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NETWATCH
Borders Railway - the website
http://www.bordersrailway.co.uk/
The revamped GWR 813 website is now online
http://gwr813.org/
Steam Sound Archive
http://www.steamsoundsarchive.com/
Underground trivia & quizzes
http://www.sporcle.com/games/tags/londonunderground
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Jobs in the British Railways 1946 - "The Railwaymen"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA-h73xDqXU
GWR Railmotor No 93 on Looe Branch Shuttles, 11th November
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeLSrDQKuYw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDxGfKWRm8M
Great Central Railway enthusiasts event, 18th November
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xkbN8faUrE
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
"Trainspotters" - ourselves as others see us (in French)
http://tinyurl.com/bv7dsro
(Spotter: Richard Maund)
A recent exploration of Torpantau Tunnel on the Brecon & Merthyr Railway
http://tinyurl.com/bpqbao2
And one of Victoria & Waterloo Tunnels, Liverpool
http://tinyurl.com/bvfxeh5
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
Swiss Federal Railway traffic updates
http://fahrplan.sbb.ch/bin/help.exe/en?tpl=showmap_external
Metre gauge coaches for sale ( ChF 50,000)
http://www.goldenpass.ch/goldenpass_vehicules_a_vendre
Blonay Chambay 2013 events
http://www.blonay-chamby.ch/pdf/Flyer2013-F1.pdf
Harz Schmalspurbahn web cams
http://www.hsb-wr.de/hsb_barrierefrei/webcams/altora/wc_altora.htm
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
GT Buildings - scale models
http://www.gtbuildingsmodels.co.uk/
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
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IN THE NEWS
Great Western electrification could be extended
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20399057
Flood water pours off Somerset rail bridge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20426814
Line blockages due to flooding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20425112
Fallen tree delays trains between Southampton Central and Fareham
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20440580
Legionnaires bug lurking in a third of train loos
http://tinyurl.com/cu8wh5l
Manchester railway station link plans are unveiled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-20399773
King's Cross fire 25th anniversary to be marked
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20383221
Improvements to Devon's Tarka line railway begin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-20375998
HS2 compensation roadshow held in Burton Green
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20363923
Transport police deal with 700 incidents at York Railway Station
http://tinyurl.com/c5xcy78
Worcester Foregate Street bridge gets £1m repairs
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-20384790
London Midland disruption: 39 services affected
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20396649
Crossrail's giant tunnelling machines lowered 40 metres underground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHTTfM9WgeI
Dino the dog who stopped trains in their tracks at Richmond
http://tinyurl.com/cbzgry8
RAIB report on car sliding onto railway line near Stowmarket
http://tinyurl.com/d45gky2
RAIB report into Bletchley derailment
http://tinyurl.com/ctyuzzh
Travelling by train in the UK – why is it so popular?
http://tinyurl.com/d73h3x2
Architects say public's views reflected in new Dundee railway station design
http://tinyurl.com/bp2e9pn
Historic signal boxes across Scotland surveyed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-20354928
Rail passengers facing Christmas strike threat after ScotRail sacked worker
http://tinyurl.com/b6pz2ql
RAIB report into train derailment near Letterston Junction
http://tinyurl.com/bw29a49
Moorland & City Railways project is back on track
http://tinyurl.com/cj25b9j
Duchess of Hamilton goes on show at Shildon railway museum
http://tinyurl.com/a9pdq64
Ropley footbridge update
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/News/Building/View/1051
STEAM museum buys 'rare' wheel guard from Swindon locomotive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-20376871
Scheme drawn up to restore historic railway repair sheds
http://tinyurl.com/d6nzd4w
Driverless trains: Britain has 'lessons to learn' from France, says transport secretary
http://tinyurl.com/cpovele
Umengi Steam Railway news
http://www.umgenisteamrailway.co.za/index.php
High speed trains, boost to trade ties on agenda of India-China meet
http://tinyurl.com/c6lr4j4
New Jersey railway put trains in Sandy flood zone despite warnings
http://tinyurl.com/bwdty5z
Level Crossing accident in Texas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20351941
Chocolate train sets new world record
http://tinyurl.com/cppsm2r
Deroadment on Cambridge guided busway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-20415811
Portsmouth oldest bus routes farewell
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20376464
Park & Ride expansion at Bath
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-20390677
Jaguar Land Rover: China approves joint venture
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20384431
Call to boost Thames cable car commuters
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20356251
The place where old planes go to die
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20316099
Virgin Atlantic offered flights between Heathrow and Edinburgh and Aberdeen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-20384801
The 'pregnant plane' that can give birth to a new 787
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20399859
South Parade Pier in Southsea to be sold at auction
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20394781
Welshpool: Canal and River Trust offers lock walkabout
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-20369989
A bright new future for the wonderful Llangollen Canal
http://tinyurl.com/cltvlya
Great Western Canal at Tiverton breached
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-20441327
Condor Ferries announces more sailings from Channel Islands
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-20376698
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
24/11/12 BBC4 1900-2000
"Metalworks!" 2/3 The knight's tale
24/11/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"Shock and Awe: the Story of Electricity" 3/3 Revelations & Revolutions
25/11/12 BBC1 1840-1920
"Countryfile" Visits the West Somerset Railway
25/11/12 BBC4 1900-1930
"The Golden Age of the Tram: A Streetcar Named Desire"
25/11/12 Channel 4 2000-2100
"How Britain Worked" 6/6 Victorian engineering
26/11/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Todmorden to York
26/11/12 BBC4 2100-2200
"The Toilet: an Unspoken History"
27/11/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" South Yorkshire
27/11/12 Channel 4 2000-2100
"George Clarke's Amazing Spaces"
27/11/12 BBC4 2000-2030
"Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury" 3/4 The Kennet and Avon
27/11/12 BBC4 2030-2100
"Britain on Film" Dedicated followers of fashion
28/11/12 BBC1 2000-2100
"Supersized Earth" 2/3 Huge engineering projects around the globe
28/11/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" North Yorkshire
28/11/12 BBC4 2030-2100
"Britain by Bike" 1/6 Lynmouth to Ilfracombe
28/11/12 BBC2 2320-0020
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 3/5 Berlin to the Rhine
29/11/12 BBC2 2100-2200
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" 4/5 Switzerland
29/11/12 BBC4 2100-2200
"The Secret Life of Rubbish" 1/2
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
24/11/12- Warley National 2012
25/11/12 NEC, Birmingham
http://www.thewarleyshow.co.uk/
25/11/12 Bursledon Brickworks: Winter Festival
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
01/12/12 West Somerset Railway: Carol Trains
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
05/12/12 Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History Research Workshop
National Railway Museum/University of York
In the Edmondson Room, NRM
Early-20th-Century Railway Identities in Britain and France
Matt Thompson (Ironbridge George Museum):
A "perpetual neo-pastoral May": the interior geography of the GWR, 1929-1941
Natalia Starostina (Young Harris College, USA)
On railway advertising in interwar France
1400-1715
All welcome, refreshments served
07/12/12- West Somerset Railway: Dunster by Candlelight
08/12/12
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
10/12/12- West Somerset Railway: Carol Trains
12/12/12
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
Santa Specials only 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
01/12/12- West Somerset Railway: Santa Trains
02/12/12
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
01/12/12- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Santa Specials
02/12/12
http://www.rhdr.org.uk
01/12/12- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Santa Specials
02/12/12
http://www.watercressline.co.uk
01/12/12- Great Central Railway: Santa Specials
02/12/12
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
01/12/12- Churnet Valley Railway: Santa & Steam
02/12/12
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
01/12/12- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Santa Specials
02/12/12
http://www.kwvr.co.uk
01/12/12- Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway: Santa Specials
02/12/12
http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk
01/12/12- Wensleydale Railway: Santa Specials
02/12/12
http://www.wensleydalerailway.com
02/12/12 Peak Rail: Santa and Steam Specials
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/
05/12/12 Churnet Valley Railway: Santa & Steam
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
08/12/12- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Santa Specials
09/12/12
http://www.watercressline.co.uk
08/12/12- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Santa Specials
09/12/12
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
08/12/12- West Somerset Railway: Santa Trains
09/12/12
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
08/12/12- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Santa Specials
09/12/12
http://www.rhdr.org.uk
08/12/12- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Santa Trains
09/12/12
http://www.e-v-r.com
08/12/12- Peak Rail: Shunter Hunter Extravaganza
09/12/12
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/
08/12/12- Churnet Valley Railway: Santa & Steam
09/12/12
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
08/12/12- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Santa Specials
09/12/12
http://www.kwvr.co.uk
08/12/12- Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway: Santa Specials
09/12/12
http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk
08/12/12- Wensleydale Railway: Santa Specials
09/12/12
http://www.wensleydalerailway.com
09/12/12 Moors Valley Railway: Santa Specials
http://www.moorsvalleyrailway.co.uk
11/12/12 Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway: Santa Specials
http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk
12/12/12 Great Central Railway: Santa Specials
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
12/12/12 Churnet Valley Railway: Santa & Steam
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
Cheers, Howard.
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