspection and for you to place orders. Currently they have 70,000 catalogued B/W and 11,000 colour images. The traders in attendance are: Roger Carpenter Rod Blencowe Stuart Blencowe Mike Thorp Arthur Haynes Ted Hancock Andrew Swift Tony Harden Mike Cremin HMRS Friends of Hampton Lode station Restoration & Archiving Trust

Free admission, car parking (in SVR) and refreshments available. In total approximately over 500,000 images will be on sale on the day. It's the only show that is totally dedicated to railway photographs. http://www.krm.org.uk

A clip of the TGV's recent record-breaking test run spotted by Nick Wheat: http://video.google.fr/videoplay?docid=-105886402269456381&q=tgv

IN THE NEWS

First UK biodiesel train launched: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6729115.stm

Value of rail travel at new low: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6721399.stm

Manchester trams engineering works: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6699645.stm

TT trains help commuters beat traffic: http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news?articleid=2912796 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/isle_of_man/6723063.stm

IoM tram upgrade proposed: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/isle_of_man/6730329.stm

Level crossings campaign launched: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6719475.stm

Row over Scottish transport review: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6729977.stm

Steam at Highbridge: http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2007/steam-train-30-05-07.shtml

Australian rail crash: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6721407.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6725381.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6722387.stm

(Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps)

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