RAILDATE: the weekly newsletter of the Hursley Park Model Railway Society: http://www.ibmhursleyclub.org.uk/ss/hpmrs/
The Abandoned Stations website goes from strength to strength: http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Midland_Railway.html
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
The London Borough of Sutton has its Museum in Carshalton village, its website illustrates the history of the Borough through transport pictures: http://www.friendsofhoneywood.co.uk/
A nice little article on Honiton Incline signalbox: http://www.theoldforgebb.co.uk/honiton_incline.html
Moorbarrow restoration project: http://www.lincolnshirewoldsrailway.co.uk/moorbarrow.html
Mike Morant advises that he has three more Fotopic uploads...
BR images features steam, diesel and electric traction built or modified during the BR era. A recent surprise in the site's "hit" counts has been the considerable interest in class 26 diesel images, so more are included here. The other diesel image is of a Bulleid 1-Co-Co-1 loco in lined green livery. http://gallery62603.fotopic.net/c1634355.html
Entirely SR related, this set also includes a previously unpublished shot of one of those Bulleid diesels, but this time in original livery at Waterloo. http://gallery62603.fotopic.net/c1635643.html
Dutch railway archive pre-1951 - shouldn't be dismissed out of hand by British steam enthusiasts as the bulk of their steam fleet was designed and built in the UK, and looks very familiar. Includes two shots of outside framed 4-4-0s (redolent of Dean but designed and built by Beyer Peacock), Austerities and tank locos that would have looked at home on our own metals. http://gallery62603.fotopic.net/c1636247.html
Remember "Railwatch 1990"? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kmYfIuqPA&feature=email
An American view of rail travel: http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/16067.html
Steam in Hawaii http://tinyurl.com/8tndm9
Superb track - how do the trains stay on it?! http://vimeo.com/2578284
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
"Tram Sunday" will be held at Fleetwood on 19th July 2009. It will be the 25th such festival: http://www.fleetwoodtransportfestival.co.uk/
(Spotter: Neville Knight)
Some interesting bus photos here: http://www.mikesbuspages.com/thepreservationscene.htm
A feast of videos about Blackpool trams: http://tinyurl.com/73q26s
And Bournemouth trolleybuses: http://tinyurl.com/8hazor
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Anyone with an interest in historic images and lost waterways is invited to join and contribute to a new group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lost_waterways
To start you off on your exploration of canals, there's nowhere better than Jim Shead's Waterways Information: http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/index.php
And three more groups you might be interested in...
London Bus Enthusiast Group - the leading group for London Bus Enthusiasts worldwide: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LondonBusEnthusiast
London Rail Enthusiast Group - for all London's railways: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LondonRailEnthusiast
Transport & Politics Group - for the discussion of transport-related and other political issues: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TransportandPoliticsGroup
Ralph Rawlinson's Railway Roundup
Docklands Light Railway's latest extension, from King George V through new twin tunnels under the Thames to Woolwich Arsenal, was opened by Boris Johnson on 12th January, seven weeks ahead of schedule: http://brennybaby.blogspot.com/2009/01/woolwich-arsenal-docklands-light.html http://tinyurl.com/7gvuum
East Lancashire station totems up for auction http://tinyurl.com/8k7dze
John Rathmell, who owns and runs his own private museum, the Clerestory Railway Museum in York would like to boost his collection with a bigger display: http://tinyurl.com/7ax5ec
Strathclyde Passenger Transport's £130m plan to create a "crossrail" operation in Glasgow that would have allowed passengers from Ayrshire and Lanarkshire to travel to Edinburgh and elsewhere without changing stations in Glasgow has been axed: http://www.clydewaterfront.com/crossrail.aspx
India/Pakistan Rails through the Khyber Pass http://forgottendiaries-india-and-pakistan.blogspot.com/
Indonesia History and information on Indonesian Railways http://tjahjonorailway.blogspot.com/
Philippines Rehabilitation of the Philippine National Railways will require the eviction and relocation of some 30,000 families nestled inside the 15-metre clearance on both sides of the PNR main line: http://tinyurl.com/9otkty
Vietnam Vietnam Railway is to build a high speed railway to cut the the 1,012 mile journey between Saigon and Hanoi from the present 29 hrs to only six! http://tinyurl.com/8my32c
China China celebrates two-and-a-half years' safe operation of the Qinghai-Tibet railway: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2009-01/10/content_7384708.htm
Abandonments of New York Central "Hojack" Lines: http://tinyurl.com/8dlsfr
Out of Gauge incident: http://tinyurl.com/9lofx3
RAIB report on fatal accident at Croydon last September: http://www.raib.gov.uk/cms_resources/Bulletin%2001-2009.pdf
Southeastern Trains cuts 300 jobs: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7820661.stm
SWT Ticket office opening hours reductions reduced: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7826472.stm
Train cuts see 100 carriages axed: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7830158.stm
The Tesco Tunnel saga - work re-starts: http://tinyurl.com/a2sqsa Guy Gorton's story of the saga: http://www.meadwaypark.co.uk/Happenings2008/
East Midlands Parkway opens on 26th January: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7823558.stm
Pay-out for railway whistle-blower: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/7829340.stm
Crossrail work: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7821927.stm
HS2 proposal being examined by government: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7830916.stm
Company formed to build 'High Speed Two' line.... http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/highspeedtwo/
Rail replacement "Ghost Bus" features on BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7826689.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7826714.stm
Campaign to save Crewe station gathers steam http://tinyurl.com/7bvk56
Full steam ahead for York museum archive: http://tinyurl.com/9a2hv3
Launceston Railway & rail mounted Model "T" Ford: http://tinyurl.com/9yasxo
The "Lyd" Project: http://www.ffestiniograilway.co.uk/lydproject.htm
Handover of 4VEP 3417 "Gordon Pettit" at East Grinstead: http://tinyurl.com/7pu8nj
Eurostar passenger figures rise: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7825737.stm
Luxembourg station (in Brussels) re-opens: http://www.deredactie.be/cm/de.redactie.english/news/1.450161
Symbol of Korea's Division Restored: http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200901/200901070018.html
250 km/hr sleeper trains unveiled for China: http://tinyurl.com/8dt5op
Consortium selected to build first rail link between Red Sea and the Gulf: http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093114238
New Kenya-Uganda railway will be built: http://tinyurl.com/a59trw
Vulcan finance problems: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/7812051.stm
US Airways Airbus crashes in Hudson River New York: http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0115/newyork.html
New ferry service from Ramsgate: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7821831.stm
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Ralph Rawlinson
| Sun Jan 18 | 1800-1900 | BBC2 'James May's Big Ideas' Flying machines |
| Mon Jan 19 | 1930-2000 | Five 'How Do They Do It?' Keeping shipping lanes free from ice |
| Tue Jan 20 | 2100-2200 | BBC2 'Nicholas Crane's Britannia: the Great Elizabethan Journey' |
| Wed Jan 21 | 1100-1130 | BBC Radio 4 'On the Top Deck' Life on the buses |
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 and also http://railwayherald.co.uk/railtours/ | ||
| All details are correct to the best of my knowledge. No responsibility is taken for inaccuracies or changes. | ||
| Sat Jan 17 | 1000-1700 |
Bridport & District Model Railway Club Exhibition
Beaminster Public Hall, Fleet Street, Beaminster, Dorset 1000-1700 |
| Sun Jan 18 | ? | Midland Railway Centre: Winter Warmer Trains http://www.midlandrailwaycentre.co.uk |
| Wed Jan 21 | ? |
Staffordshire Film Archive
On the Rails - Steam and Diesel Free admission http://www.stokefilmtheatre.org.uk |
| Wed Jan 21 | 1400 |
IRS&TH Spring Term Seminar
Footplate Unions in Britain and Western Australia Starts: 1400 Bobbie Oliver (Curtin University, Western Australia) David Howell (University of York) Workshops are held in the NRM Search Engine research facility, accessed from the ground floor of the Great Hall |
| Sat Jan 24 - Sun Jan 25 | ? | Midland Railway Centre: Winter Warmer Trains http://www.midlandrailwaycentre.co.uk |
| Sat Jan 24 - Sun Jan 25 | 1030-1700(Sat) 1000-1700(Sun) |
Southampton Model Railway Society Exhibition
Barton Peveril College, Chestnut Avenue, Eastleigh, SO50 5ZA 1030-1700 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun) http://smrs.hampshire.org.uk |
| Sat Jan 31 | ? | Midland Railway Centre: Winter Warmer Trains http://www.midlandrailwaycentre.co.uk |
| Sun Feb 01 | 1000-1600 |
Romsey Signal Box Open Day
Admission free (donations welcome!) 1000-1600 ex-Romsey Infants School, Plaza Parade, Winchester Rd, Romsey Car park in old school grounds http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk |
| Sun Feb 01 | ? | Midland Railway Centre: Winter Warmer Trains http://www.midlandrailwaycentre.co.uk |
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