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NETWATCH
Howard Benson interviews Adrian Vaughan about his book on Brunel - the "Intemperate Engineer":
http://audioboo.fm/steamrailway
(A lot more interesting stuff there too... thank you Howard!)
The Southern Counties Railway Society
http://www.southerncountiesrailwaysociety.co.uk/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
A recent exploration of the Ramsgate Tunnel Branch:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=62459
And one of Old Warden tunnel:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=62476
Photos of signalboxes, yards and stations in the Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire and
Humberside regions:
http://www.signalboxes.com/
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
More on Cornwall Council's plans for the LSWR network from its website... In Launceston, the
project will create a new off-road multi-use trail from central Launceston travelling west 8km
to Egloskerry along the route of the old railway. The project is expected to provide new
tourism opportunities for local businesses including the possible parallel extension of the
Launceston Steam Railway between New Mills and Egloskerry. In Bude, the project will create a
new off-road multi-use trail from Helebridge to the east of Bude along the line of the disused
railway to the Devon border near Titson. This will provide a 5km link from the Bude Canal
towpath to the emerging Ruby Way and on to the Tarka Trail.
A commentary on the experience of the German railways on the eastern front of World War 2 (in
English):
http://www.feldgrau.com/dreichsbahn.html
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
A Japanese railway blog, in English, with some British trains too:
http://tokyorailwaylabyrinth.blogspot.com/
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
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Videos
Wayne Tausig's Yosemite Valley Garden Railroad:
http://grw.trains.com/en/How To/Videos/2011/06/The Yosemite Valley Garden Railroad.aspx
(Notice the spaces in this link - best to copy and paste!)
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IN THE NEWS
PM refuses to discuss Thameslink contract:
http://tinyurl.com/6hfmbek
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-14154849
York to get depot for train maintenance work:
http://tinyurl.com/5vdrroa
German rail firm's power station deal renewed:
http://tinyurl.com/6939hk9
LUL District line stock suggested for West Yorkshire (not April 1st!):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-14143032
RAIB investigation into an incident at Llanbadarn level crossing:
http://tinyurl.com/6f959bz
RAIB report into runaway RRV near Inverness:
http://tinyurl.com/5wb7t5g
RAIB report into accident at Falls of Cruachan, Argyll:
http://tinyurl.com/63p8vu2
Timely revamp begins on "Clockwork Orange":
http://tinyurl.com/5vy6okz
Flying Scotsman's return delayed by cracks:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-14062832
http://tinyurl.com/6xkret9
http://tinyurl.com/69zyg3k
Extract from "The Works" Forum - Re: 4472 by Ian Riley, Saturday 9th July:
I very much doubt that the use of low loaders has anything to do with the cracking of the horn
blocks whatsoever. In previous use, before the overhaul, the flexing of the frames and the
rigidity of the cast blocks is more likely the cause, made worse if the clearance between the
axlebox and the horn guides is allowed to get too great. The use of low loaders may indeed
have caused the cracks to show themselves by the "pumping" action of oil deposits exuding from
the cracks.
Return for a Cornish workhorse from the golden age of steam:
http://tinyurl.com/5rtmrwr
Stanier 8F 48151 visits Swanage Railway:
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news751.htm
C&W news on Bluebell Railway:
http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/whats_new.html
Bluebell Waste by Rail operating again:
http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/ext/extprog.html#jul11
Engine Thomas gets 5,000 renovation:
http://tinyurl.com/6dtzy33
Welsh Highland service enhancements:
http://www.festrail.co.uk/content/publish/whrnews/Summer_timetable.shtml
Maud open event will track steam railway era:
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2347030
Special Train for CP125 celebrations:
http://www.pbase.com/ashewan/recents
India's ageing rail system among world's deadliest:
http://tinyurl.com/5uo6dfc
Derby to Sandiacre Canal restoration plan approved:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-14076943
Poole - Cherbourg ferry to be withdrawn:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-14139652
Nimrod R1 aircraft leaves RAF Waddington for museum:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-14121788
Loganair to purchase Sucking Airways:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-14077485
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Nick Wheat
TV and RADIO
17/07/11 BBC2 1900-2000
"Murray Walker: Life in the Fast Lane"
17/07/11 BBC2 2000-2100
"Top Gear" Imagine a train... made up of caravans...
http://www.railexpress.co.uk/news/top-gear-visits-the-great-central-
17/07/11 BBC4 2000-2100
"The Lighthouse Stevensons" Builders of Bell Rock lighthouse
17/07/11 BBC2 2100-2200
"Coast" 6/6 Sweden and the Baltic
17/07/11 BBC4 2100-2200
"Formula One's 60th Anniversary: Plus ca Change"
18/07/11 BBC Radio 4 1100-1130
"The Lunatic Line" Story of the 600-mile Kenya/Uganda railway 1/2
18/07/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Newcastle-upon-Tyne
18/07/11 BBC2 1930-2000
"Julia Bradbury's Canal Walks" North Wales
18/07/11 Channel 5 1930-2000
"How Do They Do It?" GPS technology
18/07/11 BBC4 2300-0000
"A303: Highway to the Sun" Basingstoke to Honiton by road
19/07/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Durham, Darlington, Whitby
19/07/11 BBC2 1900-2000
"Coast" 6/6 Sweden and the Baltic
19/07/11 BBC4 1930-2000
"Grand Tours of Scotland" Using a 19th century guidebook 1/6
19/07/11 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Monster Moves" 4/6 Repatriating two 8Fs from Turkey
19/07/11 BBC4 2100-2200
"Britain Through A Lens: The Documentary Film Mob"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012p53d
19/07/11 BBC4 2200-2300
"The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074r7l
20/07/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Harrogate and Saltaire
20/07/11 BBC2 2000-2100
"Top Gear" Another chance to see the caravan train filmed at the GCR
http://www.railexpress.co.uk/news/top-gear-visits-the-great-central-
20/07/11 BBC4 2000-2030
"Time to Remember" Music halls and cinemas in the '20s and '30s
20/07/11 BBC4 2030-2100
"Bristol on Film" Archive film of the city
20/07/11 BBC4 2100-2200
"Regional TV: Life Through a Local Lens" The rise of regional broadcasting
21/07/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Batley and "The Rhubarb Triangle"
21/07/11 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers" 6/6 series 1
22/07/11 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" Leicestershire
22/07/11 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Danger: Diggers at Work" 3/6 Diggers doing things...
22/07/11 BBC2 2100-2200
"The Golden Age of Canals" The '40s, '50s and '60s
EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
16/07/11 Peak Rail: Class 44 "Penyghent" and 31 31270 operating
http://www.peakrail.co.uk
16/07/11- Romsey Signal - Romsey Arts Festival operating
17/07/11 In association with Romsey Arts Festival
Admission free (donations welcome!)
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
ex-Romsey Infants School, Plaza Parade, Winchester Rd, Romsey
Car park in old school grounds
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
17/07/11 Mid-Hants Railway: Bus Rally & Running Day
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/Home
19/07/11 Peak Railway Association (Chesterfield Branch) Slideshow
New Inn, 229 Mansfield Road, Hasland, Chesterfield, S41 0JJ
John Morten with his own and his father's photographs
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/ChesterfieldBranch.html
23/07/11 Winchester: guided walk exploring the route of the DN&S line
Includes a chance to go inside the disused Chesil railway tunnel
1115-1245 and 1415-1545
Advance booking required - Adult: 5.00, Child: 1.00
http://tinyurl.com/68kh6gp
23/07/11 Manchester Victoria signalling school layout operating day
National Railway Museum, York
http://www.nrm.org.uk/
23/07/11- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Wirksworth Bus Event
24/07/11
http://www.wyvernrail.co.uk/
29/07/11- Inland Waterways Association National Festival
31/07/11 Shobnall Fields, Burton-upon-Trent
http://www.waterways.org.uk/
30/07/11- Swanage Railway: Swanage Regatta and Carnival
06/08/11
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/
31/07/11 Middleton Top Winding Engine, Cromford & High Peak Rly
Engine in motion 1300-1630
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
31/07/11 Churnet Valley Railway: Cream Tea & Steam
http://www.churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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