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NETWATCH
Regular readers will know that Kestrel Railway Books likes to challenge you to identify some of
its mystery pictures. The current selection has just been refreshed... what can you spot?
http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/mystery.htm
Kestrel has also announced on its website that it is making its collection of photographs
generally available. There are around 2,500 black and white negatives and about 5,000 colour
slides covering all manner of subjects. No lists (yet) but if you are looking for previously
unpublished shots, contact Kestrel Railway Books with your requirements.
http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/
Wolferton station on the Sandringham royal estate has been slowly restored to its pre-museum
condition for the last 15 years, and the owner evidently enjoys showing visitors around what is
now his home. He is particularly keen to do this in honour of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, as
this was the royal station for Sandringham. He has a wonderful website at:
http://www.wolfertonroyalstation.co.uk
(Dominic Belgin, via Andy Sollis)
This year the Middleton Railway celebrating 200 years of steam:
http://www.middletonrailway.org.uk/
A recent exploration of Haddon Tunnel on the Midland Railway's Derby to Manchester route:
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=70904
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
3803 on the Battlefield Line, 6th May:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOsbvfoj0dY
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
The Epping & Ongar Railway:
http://eorailway.co.uk/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
The LNER exhibition at Norwich Thorpe in May 1939 captured on film:
http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/906
A working model of Stephenson's steam engine made of glass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73txXT21aZU
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
BBC iPlayer - "Never Mind, I Stopped the Train". The heroism of railwaymen in a horrific
explosion in 1898. Martin Sorrell's recreation of a real event. Stars Martin Jarvis.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01hbrw2/Never_Mind_I_Stopped_the_Train/
(A week left to listen)
A new model shop in Eastleigh (well - new to me!)
http://www.acmodelseastleigh.co.uk/
Southampton's new Sea City Museum:
http://www.seacitymuseum.co.uk/
The original air aces - the RFC 100 years on:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17954439
Raj pictures found in shoe box at Edinburgh national collection
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-17973614
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IN THE NEWS
MPs criticise government's railway plan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17932161
Further setbacks for HS2
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-05-08/further-setbacks-for-hs2/
First Great Western train gets Diamond Jubilee livery
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18017446
Near misses caught on film as rail campaign launched
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18002037
Trespass at Leeds City
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-18008613
Loughborough station refurbished
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-17941248
ASLEF/EMT talks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-18013745
Bridge Strike at Salfords near Gatwick
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17990345
How a Victorian railway guide has become the book world's most surprising hit
http://tinyurl.com/8yj2buv
Chaos as Aberdeen freight train derails
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-18013151
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-18016426
Swindling rail ticket clerk stole 90,000 in refunds
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2762539
ScotRail and Network Rail apologise over train services
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18003722
ScotRail to distribute West Highland Line postcards
http://tinyurl.com/cl9dcs7
ScotRail to bring back Club 55
http://www.rail.co/2012/05/10/scotrail-to-bring-back-club-55/
Details of ScotRail train services for Scottish cup final announced
http://tinyurl.com/ce8bs9k
Plans for refurbishment of Rhyl station proposed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-18008770
Security alter blocks railway at Lurgan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17950894
DLR suspended 2 May
http://www.rail.co/2012/05/02/rail-delays-as-dlr-suspended/
MHR advertising on a lorry
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/News/Latest/View/893
Plans to rebuilt part of the Southwold Railway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-17953033
Locomotive 60008 leaving the USA for London
http://tinyurl.com/bqy9anm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAMc22881Ys
Freight Train Late? Blame Chicago
http://tinyurl.com/bscnjw9
Google gets Nevada driving licence for self-drive car
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17989553
Tourists hurt after bus crashes over cliff in Taiwan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18002333
Ferrari 250 GTO painted on garage door of Hampshire home
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-18001779
Has the airport experience become horrible?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17988650
Belfast George Best Airport changes in operators
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17955670
Government in U-turn over fighter planes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18008171
Air ambulance services grounded over safety fears
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17993232
Solution found to cracked brackets in A380 wings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17981562
Turbulence ahead: Flight heads into storm's heart
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18006823
Indonesia searchers find bodies at Russia jet wreckage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18015534
New Zealand skydive crash report blames overloading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-18001514
Air India pilots continue strike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18009547
Green Port at Hull
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-17993593
Crew set to leave arrested ship
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-17989951
Olympic boat takes to the water in Emsworth
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-17981130
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps
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TV and RADIO
13/05/12 BBC2 2100-2200
"Coast" New series 1/6 Western Isles and Shetland
13/05/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"Shock and Awe: the Story of Electricity" 3/3
13/05/12 BBC4 2100-2200
"Grand Prix: the Killer Years" Safety in Formula One
14/05/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Julia Bradbury's Canal Walks" 1/4 The Caledonian Canal
14/05/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"The First World War from Above"
15/05/12 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Dirty Great Machines" 3/4 Drill ships and pipeline-layers
15/05/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Enfield to Cambridge
15/05/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"The Story of British Pathe" 3/4
16/05/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Ely to Kings Lynn
16/05/12 BBC4 2100-2200
"Metalworks!" 3/3 Blacksmiths with Dan Cruickshank
18/05/12 BBC2 2100-2200
"Coast" New series 1/6 Western Isles and Shetland
18/05/12 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Dirty Great Machines" 4/4 Mining and tunnelling
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
11/05/12- Scottish Transport and Industry Collections and Knowledge Network
12/05/12 Newcomen and Beyond: A Celebration of 300 Years of Steam
Dundee Art Gallery and Museum, Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee
PDF:
http://tinyurl.com/blnbxr9
11/05/12- Swanage Railway: Diesel Gala & Dorset Beer Festival
13/05/12
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
12/05/12 Didcot Railway Centre: 'Steam Aid' charity event
http://tinyurl.com/chgm3wx
12/05/12 Stafford Railwayana Auctions
http://www.ukrailwayana.com/
12/05/12- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: A weekend with Calbourne
13/05/12
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/Files/2012-05/CalbourneTimetable.pdf
12/05/12- Derby 2012 Model Railway Exhibition
13/05/12 Moorways Sports Centre, Derby, DE24 9HY
http://www.mmrg.org.uk
13/05/12 Bursledon Brickworks: Cars, Cars, Cars... & A Few Celebrations
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
13/05/12 Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Antiques Fayre
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
13/05/12 Basingstoke Festival of Transport
http://tinyurl.com/7jjokct
13/05/12 Snibston Transport Festival
Ashby Road, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 3LN
1000-1700
http://www.snibston.com
14/05/12 North East Derbyshire Industrial Archaeology Society (NEDIAS)
St Thomas Church Centre, Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield, S40 3AW
Talk: "The Cromford and High Peak Railway" by Andy Pollock
Starts 1930
http://nedias.co.uk/
18/05/12 Newbury and District Transport Group
Bayer House, Strawberry Hill, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1JA
David Brace will talk about his occupation as a tour operator
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
18/05/12 West Somerset Railway: Exmoor Mystery Tour
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
19/05/12 American Model RailRoad Group, Gosport: Public Running Meet & Mini Exhibition
St Mary's Church Parish Centre, Green Road, Alverstoke, Gosport PO12 2ET
Opens at 1030
Adult: 1 adults, Child: 50p
http://www.freewebs.com/gosportrailroadgroup/
19/05/12 West Somerset Railway: Art Train Day
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
19/05/12 Railway & Canal Historical Society, East Midlands Branch: Heritage Day
Trent 150: Trent Station 1862-1968
18.00 for the day
http://www.northants-iag.org.uk/emiac.html
19/05/12- AEC 100th Anniversary, Milestones, Basingstoke
20/05/12
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/milestones/
19/05/12- Severn Valley Railway: 1862 - A Victorian Experience
20/05/12
http://www.svr.co.uk/
22/05/12 Railway Industry Memorial
British Transport Pensioners Federation dedication of memorial to railway staff
National Memorial Arboretum, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR
http://www.btpf.org.uk/News.htm#National Memorial Arboretum
http://tinyurl.com/cg5fkz4
25/05/12- Bodmin & Wenford Railway: Bodmin Branch 125 Gala
27/05/12
http://www.bodminrailway.co.uk
25/05/12- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway:Heritage Diesel Weekend
27/05/12
http://www.kwvr.co.uk
26/05/12 West Somerset Railway: Come and See Peppa Pig
West Somerset Railway: Summer Evenings at the Seaside
West Somerset Railway: Murder Mystery
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
26/05/12- Welsh Mines Preservation Trust: Heritage Weekend
27/05/12 Ystrad Einion Mine, Ceredigion
Free car park at Dyfi Furnace:
http://tinyurl.com/ca29ngu
27/05/12 Aldershot & District Centenary Bus Running Day
http://www.adbig.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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