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Launceston Railway Circle meets on the third Friday of each month at Dingley Hall, Castle
Street, Launceston. Meetings begin at 7.30pm, and they are keen to attract new faces. Details
of the next few meetings will appear in the Events section.
The Launceston Steam Railway:
http://www.launcestonsr.co.uk/
Rick Eborall has put together a couple of small collections containing his favorite images
gathered during 2011:
http://rickeborall.zenfolio.com/recent.html
A recent exploration of one of the very few wooden railway viaducts that remain in England:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=67359
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
Hornby's 2012 releases on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sOS3h-eTX0
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs has released its latest survey of the historic
vehicle movement in the UK. Details can be had from:
http://fbhvc.co.uk/survey-2011/
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IN THE NEWS
HS2: Campaign backs high-speed rail link in media
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16436443
Commuter pain as rail fare rises take effect
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16380479
Chiltern Railways 13% fare increase attacked by watchdog
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16410560
Waterloo International platforms to be used for domestic services.
http://tinyurl.com/7dp9omk
Electric upgrade for some Cross Country voyagers
http://tinyurl.com/7yj6w4j
Siemens demands ministers keep financial details of Thameslink deal secret
http://tinyurl.com/7b8r3bl
Thameslink deal: Siemens contract could cost taxpayers an extra 140million
http://tinyurl.com/7rpax6d
Thieves stole 13m of metal from railways, say police
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16382806
Trans Pennine electrification will cover Leeds-York and Leeds-Hull
http://tinyurl.com/869jjvs
http://tinyurl.com/7g5naah
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-16407008
MPs win parliamentary debate on widening rail line between Clitheroe and Manchester
http://tinyurl.com/863p59w
Oldham's Park Road warehouse set for demolition after inspection finds danger of collapse
http://tinyurl.com/7a4fumx
Work announced on two rail commuter routes in Midlands
http://tinyurl.com/7aakabk
Warning over railway trespassing at Dove Holes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-16397382
Trains damaged by fallen trees
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16406196
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-16391700
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-16422505
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-16422955
http://tinyurl.com/74v2zn3
Nine-week Ashford-to-Hastings rail line closure goes ahead
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16383229
Arguments over Hawkhurst signal box removal
http://tinyurl.com/6sx4den
Campaign launched to save Canterbury East signalbox
http://tinyurl.com/7lawnha
Crossrail's giant tunnelling machines unveiled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16289051
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16320945
http://tinyurl.com/6tvbqa7
Crossrail recycles disused Connaught Tunnel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-13211392
TfL suspend acceptance of new "S" class stock
http://tinyurl.com/78sbj87
Tyne & Wear Metro - The Musical ..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-16307220
SVR planned engineering works blockade
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16379189
Swanage Railway closure anniversary & return of last Corfe signalman
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-16370302
Video clips of DMU operating at Midsomer Norton
http://tinyurl.com/755rm3j
Car plunges onto track at Southam (G-WR)
http://tinyurl.com/7rs92mp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-16375020
http://www.gwsr.com/news/latest-news/car-plunges-onto-track-at-southam.aspx
Goodwick railway station near Fishguard to reopen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-16074132
Bala Lake Railway Santa Special
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16186018
Brecon Mountain Railway Santa Special
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16186018
Campaigners in bid to re-open East Linton rail station
http://tinyurl.com/btu63hg
Giant's Causeway and Bushmills line extension gets go ahead
http://tinyurl.com/7b2uhab
Narrow gauge railway in Jersey 'could create new jobs'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-16425399
Canadian Pacific locomotive news
http://tinyurl.com/83zuujc
Bournemouth Central 00 gauge layout
http://tinyurl.com/7mgsy3b
Fire damages Woodlands Scenics factory
http://www.newstribune.com/news/2012/jan/05/fire-damages-linn-creek-factory/
Edinburgh Tram Depot handed over to council
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16199932
London's Beloved Bus Returns, With an Update
http://tinyurl.com/7sgeg34
Gosport & Fareham Bus way
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/tfsh/eclipse/eclipse-about.htm
Daily Post reporter spends time on North Wales buses
http://tinyurl.com/84syckf
Stagecoach bus driver injured by falling tree
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-16392871
Sat-nav problems tackled at government summit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16434183
Mexico Baluarte Bridge is world's tallest
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16434200
Kennet & Avon canal summit level reopened
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-16397523
Llangollen Canal visitor centre
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-16395252
Passengers stuck on Jersey-bound ferry for 24 hours
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-16430970
Oil cargo transfer delayed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16381417
Dunsfold Airfield bids for Olympic traffic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-16247145
Plane hit by bus shelter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-16411914
Barra Airport voted the world's most scenic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16314441
X-37B spaceplane 'spying on China'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16423881
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Mike Price
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TV and RADIO
07/01/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity" 1/3
08/01/12 BBC2 1800-1900
"How to Build... A Nuclear Submarine"
09/01/12 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 6/25 Windsor to Didcot
09/01/12 Channel 4 2000-2100
"The Great Train Robbery's Missing Mastermind" Who was Mr Big?
09/01/12 BBC4 1930-2030
"Indian Hill Railways" 2/3 The Nilgiri Mountain Railway
10/01/12 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 7/25 Reading to Alton
10/01/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Climbing Great Buildings" New College, Oxford
10/01/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"Time Shift: The Men Who Built the Liners"
11/01/12 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 8/25 Winchester to the Isle of Wight
11/01/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Climbing Great Buildings" Layer Marney Tower
12/01/12 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 9/25 Brockenhurst to Poole
12/01/12 Channel 5 2000-2100
"World's Scariest Plane Landings" 1/4
12/01/12 Channel 4 2100-2200
"The Restoration Man" A Grade 2 listed water tower turned into a home
13/01/12 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 10/25 Wareham to Portland
13/01/12 Channel 5 1900-2000
"World's Scariest Plane Landings" 1/4
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
07/01/12 Marlow, Maidenhead and District Model Railway Club Exhibition
Cox Green Community Centre, 51 Highfield Lane, Maidenhead
http://www.mmdmrc.org.uk/
07/01/12- Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust Model Railway Exhibition
08/01/12 Edington Village Hall, near Bridgwater, Somerset
All layouts will be S&D themed
http://www.sdrt.org
07/01/12- Orpington & District MRS Model Railway Exhibition
08/01/12 Pratts Bottom Village Hall, Norsted Lane, Pratts Bottom, Orpington, Kent
1000-1700 both days
14/01/12 Bridport and District MRS Model Railway Exhibition
Beaminister Town Hall, Fleet Street, Beaminister, Dorset, DT8 3EF
14/01/12 Gorleston-on-Sea Model Railway Exhibition
Cliff Park Junior School, Orde Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth
14/01/12 Railway/Bus Collectors Fair
Pudsey Civic Hall, Leeds
1000-1500
14/01/12- Bognor Regis MRC Model Railway Exhibition
15/01/12 Felpham Community College, Felpham Way, Bognor Regis, PO22 8EL
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
http://www.brmrc.co.uk/
14/01/12- St Albans Model Railway Exhibition
15/01/12 The Alban Arena, Civic Centre, St Albans
1000-1800 (Sat), 1000-1700 (Sun)
http://www.cmra.org.uk/
16/01/12 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
The trade on the Cromford Canal before the Railway Age by Philip Riden
Starts: 1930
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
17/01/12 Killamarsh Heritage Society
Killamarsh Leisure Centre, Stanley Street, Killamarsh, S21 1EZ
Launch of campaign to reinstate Killamarsh GC station
Howard Turner talks about his memories of commuting on the GC
through Killamarsh
Please bring any information, photographs or memories, etc
Starts 1930
Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Save-Killamarsh-Station/144197635676491
20/01/12 Newbury and District Transport Group
Bayer House, Strawberry Hill, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1JA
"From Brownie to Digital - Steam and Diesel Photographs 1958 to Date"
by David and Marion Canning
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
20/01/12 Launceston Railway Circle
Dingley Hall, Castle Street, Launceston, PL15 8BA
"South Africa and Isle of Man - Mainly Narrow Gauge"
by Roger Webster
Meetings begin at 1930
20/01/12- London Model Engineering Exhibition
22/01/12 Great Hall Alexandra Palace, London, N22 7AY
http://www.londonmodelengineering.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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