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NETWATCH
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Foxfield Railway's first Autumn Steam Gala:
http://paulgildersleve.fotopic.net/
Listen again to "The Ghost Trains of Old England", an intriguing radio
programme about train services that aren't! Should be available until
Tuesday morning.
http://tinyurl.com/337y9mo
Last week, there was a link to a map of lines under construction or
proposed, created by Project Mapping. They have a range of various maps
available here:
http://www.projectmapping.co.uk/projecttrainrail.html
(Spotter: Ralph Rawlinson)
"Control We Have a Problem", a collection of prangs big and small:
http://controlwehaveaproblem.fotopic.net/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Campaign to stop the building of the A5WTC motorway in Tyrone and promote
the reopening of the railway link to Dublin:
http://www.alternativea5alliance.com/
Southern Railway:
http://www.southernrailway.net
London Tramways:
http://www.londontramways.net
The bus driver's prayer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_Driver's_Prayer
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Videos...
On Wednesday 27th October 2010, the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway ran its
first steam train along the whole length of the branch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LoTnOxiyok
Foxfield Autumn Gala 23rd October:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLDhqo48hDQ
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Weymouth Tramway videos
33109 on Weymouth Quay shuttle on 3rd April 1993:
http://tinyurl.com/39mncjd
Pathfinder charter on 5th May 1999:
http://tinyurl.com/38ehnpv
London Transport Museum film collection:
http://www.ltmcollection.org/films/index.html
1948 New Zealand railway film:
http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/railway-worker-1948
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
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Ralph Rawlinson's Railway Roundup
London Crossrail
A 260-metre long box under Eastbourne Terrace will form the major part of
work required in connection with construction and fit-out of the new
Paddington station. A shallow cut and cover passageway in Praed Street
will link Crossrail to the District and Circle lines whilst a new
100-metre long tunnel will be required to access the Bakerloo line.
East London Line
After opening in 1871 the East London Railway had a variety of owners or
operators finally transferring to London Transport in 1948. In May this
year, a large-scale conversion was completed which, coupled with the
reopening of most of the former North London Line into Broad Street has
allowed London Overground to introduce new services between Dalston
Junction and New Cross, Crystal Palace and West Croydon. A second phase
of the conversion involves 1,422 yards of new railway between Silwood
Junction (formerly Deptford Road Jn) south of Surrey Quays station and Old
Kent Road Junction (a reinstated junction) north of Queen's Road Peckham
station on the existing South London line. Once open the new route will
link Surrey Quays to Clapham Junction. This new link will be laid over a
relatively short abandoned section of the formation closed in 1913/1964
and, until now, in use as a cyclepath.
Thames Valley Signalling & Control Centre
Stage 3: Transfer of control Cholsey and Goring
Signalling control of the 8 miles between Pangbourne and Moreton Cutting
was transferred from Reading SC to the new Thames Valley Signalling Centre
(TVSC) at Didcot in July. There is no change in the plating of automatic
signals involved.
WCML
First TransPennine Express has confirmed that, following the successful
reintroduction of a direct service between Glasgow and Blackpool this
summer, the 'holidaymaker' train is to return in 2011.
Hertfordshire
Work has started on creating a transport interchange at Elstree &
Borehamwood. The cost of redeveloping the station forecourt is being met
by the County Council, First Capital Connect and the DfT.
Birmingham Moor Street
Commencing with the December timetable change Chiltern Railways plan to
use the bay platforms at Moor Street for one Birmingham - London train per
hour (weekday off-peak and at weekends). When all the current "Evergreen
3" upgrade is complete trains from Moor Street to Marylebone are planned
to take about 92 mins.
North Yorkshire
New Yorventure Visitor Centre opens at Pickering station, southern
terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
http://tinyurl.com/3xfqc2b
NER Harrogate-Northallerton
Under Sustrans "Connect2" the Starbeck-Bilton cyclepath was to be extended
north along the Harrogate-Northallerton line to Ripley Jn and then west
along the Pateley Bridge branch to the site of Ripley Valley station. On
14th December 2009, North Yorkshire County Council and Harrogate Council
agreed to complete a bridleway creation order and construct the route, but
there remained considerable concern about the level of possible
compensation payments to landowners. A public inquiry, that will allow a
planning inspector to decide whether the cyclepath should be built, will
be held on Wednesday 16th February 2011 at 10.00am at The Council Chamber,
Crescent Gardens, Harrogate.
Glasgow-Edinburgh
Electrification teams are now working on Haymarket north tunnel as the
first stage of electrifying not only Glasgow-Edinburgh via Falkirk, but
also diversionary routes and lines to Dunblane and Alloa. When completed
in 2017 there will be a total of 13 trains per hour over the four routes
between the two cities.
Bathgate
Edinburgh-Bathgate services started using Bathgate's new station on 18th
October 2010.
West Scotland Signalling Centre (WSSC)
As part of the Paisley Corridor Improvement (PCI) project, capacity is to
be increased by installing a third running line between Shields Jn and
Paisley. The 48m contract awarded to Invensys Rail includes the
signalling work as well as the re-control of ten remote relay rooms in the
Ayrshire and Inverclyde areas. Earlier this year Invensys commissioned
two new platforms at Glasgow Central, the second stage of the overall PCI
scheme and followed completion of the 3m Elderslie signalling project in
November 2009. The two main PCI commissionings will take place in July
2011 for Shields interlocking and December 2011 for Paisley.
Kyle of Lochalsh signalbox
The Railway Herald reports that architects have been invited to submit
proposals and costings by 29th October for work associated with the
restoration of the redundant signalbox at Kyle of Lochalsh. The Inverness-
Kyle of Lochalsh and Inverness-Wick/Thurso lines are of course operated
under RETB (Railway Electronic Tokenless Block) arrangements, but last
year Transport Scotland was considering replacing the existing but ageing
RETB equipment by installing the ERTMS signalling system (still undergoing
trials on the Cambrian line). 2009 photo at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lonegroover/3829201779/
Netherlands
Netherland Railways (NS) is to stop publishing a printed version of its
all-line timetable from next year (2011-12) and replace it with a digital
version.
Russia-France
The first of a weekly Moscow-Nice sleeper service (routed via Warsaw,
Breclav, Vienna, Innsbruck and Milan) left Moscow on 23rd September and
arrived in Nice 52hr 55min later on 26th September. The return working,
departing every Sunday by the same route, takes three hours less but it is
hoped to reduce the overall journey time to 36 hours each way by December
2011.
http://tinyurl.com/392xgfo
Turkey
$45 billion US is needed for Turkey's target to construct 6,000 km of high
speed lines and 4,000 km of conventional railway until 2023. Turkish
State Railways (TCDD) and Chinese companies will jointly construct high-
speed lines between Ankara-Izmir, Ankara-Sivas, Sivas-Erzincan, Erzincan-
Trabzon, Sivas-Malatya, Elaz-Diyarbakir, Eskiehir-Antalya and Konya-
Antalya.
http://tinyurl.com/2bua9fs
Ivory Coast
According to Ivory Coast mines and energy minister Augustin Comoe,
construction is to begin in 2014 on a new 737km line linking the west of
the country with the port town of San Pedro to boost production from
nickel and iron mines in the region.
http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2010/10/new-railway-in-ivory-coast/
India
Opposition to doubling the track of the Margao to Vasco line in Goa.
http://tinyurl.com/3y5vnec
China
Shenyang Railway Museum, the largest railway museum in north-east China,
was officially opened on 18th October 2010. Included in the many exhibits
are 28 steam, diesel and electric locomotives.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7170640.html
Canada
This site provides a comprehensive list of all Canadian urban and
interurban electric railways.
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/streetcar-list.html
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IN THE NEWS
Reconnecting Birmingham Moor Street bay platforms:
http://tonyhunter2814.fotopic.net/p67804176.html
http://tonyhunter2814.fotopic.net/p67804175.html
Hope for Swindon-Kemble restoration of double track:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-11630062
Kings Langley station could be transformed into Kings Langley Parkway:
http://tinyurl.com/379qmke
Testing of Siemens Class 380 trains continues:
http://rail-news.com/2010/10/28/testing-times/
Minister challenged over North East trains:
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1980014?UserKey=
RAIB report: Derailment near Gillingham tunnel, Dorset:
http://tinyurl.com/28qbs2o
Severn Tunnel Station Action Group:
http://www.saveseverntunnel.co.uk/index.htm
Thomas Cook Overseas Timetable to cease publication after 30 years:
http://www.seat61.com/news.htm
All-night Edinburgh-Glasgow trains service rejected:
http://tinyurl.com/26uph9w
Borders to Edinburgh railway route bridge demolished:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-11644314
G&WR Gotherington embankment:
http://tinyurl.com/3a5gfe6
End of the line for Mull railway:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-11643473
Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway revived:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11615379
Missing Ivor stories found:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-11626470
Strikes on German Railways:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11626447
Shanghai Hangzhou High-Speed Railway trial operation:
http://english.sina.com/china/p/2010/1018/343962.html
http://tinyurl.com/23bwjoa
Tram tomorrow: The progress of a saga that has engulfed Edinburgh:
http://tinyurl.com/2uzxrj5
Campaign for third Nottingham tram route:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-11623554
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, nick Wheat
TV and RADIO
30/10/10 BBC Radio 4 2000-2100
"Archive on 4: El Tren Fantasma (The Ghost Train)" (Mexico)
30/10/10 Discovery Shed 2200-2230
"Central Steam" 7/15 Christmas
http://tinyurl.com/32of3r7
30/10/10 Discovery Shed 2230-2300
"Central Steam" 8/15 Diesel Gala
http://tinyurl.com/32of3r7
31/10/10 BBC2 2100-2200
"James May's Man Lab" Loosely engineering-based nonsense
01/11/10 BBC Radio 4 1500-1545
"Archive on 4: El Tren Fantasma (The Ghost Train)" (Mexico)
01/11/10 Five 1930-2000
"How Do They Do It?" The Airbus A320
02/11/10 BBC2 1900-1930
"Coast"
02/11/10 BBC4 2000-2030
"Britain's Best Drives" Scotland
02/11/10 BBC4 2100-2200
"The Secret Life of the National Grid" 2/3 Switching on
03/11/10 BBC4 1930-2000
"A History of the World" The clock that changed the world
03/11/10 BBC4 2245-2345
"The Secret Life of the National Grid" 2/3 Switching on
03/11/10 Discovery Shed 2200-2230
"Central Steam" 9/15 Winter Gala
http://tinyurl.com/32of3r7
03/11/10 Discovery Shed 2230-2300
"Central Steam" 10/15 Valentines Day
http://tinyurl.com/32of3r7
EVENTS
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.
29/10/10- Kew Bridge Steam Museum: Ghostly Tours
31/10/10
http://www.kbsm.org
30/10/10 New Forest Book Fair
The Community Centre, High Street, Lyndhurst, SO43 7NY
http://www.fairharebooks.com/
30/10/10 Churnet Valley Railway: The Ghost Train
http://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk
30/10/10 Crich Tramway Village: Starlight Halloween
http://www.tramway.co.uk/
30/10/10- Cromford (Derbyshire) Discovery Weekend
31/10/10 World Heritage Site
Gothic Warehouse, Cromford Wharf
Narrowboat art painters
30/10/10- Leawood Pump Steaming Weekend, Cromford Canal
31/10/10
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
30/10/10- Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway: Hallowe'en Ghost Trains
31/10/10
http://www.cleethorpescoastlightrailway.co.uk
31/10/10 Chinnor & Princes Risborough Rly: Hallowe'en Spooks Express
http://www.chinnorrailway.co.uk
04/11/10 100 Years of Flying in South Hampshire
Lecture: Possible Futures in Education by Dr Kenji Tekeda
Lecture Theatre, Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LP
(Use Art Gallery/Library entrance by fountain)
Starts: 1900
http://www.centenary-of-flight.co.uk
05/11/10 East Midlands Branch, Railway & Canal Historical Society
Beeston Library Meeting Room, Foster Avenue, Beeston, Notts
"William Jessop, Waterways Engineer" by Peter Lyth
Starts 7.00pm
http://rchs.org.uk/trial/evtf.php?wpage=EM-events
06/11/10 Mid-Hants Railway: Sponsored Walk
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
06/11/10 Mid-Hants Railway Real Ale Train (RAT)
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/rat.htm
06/11/10 Wolverhampton Model Railway Exhibition
07/11/10 Pendeford College, Marsh Lane, Fordhouses, W'hampton, WV10 6SE
http://www.wolverhamptonmrc.co.uk/
07/11/10 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
07/11/10 Peak Rail: World War II Winter Camp
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/
13/11/10 Shaftsbury Book Fair
United Church Hall, Bell Street, SP7 8AR
http://www.fairharebooks.com/
13/11/10- Moorland & City Railways and Churnet Valley Railway
14/11/10 Leekbrook Junction to Cauldon Low reopening (1st weekend)
CVR operations expand from 11-mile to 27-mile round trip
71000 Duke of Gloucester, 34028 Eddystone, 44767 George
Stevenson, 8F 48624, GWR 5199
Intensive 3-train timetable
http://www.mcrailways.co.uk/events
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
Railway enthusiasts' market - to book a stall, visit:
http://www.delapoleevents.co.uk/
13/11/10 Alsager Railway Association Exibition
14/11/10 Victoria Oakley Centre, CW1 2PZ
http://www.alsagerrailwayassociation.co.uk/
14/11/10 Poole & District MRS Model Railway Exhibition
Ashdown Technology College, Adastral Road, Canford Heath
Poole, BH17 8RE
1030-1700
14/11/10 Bluebell Railway: Vintage Bus Day
http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/
19/11/10- Moorland & City Railways and Churnet Valley Railway
Leekbrook Junction to Cauldon Low reopening (2nd weekend)
CVR operations expand from 11-mile to 27-mile round trip
71000 Duke of Gloucester, 34028 Eddystone, 44767 George
Stevenson, 8F 48624, GWR 5199
Intensive 3-train timetable
http://www.mcrailways.co.uk/events
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
20/11/10 Mid-Hants Railway Real Ale Train (RAT)
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/rat.htm
20/11/10- Kew Bridge Steam Museum: Live Steam Model Railway Show
21/11/10
http://www.kbsm.org
20/11/10- Warley National Model Railway Exhibition
21/11/10 NEC, Birmingham
1000-1800 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun)
http://www.thewarleyshow.co.uk
20/11/10- Moorland & City Railways and Churnet Valley Railway
21/11/10 Leekbrook Junction to Cauldon Low reopening (2nd weekend)
CVR operations expand from 11-mile to 27-mile round trip
71000 Duke of Gloucester, 34028 Eddystone, 44767 George
Stevenson, Class 37 37075, Class 33 33102, plus 2 visiting
diesel locomotives
Intensive 3-train timetable
http://www.mcrailways.co.uk/events
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
21/11/10 Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum: Christmas Event
Swanwick Lane, Swanwick, Southampton, SO31 7GW
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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