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NETWATCH
The new Diesel Traction Group website is now up and running
http://www.westernchampion.co.uk
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
This picture of serious delays at Nairn would perhaps have been more appropriate for last week!
On a serious note, I'm told the cafe on the platform does excellent bacon rolls!
http://instagram.com/p/RXTtPHRGTX/
(Spotter: Jim O'Brien)
Two Tunnels project in Bath
http://www.twotunnels.org.uk/
Train departure information
http://rail.staging.swlines.co.uk/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Steam on the London Underground - prices and times
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/assets/downloads/pdfs/LU150_timetablesandprices.pdf
A song and video in praise of an 8F - in Hebrew!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCCskPcbnY
Florida to New Jersey in 156 Seconds (GE Juice Train)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb8mk2HSJUc
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
A revised and amended SLS booklet "Orion, Darroch and the Alfreds" in pdf format can be
downloaded free from
http://www.stephensonloco.org.uk/Orion%20fact%20file.pdf
EMD GT46C-ACe locomotive dropped on delivery (a heavy shunt?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvyIrsZ7Zhs
(Spotter: Everyone)
The world's scariest train rides (scariest?)
http://tinyurl.com/blhjvgq
A remarkable graveyard for old vehicles in Russia
http://englishrussia.com/2012/10/29/moscow-cemetery-of-urban-transport/#more-112804
Barcelona by Tram, made in 1908
http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/PY/245/see-the-film-barcelona_by_tram
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
TfL fare increases from January
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20234125
LOROL take over South London Line from December timetable
http://www.therailengineer.com/2012/11/02/london-orbital-rail-network-complete/
Bridge replacements for Crossrail & GW ML electrification
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20192917
London Bridge redevelopment
http://www.rail.co/2012/10/29/thameslink-phase-two-launched/
Siemens confident of winning Thameslink contract
http://www.rail.co/2012/10/31/siemens-confident-it-will-finalise-thameslink-contract/
Duvets for FGW sleeper berths
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-20236203
Consultation over Network Rail taking over DBS freight locations (open access to yards without
access agreements is ultimate aim)
http://tinyurl.com/d6x3oal
Freight train derailment at Mirfield
http://www.brighouseecho.co.uk/news/local/trains-cancelled-to-brighouse-1-5099660
High output track renewal
http://www.therailengineer.com/2012/11/05/highly-organised-high-output/
First Hull Trains cancellations
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-20218468
Hooley Cutting works (Merstham)
http://www.therailengineer.com/2012/11/02/stabilising-hooley-cutting/
Landslip at Chipping Sodbury
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-20219949
Property and compensation consultation (HS2 London to the West Midlands)
http://tinyurl.com/cucovx8
Site of abandoned Norwich train station to be sold
http://tinyurl.com/cf38skn
North Doncaster rail chord gets the green light from government
http://tinyurl.com/cpuzoxx
Concern over First dividend freeze after West Coast rail link fiasco
http://tinyurl.com/d684g7n
Grimsby's £5m transport revamp approved
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-20204398
London Midland cancel more trains due to driver shortage
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20193136
Bridge proposed to replace Ufton Nervet level Crossing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-20169287
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-20218741
Passenger pooch hit by train at Richmond
http://tinyurl.com/d38dqmo
Borders to Edinburgh rail deal signed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-20206538
http://tinyurl.com/bttzvup
ScotRail to be nationalised (by the Dutch government)
http://tinyurl.com/clrdozq
http://tinyurl.com/cljqxvw
ScotRail apologises after overcrowding complaints
http://tinyurl.com/dyp7toa
Angus train derailment 'may have been deliberate'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-20226195
Trains in Midlothian by 2015?
http://tinyurl.com/brcvwn5
Just track down John to adopt a railway station
http://tinyurl.com/bnc8sm5
Man hit by train in Wales
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-20196959
Pressure to Electrify North Wales Coast line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-20182521
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20198085
HST & 80002 on Keighley & Worth Valley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxbQug8DU9E
Dwight D Eisenhower at NNRM
http://tinyurl.com/bwo5eh6
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-20241018
Ropley Update
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/News/Loco/View/1040
Snowdon Mountain Railway taking delivery of new carriages
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-20198090
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20202764
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20214017
http://www.garmendale.co.uk/
Burma train crash and fire kills 25
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20272264
Munich-Berlin train 'will soon take four hours'
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20121104-45967.html
Six-car 'pump train' helps get subways back on track in wake of Sandy superstorm
http://tinyurl.com/cbghzhz
F, D, Q trains now running into Manhattan; 2 and 3 lines cross East River and 1 extends to 14th
St
http://tinyurl.com/chhxgzt
New York MTA statement on Hurricane Sandy
http://www.rail.co/2012/10/30/hurricane-sandy-worst-disaster-in-ny-subways-history/
Alstom gain Boston tram and suburban train contract with MBTA
http://tinyurl.com/cprn4g2
Rail buff films train crashing into a water truck in Utah - no-one hurt
http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/11/rail-buff-films-train-crashing-into.html
Fatal level crossing accident in Victoria
http://tinyurl.com/cpjqboo
Bangladesh trains face little terrors
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=256130
Bus and car crash in Wakefield leaves 15 people injured
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-20269422
New vehicles for Stagecoach Megabus
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-20179553
Award for Reading buses
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-20197941
Scrapping Severn Bridge Tolls suggested
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-20204666
Rebuilding plans for Beaminster Tunnel
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-20236729
http://www.dorsetforyou.com/media.jsp?mediaid=177505&filetype=pdf
'Landmark' for Forth Replacement Crossing project
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20210154
Eco-cars in Brighton to London Future Car Challenge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/20197239
Vulcan Bomber XH558: 'Grace and style' in the sky
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-19952395
Terms of UK aviation review
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20176851
Simulated collision at Liverpool Airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-20196953
AAIB report into fatal mid-air collision over Leicestershire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-20244384
Light Aircraft crash - Sherburn-in-Elmet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-20196910
Light aircraft accident at Dornoch
http://tinyurl.com/cbsjnnp
Antique aircraft flips at Lafayette Regional
http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20121106/NEWS01/211060318
Nuclear test veteran who flew through a mushroom cloud
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/20105140
Plans for a new canal at Measham
http://tinyurl.com/ct5mlpr
Wightlink jobs to go as overnight island sailings axed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20190987
Aircraft carrier section begins journey from Govan to Fife
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-20197810
USS Enterprise completes its final voyage
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20121104/NEWS02/711049884
Tall ships community mourns for HMS Bounty and crew
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/248862/
Lighthouse optics restored
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-20203000
Unesco calls for South Crofty mining halt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20202659
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Jim O'Brien, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
10/11/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"Shock and Awe: the Story of Electricity" 1/3 Sparks
11/11/12 Channel 4 2000-2100
"How Britain Worked" 4/6 A Newcomen beam engine restored at Elsecar
13/11/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury" 1/4 The Caledonian Canal
13/11/12 BBC4 2030-2100
"Britain on Film" Brits at play
14/11/12 BBC4 2000-2030
"Britain's Best Drive" 5/6 Wye Valley and the Forest of Dean
14/11/12 BBC2 2320-0020
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 1/5 London-Monte Carlo
15/11/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"Shock and Awe: the Story of Electricity" 2/3 The Age of Invention
15/11/12 BBC2 2100-2200
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 2/5 Hungary to Austria
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
10/11/12- Hull Model Railway Show 2012
11/11/12 Costello Athletics Stadium, Anlaby Park Road North, Hull, HU4 6XY
1000-1700 both days
Adult: £4, Junior (5-15 years old): £1, under 5 free
18 layouts in N to O gauge plus traders and demonstrations
Includes "Leighton Buzzard" (EM) part of the Buckingham Branch built by the late
Rev Peter Denny
http://www.hullmrs.org/
11/11/12 Moors Valley Railway: Tank Engine Day
http://www.moorsvalleyrailway.co.uk
16/11/12 Newbury and District Transport Group
Bayer House, Strawberry Hill, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1JA
"Newbury and District Motor Services" by Paul Lacey
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
17/11/12 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/
19/11/12 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
Sir Arthur Heywood's Duffield Bank Railway by Pat Morriss
Starts: 1930, admission: £2.00
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
19/11/12 Archive film show presented by Rob Foxon
Central Library Theatre, Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
Railways Remembered: Freight trains from wagon load to Freightliner
Starts 1930
Licensed bar, railway books, films & videos for sale
21/11/12 Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History Research Workshop
National Railway Museum/University of York
In the Gibb Theatre, NRM - Tom Rolt as Biographer and Preservationist
Adrian Vaughan:
The creation of a legend: a criticism of Rolt's biography of I.K Brunel
George Revill (Open University):
Tom Rolt’s High Horse, ecological visions & the origins of railway preservation
1400-1715
All welcome, refreshments served
23/11/12 Derbyshire Archaeological Society Industrial Archaeology Section
St Mary's Parish Hall, Darley Lane, Derby
"Westhouses - A Midland Railway Village" by Dudley Fowkes
Starts 1930
Non-members welcome
25/11/12 Bursledon Brickworks: Winter Festival
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
Santa Specials from here on...
24/11/12- Great Central Railway: Santa Specials
25/11/12
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
25/11/12 Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway: Santa Specials
http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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