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NETWATCH
GWR steam railmotor on the Looe branch - booking now open
http://www.railmotor93.org/latestnews/latestnews.html
A recent exploration of the Clifton Rocks Railway
http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php/74768
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
Derbyshire County Council are asking for votes for sites for Commemorative Blue Plaques. The
Cromford Canal and Sir Nigel Gresley both feature - you can vote for up to six.
http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/blue_plaques
A rail journey fit for a king: Paris commuter train has carriages transformed to resemble rooms
from the Palace of Versailles
http://tinyurl.com/8cv3vlr
(Spotter: Maurice Hopper)
Severn Valley Railway Autumn Steam Gala 21st September
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf3T9rws2EY
North Yorkshire Moors Railway Autumn Gala 28th September
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCkvmfrMLGY
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
David Othen, who was responsible for uploading the video of Dominion of Canada arriving at
Halifax last week, has now added a 30-minute video of both A4s being taken to the quayside and
being loaded onto Atlantic Conveyor. Moveright International, Ceres Corporation, Atlantic
Container Lines and Mills Heavy Haulage have all donated their services to make the shipment of
the locomotives possible.
http://youtu.be/zUp5pzD7VlM
And the A4s arrive back in the UK (see also "In the News")
http://www.flickr.com/photos/moveright/sets/72157631681753687/with/8049923794
http://www.heritagerailway.co.uk/gallery/a4s-have-arrived
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IN THE NEWS
West Coast Main Line deal with FirstGroup scrapped
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19809717
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19810845
Video:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19809899
MPs 'to quiz minister about scrapped rail deal'
Audio:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19810378
West Coast Main Line franchise process a 'fiasco' says Branson
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19817798
West Coast Main Line: Brown calls for urgent talks on scrapped deal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-19811864
What future for railways after West Coast reversal?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19819972
Bombardier contract review demanded by MPs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-19832874
Demonstration train on Portshead branch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-19769482
http://www.portisheadrailwaygroup.org/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16582147@N07/sets/72157631649576665/
Discussion on renationalisation after WCML bidding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19830608
The public want railways renationalised – what are we waiting for?
http://tinyurl.com/8q9gvjo
Motocross rider dies on rail line near Coventry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-19831533
London Midland staff shortages cancel trains
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19805183
Collapse of Crossrail conveyor system at Westbourne Park
http://tinyurl.com/96xj3xw
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/8029704317_e6e868abd5_c.jpg
Work on Plumstead Crossrail tunnel
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2012/09/14/plumstead-preparation-complete/
Bronze Age transport route 'found during Crossrail dig'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19834203
More trains planned for Redditch to Birmingham line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-19798232
Wedding train on Harwich branch
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2012/09/13/railway-wedding-for-aisha-and-ben/
King's Cross artefacts shouldn't be simply sold off to the highest bidder
http://tinyurl.com/cbbzmp2
Man comes within inches of being hit by 140mph train at level crossing
http://tinyurl.com/8nekwaq
HS2 rail line could be re-routed to Heathrow
http://tinyurl.com/9ft4yvc
Taking the train to celebrate National Poetry Day
http://www.scotrail.co.uk/content/taking-train-celebrate-national-poetry-day
Campaign launched by Samaritans and Network Rail aimed at reducing suicides
http://tinyurl.com/999ojt2
A4s 60008 & 60010 land at Liverpool
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19812244
http://tinyurl.com/8ohgkvh
Wensleydale Railway reveals £250,000 plan to extend line
http://tinyurl.com/9lbo4dj
Sale of SVR shares
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19782996
Founder of Bluebell Railway dies
http://tinyurl.com/9kmsyrq
Report on Swanage Railway gala
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news844.htm
MHR awards in Alton in Bloom
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/News/Latest/View/1022
50027 enters service on Mid-Hants Railway
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/Events/Taming-Lion
Public transport 'Scottish Oyster Card' announced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-19784516
Derailment on Strathspey Railway
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2951903
Carmarthenshire train crash: Oswald Davies guilty plea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-19786487
Le Shuttle wins Best Train Company Award for the second year running
http://tinyurl.com/9ynuary
Derailment recovery near Wien Westbahnhof
http://tinyurl.com/93ko6rc
DB Channel Tunnel stock
http://www.railvolution.net/railvolution/upload/_36_b.jpg
http://www.railvolution.net/railvolution/upload/_35_b.jpg
Class 3BR-1486 boiler running repair appeal
http://tinyurl.com/9g5w5w2
Sri Lanka Railways to relocate National Railway Museum to hill country
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_12A/Sep30_1349016377KA.php
Is the Hornby express about to hit the buffers?
http://tinyurl.com/8h9ejbn
1.4m ride resorts new trams
http://tinyurl.com/9qm237x
RH Transport (Oxfordshire) closes at short notice
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-19830900
Highways Agency seeks views on M25 speed change
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19776835
Spring petrol sales decline despite lower forecourt prices
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19810276
Electric cars 'pose environmental threat'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19830232
Failures of Poole lifting Bridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-19814185
Bloodhound land speed rocket test at Newquay
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19810160
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19791084
Video:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19818009
How Bloodhound supersonic car's hybrid engine works
Video:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19798746
Bloodhound boss Noble marks fatal Loch Ness speed bid
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-19784127
Canal clearance to see horse-drawn boat trips dredged from the past
http://tinyurl.com/8m5e9ml
Emergency appeal launched for Trent & Mersey Canal breach
http://tinyurl.com/9snjfep
Brittany Ferries dispute resolved
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19784014
Cunard's Queen Victoria undergoes dry dock repairs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-19804365
RAF Nimrod on display at Cosford museum
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-19766608
Coventry aviation museum to move to Newquay
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19778078
Plane crash in Nepal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19754204
Smart weather radar aims to help planes ride the storms
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19789075
Derby museum trust awarded £1.39m from Arts Council
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-19798020
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price
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TV and RADIO
06/10/12 Channel 5 1955-2220
"Battle of Britain" 1969 movie
07/10/12 BBC4 1900-1930
"Julia Bradbury's Canal Walks" The Llangollen Canal
07/10/12 BBC2 2000-2100
"Built in Britain" 1/2 includes a look at Crossrail
08/10/12 BBC Radio 4 1100-1130
"Cheaper than Walking" The story of microcars
08/10/12 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Classic Car Rescue" 3/6 MGB
08/10/12 BBC4 2100-2200
"Magnificent Machines - the Golden Age of the British Sports Car"
08/10/12 BBC4 2200-2300
"Ford's Dagenham Dream"
08/10/12 ITV1 2235-2335
"The Great Train Robbery" Another retalling of the story
09/10/12 BBC2 1900-2000
"The Story of Wales" The Industrial Revolution
09/10/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Hythe to Hastings
10/10/12 BBC Radio 4 1100-1130
"Lives in a Landscape" Long-distance commuters
10/10/12 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers" 4/8
10/10/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Ayr to Skye
10/10/12 BBC4 2200-2300
"Magnificent Machines - the Golden Age of the British Sports Car"
11/10/12 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Classic Car Rescue" 3/6 MGB
11/10/12 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Heroes of the Skies" 4/6 The Tuskegee Airmen
11/10/12 Channel 4 2100-2235
"The Plane Crash" What happens when it happens?
12/10/12 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Heroes of the Skies" 3/6 Norman Jackson VC
12/10/12 Channel 5 2000-2030
"Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers" 5/8
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
04/10/12- West Somerset Railway: Autumn Steam Gala
07/10/12
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
05/10/12- Durley Light Railway Auction Sale
06/10/12 Viewing on 5th, sale on 6th
PDF of catalogue:
http://tinyurl.com/c89xmpp
05/10/12- Bolehill and Steeple Grange Improvement Group: Wirksworth Lead Mining Weekend
07/10/12 Celebrating 500th anniversary of the Miner’s Standard Dish
presented to the town by Henry VIII
http://www.e-v-r.com/miningweekend/
06/10/12- Fareham & District MRC Exhibition
07/10/12 Wickham Community Centre, Mill Lane, Wickham, Hants, PO17 5AL
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
Adult: £5, Senior: £4, Child: £3, Family (2+2) £13
17+ layouts booked plus trade support including Squires and
for the first time Lord & Butler (aka Dirty Boy weathering)
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be exhibiting
Historic Bus by Southampton & District Transport Heritage Trust
from Fareham railway station to Buddens Road (adjacent to venue)
http://www.fadmrc.hampshire.org.uk/
06/10/12- The Lavender Line: Vintage Transport Gala
07/10/12
http://www.lavender-line.co.uk/
06/10/12- Crewe Signalling Gala
07/10/12 Crewe Heritage Centre
Public launch of a new range of signalling simulations for the
home PC to be sold under the brand name "Block Post Software"
Kidderminster Railway Museum will bring their photographic archive
Additional displays including the Signalling Record Society
The Centre's three signal boxes (Crewe North Junction, Crewe Station A
and Exeter West) will be open to visitors
http://www.creweheritagecentre.co.uk/
06/10/12- Leawood Pumping Station Open Day
07/10/12
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
07/10/12 Twyford Waterworks: Autumn Rally
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
07/10/12 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
07/10/12 Churnet Valley Railway: Folk Festival & Classic Cars
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
07/10/12 Middleton Top Engine House Open Day
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
12/10/12- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Steam, Oil & Smoke
14/10/12
http://www.kwvr.co.uk
13/10/12 Off the Rails hack day
http://offtherails.eventbrite.co.uk/
13/10/12 Scale Seven West Country Group Open Day
Mark Village Hall, Mark, Somerset TA9 4NY
Opens 1000, free parking on-site
Entry fee: £5
http://www.scaleseven.org.uk/S7joiningin.html
13/10/12- Eastleigh Lakeside Railway: Big 4 Weekend
14/10/12
http://www.steamtrain.co.uk
13/10/12- 16th Annual Charity Wilmington Model Railway Exhibition
14/10/12 St Michael's Church Hall, Church Hill, Wilmington, Dartford, DA2 7EG
1000-17000 both days
Adult: £3.50, Child/OAP: £2.50, Family (2+2): £9
In aid of Demelza House Children's Hospice, The Railway Children,
Cherished Memories & St Michael's Youth Work
http://www.stmichaelswilmington.org.uk
13/10/12 Romsey Signal Box Anniversary Open Weekend
Admission free (donations welcome!)
1400-1900
ex-Romsey Infants School, Plaza Parade, Winchester Rd, Romsey, SO51 8JA
Car park in old school grounds
http://www.romseysignalbox.org.uk
15/10/12 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
1811 and all that: 200 years on the Cromford Canal by Hugh Potter
Starts: 1930
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
17/10/12- Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition
21/10/12 Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, Fosse Way, Nr Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN
http://www.midlansmodelengineering.co.uk
19/10/12 Newbury and District Transport Group
Bayer House, Strawberry Hill, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1JA
"Industrial Steam - UK, Europe and Africa" by Neil Kearns
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
19/10/12 Derbyshire Archaeological Society Industrial Archaeology Section
St Mary's Parish Hall, Darley Lane, Derby
"James Brindley's School of Engineers" by Chris Lewis
Starts 1930
Non-members welcome
20/10/12- National Festival of Railway Modelling
21/10/12 East of England Showground, Peterborough, PE2 6XE
https://www.model-railways-live.co.uk/
21/10/12 Bursledon Brickworks: Something Steamy & Ghostly Going On
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
21/10/12 The Lavender Line: Autumn Colours Specials
http://www.lavender-line.co.uk/
Cheers, Howard.
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