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Three Rivers Rail Partnership is a group of local authorities, local people and the rail
industry, working to promote train and local bus services between Salisbury, Romsey,
Southampton and Eastleigh:
http://www.threeriversrail.com/
A walking blog by Kenny Mackins, which includes some railway walks:
http://walk-north.blogspot.co.uk/
"Lets Go To London" - Chiltern Mainline's remake of the classic 1962 BTF film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GancSC3AwJw
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
Farewell to the Sheffield-Manchester electrics (1970) video:
http://www.yfaonline.com/film/my-farewell-sheffield-manchester-electrics-congreves
Bittern Charter, Severn Valley Railway, 26th March:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_yX2FrUzmU
Barrow Hill "The Fab 4 Gala" 13th April:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFgLRc-SF0U
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
A recent exploration of Yelverton station & tunnel, Devon:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=70291
And the Vale of Neath Railway's Pen-cae-drain tunnel:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=70343
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
Looking for details about a particular private owner wagon? The Lightmoor Press website is
home to an index of references in books to private owner railway wagons and tankers by company
name compiled by Joe Greaves. Each company is listed by an abbreviation of the book's author
and its page number. Coal Merchants who ran wagons are also included.
http://www.lightmoor.co.uk/BDLpdf_files/Private_Owner_Wagons_Index.pdf
United States National Train Day:
http://www.nationaltrainday.com/
The Grand Canyon Railway:
http://www.thetrain.com/
The Railyard at Santa Fe:
http://www.railyardsantafe.com/
The Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway, Albuquerque:
http://www.sandiapeak.com/
The ABQ Trolley Co - open-air trolley with Albuquerque's only guided city tour company:
http://www.abqtrolley.com/
Yosemite Valley Garden Railroad:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyPzUJ24Trs
Majorca Railways Newsletter - a better link than the one given previously:
http://www.majorcarailways.com/newsletter.htm
Who would not want to own this...?
http://tinyurl.com/c84974e
The Old Hundred Gold Mine Tour, Silverton, Colorado:
http://www.minetour.com/
Engine house and outbuildings for sale at Wheal Rose, Cornwall
http://tinyurl.com/btk24qu
Or buy a whole gold mine in Arizona
http://tinyurl.com/c5rgzby
Pleaseley Colliery industrial heritage site:
http://www.pleasley-colliery.org.uk/
Russells Truck & Travel Center on Route 66:
http://russellsttc.com/
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IN THE NEWS
Lightning strike disrupts trains in and out of London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17777918
Grayrigg crash: Network Rail fined 4m over death
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-17609369
RAIB report into engineering train defect at Blatchbridge Jn
http://tinyurl.com/cuyzlgo
RAIB investigation into run away incident at Bradford Interchange
http://tinyurl.com/cxzm9gt
RAIB report track worker struck by train at North Kent East Jn.
http://tinyurl.com/ccfwbsc
New Ilkeston station would create 150,000 train journeys and increase trade
http://tinyurl.com/bt7b7l4
A27 bridge in Romsey closed for gauge enhancement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-17561631
Frinton-on-Sea gates preserved
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-17608996
Freightliner train fire near Micheldever (70018)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17632580
Delays rebuilding Cosford station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-17738111
Rebuilding of Wellingborough station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-17755261
Ministers consider moving Oxford train station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-17756265
Fare increase planned for Translink
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17755129
Hagley footbridge restored
http://tinyurl.com/cx3nb54
Lightning strike near Victoria (Chatham Lines)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17777918
Tynemouth's wonderful welcome is back on the rails
http://tinyurl.com/cz883fq
The French come over here, they make our high-speed trains run on time...
http://tinyurl.com/blvc3ue
Privatised railways 'inefficient'
http://tinyurl.com/cntsqqa
14m plan to transform Dundee railway station
http://tinyurl.com/bugp6s6
11m upgrade shuts Dalmarnock station for 5 months
http://tinyurl.com/bqm8x8f
Railway stations to receive 1m investment for Commonwealth Games
http://tinyurl.com/c27voyd
En-suite cabins and airline-style seats considered for Caledonian sleepers
http://tinyurl.com/c5rluqy
Rockfall road set for full reopening
http://tinyurl.com/bl5lhrk
The Borders Railway by Colin MacDonald, Network Rail: Meeting of 12th April
http://www.ciltscotland.com/mr120412.php
Woman rescued from disused railway tunnel at Bangor Teifi, near Llandysul
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-17659788
The Worx looking to expand railway upgrade employment initiative in South Wales
http://tinyurl.com/d4lakg6
Princess Elizabeth whistle to start jubilee flotilla
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17513967
A new class of train pulls up
http://tinyurl.com/bwc2rsa
G&WR to reopen by August
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-17500517
Germany train crash: Three die in Offenbach collision
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17700051
DHL to use rail transport for containers
http://tinyurl.com/cp6sbbt
Shunting accident in Switzerland
http://tinyurl.com/cjjpgwv
Free travel proposed in Talinn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17517106
California bullet train plan approved by state rail agency
http://tinyurl.com/cql7oo8
South African National Railway and Steam Museum revived
http://www.railwaysafrica.com/blog/2012/04/sanrasm-2/
London Underground workers to strike for 72 hours
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17738569
Brompton Road Tube ghost station resurrection plans announced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17699680
Blackpool tramway reopening
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-17594465
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-17607881
Work on extension of Nottingham tram system
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-17669472
New trams for Washington DC
http://tinyurl.com/bqvfbfd
Audi buys Italian motorcycle firm Ducati
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17763547
Spitfires buried in Burma during war to be returned to UK
http://tinyurl.com/cxuqgt9
Air Canada flight lands safely after engine shutdown during flight (with the editor on board!)
http://tinyurl.com/c9wph4n
'Pilot fatigue' caused Air Canada jet dive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17737135
RyanAir forced landing at Frankfurt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-17631534
Sea Vixen collapsed landing gear closed Hurn Airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-17629779
British Airways - Olympic livery
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17565838
Shuttle Discovery retires with Washington flypast
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17743804
Discovery's final journey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17747876
Shuttle over DC: 'I have flown the shuttle piggy-back'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17755597
Chesterfield Canal Trust thrilled with waterside funding announcement
http://tinyurl.com/cjbyb7t
Royal barge Gloriana to be launched on Thames in London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17771318
Thames spritsail barge restored
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-17678628
Titanic - Southampton Remembers:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01flx8k
(Two days left to watch)
Never Again - A lament for the Titanic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00r00pb
(Two days left to listen)
Titanic Memorial cruise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17649500
Derbyshire private collection honours Titanic
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17664443
SS Nomadic restoration
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17631164
Port expansion on Gulf region
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17650089
Abandoned Glasgow mines could provide 40% of city heat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-17769365
Goldmine in Dolgellau, Gwynedd, could be worth 125m
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-17756325
And finally...
Rubber chicken flies into solar radiation storm
(Nothing to do with railways but a great headline - thanks Richard!)
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/19apr_camilla/
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price
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TV and RADIO
24/04/12 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers" Series 3 8/8
24/04/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Cromford
24/04/12 BBC4 2350-0115
"Storyville: The Real Great Escape" Stalag Luft III, March 1944
25/04/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Birmingham
26/04/12 BBC4 0110-0210
"Between the Lines - Railways in Fiction and Film"
26/04/12 BBC Radio 4 1500-1527
"Open Country" The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
26/04/12 BBC Radio 4 2030-2100
"In Business" The decline of the Lancashire cotton industry
27/04/12 BBC Radio 4 1100-1130
"The Pathfinder" Profile of Air Vice-Marshall Donald Bennet
27/04/12 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Dirty Great Machines" 1/4 Tunnel boring machines
28/04/12 BBC Radio 4 0605-0630
"Open Country" The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
20/04/12 Newbury and District Transport Group
Bayer House, Strawberry Hill, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1JA
"Trains, Ships, Buses and Balloons" by Terry and Justin Foulger
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
20/04/12 Launceston Railway Circle
Dingley Hall, Castle Street, Launceston, PL15 8BA
"Salute to the GW and SR" by Simon Foote
Meetings begin at 1930
20/04/12- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Spring Steam Spectacular
22/04/12
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk/
27/04/12 Arkwright Society: Phillip Whitehead Memorial Lecture
University of Derby
Guest Speaker: Sir Simon Jenkins, Chairman of the National Trust
"Heritage Conservation in a period of Austerity"
Starts 1900
Free admission plus refreshments after
http://www.derby.ac.uk/arkwright
28/04/12 Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Spring Diesel Day
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk/
28/04/12- Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Ltd: Spring Diesel Gala
29/04/12
http://www.gcrn.co.uk/
29/04/12 Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Trust Railway Funding Day
Bursledon Brickworks
http://www.hngrt.org.uk/
29/04/12 Cobham Bus & Coach Gathering
http://www.londonbusmuseum.com/news-and-events/spring-gathering/
05/05/12- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Real Ale Festival
07/05/12
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
05/05/12- Kent & East Sussex Railway: Gala Weekend
07/05/12
http://www.kesr.org.uk
05/05/12- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Steaming Thru' the 40s
07/05/12
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk/
05/05/12- Didcot Railway Cantre: Steam Gala
07/05/12
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
05/05/12- Crofton Beam Engines in steam
07/05/12
http://www.croftonbeamengines.org/
05/05/12- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: May Bank Holiday Open Days
07/05/12
http://www.e-v-r.com
06/05/12 Romsey Signal Box Open Day
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
06/05/12 Twyford Waterworks: Spring Rally Open Day
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
06/05/12- Quainton Steam & Miniature Enthusiast Weekend
07/05/12
http://www.bucksrailcentre.org
06/05/12- Middleton Top Engine House Open Day
07/05/12
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
06/05/12- Leawood Pumping Station Open Day
07/05/12
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
07/05/12 Quainton Steam & Miniature Enthusiast Weekend
http://www.bucksrailcentre.org/
Cheers, Howard.
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