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NETWATCH
Preston station - past and present:
http://www.prestonstation.org.uk/
The Weymouth to Easton, Portland Railway Line: Then and Now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Kp1_xZ0wY
A February 2012 exploration of the LNWR Morlais tunnel, Merthyr Tydfil:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=68833
And Abernant Tunnel:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=68828
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway - Winter Steam Gala 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwtEumjf5Gc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6P3Ev2msJ4
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Interesting stuff in the Yorkshire Film Archive:
http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/
Start off with "The Port of Goole":
http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/node/8057
Film of the 1949 GE electrification:
http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/764
(Spotter: Nail Kearns)
Last train to Sicily:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/feb/12/sicily-train-messina-straits-ferry
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
Regular Raildate reader, Kees Wielemaker, recommends this "silent movie" that was made in 2011,
on the occasion of the opening of the next stretch of the RTM Ouddorp preserved narrow gauge
(3ft 6 in) railway, to Scharendijke. Although the captions are in Dutch, the movie can be well
understood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljv7xO5KNHo
There is more information on the RTM line here (English language version available):
http://www.rtm-ouddorp.nl
Supersonic Flight - Sonic Booms explained:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWGLAAYdbbc
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
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IN THE NEWS
Travel threat to rail jobs 'unfair'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17026547
Great Western franchise bidders "misinformed"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16928711
DRS staff train for Sellafield workers
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2012/02/16/staff-special-launched/
Station cleaners strike at St Pancras
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17055062
Heathrow Express strike announced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16931944
http://tinyurl.com/6rqujoo
Crossrail work at Paddington
http://tinyurl.com/7wdkhkf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17003058
TfL aspiration to operate all London Suburban services
http://tinyurl.com/6rcr4sk
Redevelopment of London Bridge and removal of "Brighton" overall roof
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2012/02/10/raising-the-roof/
Go-Ahead rail arm gathers pace
http://tinyurl.com/84ojbag
Resignalling in East Kent
http://www.therailengineer.com/2012/02/10/success-in-the-south/
Ore Tunnel rebuilding work
http://www.therailengineer.com/2012/02/07/22607/
Improvements to RRV trailer safety
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-17039217
Councils ask Treasury for Northern Hub commitment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17055487
Lingfield footpath crossing closed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-16980257
The Chiltern Railways (Bicester to Oxford improvements)
http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/twa-20120124/
Foxton Level Crossings to be improved
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-17088772
New life begins for an icon of Victorian age
http://tinyurl.com/6njvvjr
BP to pay for Norden level crossing
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news807.htm
SVR engineering blockade completed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16983909
Aln Valley Railway lease signed
http://www.alnvalleyrailway.co.uk/
Behind the scenes at Middleton Light Railway
http://tinyurl.com/74wpggo
Second railway platform build underway at Bursledon Brickworks
http://www.wwgazette.co.uk/?p=8967
Rail network north of Perth 'not fit for purpose'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-17108039
Deliver our diesel but only by road, says ScotRail
http://tinyurl.com/6paualm
Transport minister visits the Borders Railway site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-17104287
http://tinyurl.com/6ps929d
'Not a hope in hell' for on-time Borders Railway
http://tinyurl.com/6nrqcff
Taxis hit by Waverley ban over terror attack fears
http://tinyurl.com/856dgcx
Dispute at West Scotland Signalling Control Centre
(With a photo of Kings Cross - First Capital Connect)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-17025072
Britannia Bridge 'urban explorer' photographers given warning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-17095194
Pont Briwet demolition plans approved by Snowdonia National Park
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-17123700
Van driver hurt as train and van collide in Powys
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17064881
Level Crossing collision near Talerddig
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-17072333
Train collides with large metal sheet in Severn Tunnel
http://tinyurl.com/6vju37s
750k needed for new loco on the Isle of Man
http://www.manxradio.com/newsread.aspx?id=58132
Fame at last for rail handbook
http://tinyurl.com/72qcbr7
Train complaint letter from 1912 recalls 'sparks in face danger'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17128895
The romance of a railway home
http://tinyurl.com/6wnvd2h
Second UK-Poland intermodal service to start
http://tinyurl.com/7v3r47d
Swiss Railway centenaries this year
http://www.drehscheibe-foren.de/foren/read.php?106,5702151
No plans to franchise New South Wales railway operations
http://tinyurl.com/7sd3yog
Rio Tinto's driverless trains set for WA
http://tinyurl.com/7v3vl8n
Union Pacific fined for pollution incidents
http://tinyurl.com/7tftpc7
Argentina train crash in Buenos Aires 'kills dozens'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17129858
Security exercise on London Underground
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17116650
Tyne & Wear Metro ticket machines upgraded
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-17084493
Metro tram network to return to Birmingham city centre
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-17064263
http://tinyurl.com/8yjdy4e
Snow costs Crich Tramway Village and museum 30,000
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-17047209
Snow gates for Woodhead pass
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17100973
Toll increase on Clifton Suspension Bridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-17028359
Staffordshire chooses steam narrowboat for Jubilee Pageant
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17113552
CALMAC service alterations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-17012030
Condor ferries moved from Weymouth to Poole
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-17045486
Cobh - The other Titanic town
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17016685
Olympic airspace restrictions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-17016899
Ryan Air services to be reduced at Edinburgh
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-17101488
Air Australia grounded
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17071259
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price
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TV and RADIO
25/02/12 BBC2 1720-1750
"Coast" The Irish Sea
25/02/12 BBC4 1900-1930
"Decisive Weapons" The P-51 Mustang fighter
25/02/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Decisive Weapons" The Harrier jump-jet
26/02/12 BBC2 1730-1800
"Coast" Brittany
26/02/12 BBC1 1900-2000
"Countryfile" Includes a look at mining in Cornwall
27/02/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Settle to Carlisle
27/02/12 BBC2 2100-2200
"The Tube" Continuing documentary about London Underground 2/6
28/02/12 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Apollo 13: the True Story"
28/02/12 BBC4 2100-2200
"How to Build... a Nuclear Submarine"
29/02/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Windermere to Kendal
29/02/12 BBC4 2200-2230
"Britain's Best Drives" 4/6 The Lake District
01/03/12 BBC Radio 4 1500-1530
"Ramblings" The 80th anniversary of the Kinder mass trespass
02/03/12 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers" New series 1/8
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
24/02/12- Model-Rail Scotland
25/02/12 Scottish Exhibition Centre, Glasgow
http://www.modelrail-scotland.co.uk
25/02/12 Association of Larger Scale Railway Modellers Scale "0" Rail
Bolton School Arts & Conference Centre, Chorley New Road, BL1 4PA
http://www.alsrm.org.uk/
25/02/12- Solent Model Railway Group: Eurotrack
26/02/12 Fleming Park Leisure Centre, Eastleigh
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be exhibiting New Stanton Lees -
Extended by 4ft this year
http://solentmodelrailwaygroup.webs.com/
03/03/12 Stafford Railway Collectors Fair
GEC, St Leonard's Avenue, Stafford, ST17 4LX
http://www.tobaz.co.uk/stafford/
03/03/12- Romsey Railway Modellers Society Exhibition
04/03/12 Crosfield Hall, Romsey, SO51 8GL
http://www.rdrms.hampshire.org.uk/index.html
03/03/12- Romsey Signal Box Open Days
04/03/12 In conjunction with Romsey Railway Modellers Society
Admission free (donations welcome!)
1000-1600
ex-Romsey Infants School, Plaza Parade, Winchester Rd, Romsey, SO51 8JA
Car park in old school grounds
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
10/03/12 Northampton Model Railway Show
Malcolm Arnold Academy, Trinty Ave, Northampton, NN2 6JW
http://www.northamptonmodelrailwayshow.co.uk/
10/03/12- Macclesfield Model Railway Exhibition
11/03/12 Tytherington High School, Manchester Road, Macclesfield, SK10 2EE
http://www.macclesfieldmrg.org.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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