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More things culled from RAILDATE up to 29/05/09, plus anything else that's come my way.
Moorbarrow restoration project: http://www.lincolnshirewoldsrailway.co.uk/moorbarrow.html
The LMS Patriot Project: http://www.lms-patriot.org.uk/
Betton Grange: http://www.6880.co.uk/
Bluebell Railway Atlantic Group: http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/locos/atlantic/
The GW County Project: http://www.gwcountyproject.org.uk/
The G5 Project: http://www.wrlpg.com/page14.htm
The 82045 Locomotive Fund: http://www.82045.org.uk/
72010 "Hengist" (Clan Class): http://72010-hengist.org/
All you need to know about LNER Pacifics: http://www.lner-pacifics.me.uk/
New 5029 "Nunney Castle" website: http: http://www.5029nunneycastle.com
On 25th April, "Tornado" ran from Kings Cross to Edinburgh with Jeremy Clarkson on the footplate. The other Top Gear presenters, May and Hammond were, respectively, in an old Jag and a motor bike "racing" him from London to Edinburgh - they were not allowed to use motorways. The feature will be transmitted later in the year (probably in June). I don't know the result, but "Tornado" arrived on time. Video has appeared on Youtube - one such is here with links to others: http://tinyurl.com/dj8d2k
At 1422 on 25th April 2009, LMS 8F 8624, moved under her own steam after 43 years at Rowsley to much cheers and clapping. This has been the culmination of 28 years dedicated hard work by the volunteers of the 48624 Society, some of whom are no longer with us, but must have been looking down from above to clear the skies and make sure she ran first time. There is a video of the event on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h68yllkLARI
Or if you prefer it without the music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcI5NKey33Y
Nice newsreel footage of Kestrel, APT-E and the prototype HST: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9rBcSZb3bE
Everything about InterCity APT: http://www.apt-p.com/aptindex.htm
When pantographs fail: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XgCPPeYmyKw&feature=related http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=te1F8dL1k0w&feature=related
Meanwhile, Bombardier has announced the first catenary-free and contactless operating tram: http://tinyurl.com/anmqqd
Parry People Movers: http://www.parrypeoplemovers.com/index.htm
Electric traction - Albanian style (obviously quite safe...!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unhXEQQk8G8
GBRf updated web site: http://www.gbrailfreight.com/
First Red Wheel Plaque unveiled by the Transport Trust at Barrow Hill Roundhouse. See news section: http://www.transporttrust.com/
"Bournemouth in the Blue/Grey Days": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfyIFZzLTgc http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-7785424177552822990
Bristol deep shelter - a former rail tunnel: http://silverstealth.fotopic.net/c1572714.html
Article on the BBC Bristol website about the Portishead branch: http://tinyurl.com/q7wq45
Barry Knapper has started uploading videos of the Churnet Valley Railway in High Definition:
"The Churnet Valley Railway at War": http://vimeo.com/3039822
"Banking on Bolton's": http://vimeo.com/3128699
"Green Arrow" on the Churnet Valley Railway, February 2008: http://www.vimeo.com/3321026
DMUs at the Churnet Valley Railway, 2007/8: http://www.vimeo.com/3222000
Egloskerry station B&B: http://www.egloskerryoldstation.co.uk
The Cumbrian Railways Association: http://www.cumbrianrailwaysassociation.org.uk/
Cumbrian Railways discussion group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crchat/
Cumbria model railways discussion group: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CRM-e-group/
At Peak Rail, the original Darley Dale footbridge that is in danger of being scrapped having lain unused at the Midland Railway Trust for many years, could return to its original home. It has been estimated that the restoration of the bridge will cost in the region of £40,000. A video of how the bridge would look has been put together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SkCOR-KZj8
The Waiting Room Holiday Cottage, Cromford station, Derbyshire: http://www.cromfordstationwaitingroom.co.uk/
South Devon Railway 40th Anniversary Celebrations: http://tinyurl.com/c7bo8d http://tinyurl.com/c5pp44
The Leamside line: http://silicomnet.com/?p=1132
The Great Eastern Railway Society has had the entire collection of the Great Eastern Railway Magazine (1911-1926) professionally scanned and digitised. The collection is available on DVD to non-members at a very reasonable £15. Full details here: http://www.gersociety.org.uk/GERM.pdf
The Hampshire Chronicle has a number of historical items from its files, including Winchester Chesil in 1962, a report on the final day of Meon Valley line and a fire safety warning on an oil train at Winchester: http://www.nqsouthern.com/digitalpublication/digitalpublications/index.cfm?dpid=231
The 33-arch Hockley Viaduct escaped being blown up by the Army in the 1980s, but has struggled ever since to find a purpose in life. The structure is basically sound, but vandals have damaged the parapets (where the brickwork needs re-pointing), while the trackbed needs clearing of vegetation. Now civic chiefs are talking informally to Sustrans about using the viaduct as part of a 1.5 mile cycle trail from Bar End to Hockley roundabout, where a new park and ride facility is being built. Apart from securing the future of the viaduct, this proposal would also bring a section of the former Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway back into use. At Bar End, the DNSR goods shed survives in industrial use, while the tunnel now accommodates a road used by Winchester City's existing Park & Ride bus service. http://tinyurl.com/pezts2
A nice little article on Honiton Incline signalbox: http://www.theoldforgebb.co.uk/honiton_incline.html
Detailed London Tube track maps: http://thelondontube.org.uk/trackmaps/
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/
An incredible amount of information: http://www.swindonsotherrailway.co.uk/
The Bramley Line Group are planning a campaign to raise the final £10,000 needed to lease the March-Wisbech line: http://www.bramleyline.org.uk
The Friends of the Settle & Carlisle, together with Northern Railways are launching an MP3 audio guide to the S&C journey - "Listen on the Line". It's thought to be a first for a railway journey. There is no need to listen to all four hours - you can click on any section that takes your fancy. The audio guide was put together by FoSCL's Richard Morris and it is narrated by BBC Radio 4 presenter (and FoSCL member) Mark Holdstock. Have a listen here (note the underscore between download and audio): http://www.settle-carlisle.co.uk/download_audio.cfm
A new project: http://somersetanddorset.blogspot.com/2009/01/message-spreads.html
Southern Railway posters: http://www.southernposters.co.uk/index.html
A tribute to the Stour Valley Line: http://stourline.co.uk/
Corfe Castle Walk: Rabbits & Railways: http://www.purbeckblog.com/2009/02/06/corfe-castle-walk-rabbits-railways/
BBC South West Wales an item on the Mumbles Railway: http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southwest/sites/swansea/mumbles_rail.shtml
"Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways - 2009" - an eBook: http://vcat.star-digital.co.uk/?userpath=00000013/00001135/00039115/
The Gorseddau Junction & Portmadoc Railways (GJ&PR): http://whr.bangor.ac.uk/gorseddau.htm
The Weymouth tramway, which linked the station to the quayside through the town's streets is to be bought by the council and removed. Copies of the relevant report and appendix are here: http://tinyurl.com/b3gefp http://tinyurl.com/dg83vd
News item here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7860015.stm
The Forgotten Relics site is providing a focal point for the Woodhead Tunnel Campaign: http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/woodhead/index.html
All about Woodlesford station: http://www.woodlesfordstation.co.uk
The Canadian Southern Railway - interesting website complete with photos, maps and timetables: http://www.canadasouthern.com/caso/home.htm
Steam in Ecuador: http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/ecuador08.htm
Eritrea Railways video (interesting - but it lasts an hour...!) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4676207214470794917
Railways through Europe - maps of railway-networks: http://www.bueker.net/trainspotting/maps.php
Europe - Grass-Lined Green Railways = Good Urban Design: http://tinyurl.com/boqkfo
France - Harry Beck - the Paris connection: http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/harry-beck-the-paris-connection/
Get your own rail trolley (in German, but you get the idea!) http://www.suedpfalzdraisine.de/Draisinen.htm
Rails through the Khyber Pass http://forgottendiaries-india-and-pakistan.blogspot.com/
India - the 101-year-old Matheran Light Railway (MLR) is chosen as a world heritage site. This is an unprecedented fifth entry made by Indian Railways to get such a rare honour: http://tinyurl.com/acn995 http://tinyurl.com/bk39oy
The Kalka Shimla Railway was chosen in 2008: http://tinyurl.com/5mkmdl http://tinyurl.com/bgdq7r
A short video clip on Darjeeling Himalayan Railways: http://www.indiatravelbuddy.com/
History and information on Indonesian Railways http://tjahjonorailway.blogspot.com/
The Dutch Museumstoomtram at Hoorn-Medemblik, is the sister organisation of the Bluebell Railway. The website has a delightful video of the steam railway in operation, including shots of the goods & postal services. http://www.museumstoomtram.nl/stoomtram/ENGELS/homeEng.html
A website showing the different locomotives and rolling stock used on the Philippine National Railways, along with information, news and sightings: http://tinyurl.com/9xhxj5
Freightliner Poland: http://www.freightliner.co.uk/default.aspx?PageID=54
This Russian electric loco seems to burn well: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=12AibHEHNEo
Moscow Metro map: http://www.mrl.ucsb.edu/~yopopov/rrt/trackmaps/tm_moscow.html
Interesting articles about Russian railways: http://englishrussia.com/?p=2447
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A preservation scheme in Maine: http://tinyurl.com/7gxco5 http://www.downeastscenicrail.org/index.htm
Steam in Hawaii http://tinyurl.com/8tndm9
An article on New York Grand Central station's track 61: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7830369.stm
And the secret of Lincoln's assassination might be underground in Brooklyn: http://tinyurl.com/9uysaq
Steam fun in miniature - looks like a fun place: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zJNxA3Im9FI&NR=1
Oil Electric - a blog about diesel locos in Canada and USA: http://www.oil-electric.com/
Grand Canyon Railway, Williams, Arizona: http://www.THETRAIN.com http://www.grandcanyoninformation.com/train.htm
Canyon Motel & RV Park (stay in the Grand Canyon Railcar): http://www.thecanyonmotel.com/
Kingman locomotive exhibit, Kingman, Arizona: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2W56
California State Railway Museum, Sacramento, California: http://www.californiastaterailroadmuseum.org
Napa Valley Wine Train, Napa, California: http://www.winetrain.com
Orange Empire Railway Museum, Perris, California: http://www.oerm.org
Roaring Camp Railroads, Felton, California: http://www.roaringcamp.com
Roaring Camp Mining Co, Pine Grove, California: http://www.roaringcampgold.com
Sonoma Train Town Railroad, California: http://www.vom.com/traintown
Tehachapi, California: http://www.trainweb.org/brettrw/maps/loop.html
Western Railway Museum, Suisun City, California: http://www.wrm.org
Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad, California: http://www.ymsprr.com/
Durango & Silvertown Narrow Gauge Railroad, Colorado: http://www.durangotrain.com
Nevada Southern Railway, Boulder City, Nevada: http://www.nevadasouthern.com/
Project to rebuild the former Exminster signalbox at Broadway on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway: http://www.broadwaysignalbox.org.uk/
A large (and growing) collection of signal box diagrams can be found on John Saxton's web site: http://www.lymmobservatory.net/
North Wales - mainly signalling: http://www.alanroberts771.fotopic.net/
Mainly Eastern signalling: http://tinyurl.com/c42acz
All you ever wanted to know about miniature railways in the UK: http://www.miniaturerailwayworld.co.uk/
There is a full list of "minor" railways in the UK here: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/pe.scott/index.htm
The Ingfield Light Railway runs in the grounds of Ingfield Manor School, a special school for children with Cerebral Palsy off the A29 at Five Oaks near Billingshurst. It has an open day on 14th June this year: http://www.ingfieldlightrailway.co.nr/
DVDs showing the 2005 and 2006 open days are available for £10.00 each - the school benefits from the sale of these: http://www.sprucestudios.com
Nearby is the South Downs Light Railway, situated within the Wyevale Garden Centre at Pulborough: http://www.sdlrs.com/
Here's a neat idea for modellers... If you want any kind of brick paper, go to Scalescenes, pay your £3.99 online, and your chosen items (which include buildings and viaducts, as well as brick papers) are sent in an email and can be printed off as many times as you want (as long as you save the files on your computer, of course). You can even investigate varying the shades with your printer settings to "personalise" the colour of your brickwork. For best results you are recommended to use a colour laser printer, but if it has to be an inkjet, use Epson ink as it is more waterproof than HP (for example). Also, use Epson Matte Photo paper in order to stop a lot of the fading you might get on normal paper (quite reasonably priced on 7dayshop.com). http://www.scalescenes.com/scratchbuilders-yard
Buildings by Geoff Taylor: http://www.gtbuildingsmodels.co.uk/
Ever seen a bigger model railway...? http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/exhibit/video/4-minutes-wunderland/
Steam & Things "the home of custom etching, decals/transfers, casting and much more!" - based in Australia, but happy to serve worldwide: http://www.steamandthings.com
There's a new model railway scale - T Gauge - with a track gauge of (wait for it...) 3mm and a scale of 1:450! Here's a review with photos of the stock and track: http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5956
Stock has been available in the UK since around last August, and the supplier mentioned in the above thread is here: http://www.tgauge.co.uk/
There are a lots of links in this Blog to other T-Gauge websites and blogs: http://1-450.blogspot.com/
Bulleid's Leader built in Lego...! http://mocpages.com/moc.php/23113
00-SF ("EM minus 2") - a finer standard for 00 gauge: http://00-sf.org.uk
MARC models: http://www.marcmodels.co.uk/index.html
MG Sharp Models, Sheffield: http://www.mgsharp.com/
Neil Kinison's Custom Model Railways: http://www.modelrailwaysdecoded.co.uk/
A source of locomotive drawings: http://www.pdhdrawings.co.uk
Some interesting modelling supplies here: http://www.spinneyworld.com/
This is in French, but you'll get the drift as you scroll down the page. This is modelling at 1:700 scale. Think of it as having a G-scale G-scale layout for your G-scale layout! http://forum.larsenal.com/viewtopic.php?t=440
Interesting model railway stuff here: http://www.euram-online.co.uk/
FirstGroup is the world's leading transport company - a global giant which boasts annual revenues of £6 billion, employs a workforce of 137,000, and carries 2.5 billion passengers every year on its buses and trains: http://tinyurl.com/778dz3
A website to search Hansard from 1805 to 2005 for debates on bills in the House of Commons - it also includes some committee reports. The site is still "work in progress" but it's one to keep an eye on: http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/
An incredibly useful online resource for the historian - copies of the London Gazette, together with its Edinburgh and Belfast "cousins": http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/
A handy list of station codes: http://gimel.esc.cam.ac.uk/enrich/station_codes.html
An online catalogue to almost all of the Hants County Council collections: http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives/catalog.htm
Another archive site, mainly US-based: http://www.archivecdbooksusa.com/
The Guild of Railway Artists: http://www.railart.co.uk/
A video explaining the work of the RAIB: http://www.raib.gov.uk/about_us/raib_dvd.cfm
I have a feeling this might have been featured before. If so, it's worth a repeat! The BBC Steam Trains Archive: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/steamtrains/index.shtml
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
For anyone interested in the history of railways in South Yorkshire: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/sydistrictrailhistory/
"Signal Watch" is a Yahoo Group for anyone interested in signal boxes, open or closed, and signalling, old and new: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SignalWatch/
A new Yahoo group for those interested in British buses, trolleybuses and trams: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/BritishBusesTrolleybusesTrams/
News from Mike Morant... GWR: http://gallery62603.fotopic.net/c1630247.html LMS: http://gallery62603.fotopic.net/c1628145.html LNER: http://gallery62603.fotopic.net/c1623064.html Longmoor: http://gallery62603.fotopic.net/c1628963.html BR: http://gallery62603.fotopic.net/c1634355.html SR: http://gallery62603.fotopic.net/c1635643.html Dutch: http://gallery62603.fotopic.net/c1636247.html
The Abandoned Stations website goes from strength to strength: http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Midland_Railway.html
An excellent set of pictures from the Library of Congress taken around the turn of the century in this country, Europe and around the world: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pgzhtml/pgzabt.html
Pictures of disused lines: http://philtpics.fotopic.net/c943840.html
Mike McCormac's Top Ten Railways Photos 2008: http://tinyurl.com/88y32s
Remember "Railwatch 1990"? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kmYfIuqPA&feature=email
Great Yorkshire railway journeys: http://www2.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ypvideoplayer/yorkrail.htm
Southern Steam videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/SouthernRailwayFilms
Birmingham to London in 5 minutes - now in HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv640aRwFS8&fmt=18
There is some very good film of lines in the South West, including the Callington branch and the Okehampton to Plymouth line in the South West Film & Television Archive: http://www.swfta.org.uk/
BBC's collection of old film - complete list of locations is here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/location/
Another view of the collection can be got from the main page, which lists the available films under categories: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/
Trains in movies: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7964314.stm
Rail Management - sign up or just get the latest copy here: http://91.186.0.3/~keepingt/rm/
Kestrel Railway Books: http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk
Modern Locomotives Illustrated magazine: http://www.modern-locoillustrated.com/
A free American online model railway magazine: http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/
The UK's free online railway magazine, Railway Herald: http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/
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
The Historic Inland Waterway Boats list - formerly the Historic Narrow Boat Public Discussion (HNBPD) list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HIWB
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
Standedge Canal tunnel - pan down for Fred Carter relating how the tunnel was built: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7862831.stm
Irish waterways history: http://irishwaterwayshistory.com
A free PDF of about the Mountmellick Line of Ireland's Grand Canal: http://tinyurl.com/bxau78
Pennine Waterways website: http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/
The Southampton Canal Society's website includes information about local canals, such as the Andover Canal, the Southampton & Salisbury Canal and the Itchen Naviagtion: http://www.whitenap.plus.com/
All current and former canals/navigations in Google Earth: http://www.coobeastie.co.uk/gecm
London Bus Enthusiast Group - the leading group for London Bus Enthusiasts
worldwide: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LondonBusEnthusiast
Some interesting bus photos here: http://www.mikesbuspages.com/thepreservationscene.htm
A feast of videos about Blackpool trams: http://tinyurl.com/9kmnbj
And Bournemouth trolleybuses: http://tinyurl.com/9e95fk
Details of all(?) UK trolleybuses are available here: http://www.trolleybus.co.uk/
Everything about the "Titanic": http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/
The Queen Mary, Long Beach: http://www.queenmary.com/
The Bluebird Project: http://www.bluebirdproject.com/
Museum of Berkshire Aviation: http://www.museumofberkshireaviation.co.uk/
Daily Echo Spitfire campaign: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/spitfire/
Space Station assembly flash Presentation - one of the most complicated construction project of all time: http://i.usatoday.net/tech/graphics/iss_timeline/flash.htm
"Signs of Our Industrial Past" videos by Gary Hodgkinson. Here are seven links to what adds up to an hour-long video about railways, canals and industry around the Erewash Valley.
Part 1: http://www.yournews.itvlocal.com/Clip.aspx?key=CC0104ED0ECA1C4A Part 2: http://www.yournews.itvlocal.com/Clip.aspx?key=A3A0B61455065B56 Part 3: http://www.yournews.itvlocal.com/Clip.aspx?key=29A2E085134B4D7B Part 4: http://www.yournews.itvlocal.com/Clip.aspx?key=B6DF2CF899E68ECB Part 5: http://grassroots.itvlocal.com/Clip.aspx?key=E6EEF9A178D0EDF1 Part 6: http://grassroots.itvlocal.com/Clip.aspx?key=DB0640775FA73557 Part 7: http://grassroots.itvlocal.com/Clip.aspx?key=92D1A6F88AB12DAA
Gary has also uploaded two other short videos:
Foxton Locks and Inclined Plane: http://www.yournews.itvlocal.com/Clip.aspx?key=9B3D67170A21AD4F
Moira and the Ashby Canal: http://www.yournews.itvlocal.com/Clip.aspx?key=F3BA3BD513740C7B
Crossness Engines - "A masterpiece of engineering, a triumph of Victorian design, a cathedral of ironwork": http://www.crossness.org
There is a slideshow about tin mining in Cornwall: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7933355.stm
The BBC mining collection: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/mining/
Calico Ghost Town, Barstow, California: http://www.calicotown.com
California Gold Country: http://www.guidetoadventure.net
Kennedy Gold Mine, Jackson, California: http://www.kennedygoldmine.com
Old Hundred Gold Mine, Silverton, Colorado: http://www.minetour.com
The Hoover Dam: http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/
Hoover Dam Bypass: http://www.hooverdambypass.org/
Brighton Belle restoration project: http://brightonbelle.com
The Electrical Multiple Unit Preservation Society: http://www.emups.org.uk
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