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"The Matlock Cable Tramway" by Glynn Waite
The idea of a cable tramway in Matlock goes back to the late 1860s when Job Smith is said to
have seen some early lines in San Francisco and felt that such a system would be suited to
Matlock. However, it was March 1893 before the tramway was opened over a route that at one
time made it the steepest cable tramway in the world. It is doubtful if it would have been
built without the finance of George Newnes of "Tit Bits" fame, who originated from the area.
The Council took over the undertaking with great enthusiasm, even examining possible schemes
for extensions, but soon realised that while it attracted many tourists during the spring and
summer, it rarely covered its direct operating costs in the autumn and winter months.
Nevertheless, until 1910 it made a profit in all but three of the years, but thereafter it
started to make annual losses with the Council subsidising the undertaking from its general
account. It continued operating throughout the year until September 1927.
Glynn Waite, who first took an interest in the concern when living at his birthplace of
Cromford, has researched the tramway in considerable detail, in some cases dispelling
information that has been repeated over the years. (For book signings on 8th December, see the
"Events" section.)
ISBN 978-0-9562706-5-8
160 pages, illustrated, maps.
Large format - Softback
£19.99
http://www.pynotpublishing.co.uk/
NETWATCH
You don't follow The Fact Compiler? Are you mad?
http://railwayeye.blogspot.co.uk/
The LNER Society now has a new website
http://www.lnersociety.org.uk/
The Friends of the Rhiw Valley Light Railway have launched a "Sponsor a Sleeper Campaign" to
help raise funds for the Lower Extension
http://www.rvlr.co.uk/sleeping_partner
Steaming around Britain's Railways in Sound and Pictures by Chris Jennings
http://www.crjennings.com/index.html
Severn Valley Railway Santa Specials, 1st December
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V9J_ag4CNU
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Photo charter with Ivatt No 46521 on the Great Central Railway
http://rickeborall.zenfolio.com/p653654580
Princess Elizabeth running down to Southall at Hatton
http://rickeborall.zenfolio.com/p931197670
Princess Elizabeth on Slough-Chester
http://rickeborall.zenfolio.com/p744634833
St Pancras Junction Relaying 1947
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xALnLzQ2FsI
Lone Ranger film trailer - some railway interest!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsOcNhtuslw
The most impressive underground railway stations in Europe
http://tinyurl.com/c9gtpt5
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
West Coast Railway Association, Squamish, British Columbia
http://www.wcra.org/
Horsedrawn gritting cart
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20572383
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Top Deck Tales - a compilation curated by the Media Archive for Central England looking at bus
travel in the Midlands (there seems to be a longish silent section when the film visits the
East Midlands!)
http://vimeo.com/54595436
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
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IN THE NEWS
Transport spending
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20613723
West coast rail franchise flawed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20620787
West Coast Main Line fiasco 'to cost taxpayer'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20634670
Extension to Virgin West Coast franchise to November 2014
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20620787
Sir John Armitt joins National Express
http://tinyurl.com/celdl84
£46m bail-out for East Midlands Trains helps rail division post profit
http://tinyurl.com/bqkv9n5
Stagecoach profits up (see previous item!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-20606740
Siemens purchase Invensys rail business
http://tinyurl.com/cxlcmo2
Derby rail depot plan 'promises 50 jobs'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-20559296
Shropshire direct rail service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-20626457
http://tinyurl.com/cwl95pl
Worcester to Dorridge trains delayed by damaged cable
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20624909
Further flooding damage
http://tinyurl.com/crlfbkj
Teignmouth area earth slip
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-20552062
First Hull Trains plans to spearhead up to £100m investment in railways
http://tinyurl.com/cggjbkv
Tottenham Hale Station to receive multi-million pound investment from TfL
http://tinyurl.com/dxht3gf
York railway line gap risked tragedy - RMT
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-20577690
Stalybridge signal box burned down
http://tinyurl.com/cb9xd3d
Article about its closure
http://tinyurl.com/c5gbqpe
Network Rail's level crossings get police cameras
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20590716
Mission Springs level crossing crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-20624216
Car hit by train on Newcastle-Carlisle railway line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-20622429
Railway worker killed by train in Lincolnshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20599250
Man rescued from empty coal train.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-20553614
Bid to bring railway to Holt town centre faces three days of destiny
http://tinyurl.com/boxnrdr
Kent high speed rail line
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20606478
Philip Larkin honoured at railway station
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-20572472
Study of railway bridges for 'enhancement'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-20577866
Dalcross to get railway link
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3038076/
ScotRail strike ballot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-20541396
Inverkeilor derailment: Police seek four youths
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-20539375
ScotRail to be given more time to run Scotland’s trains following West Coast fiasco
http://tinyurl.com/c57qe4p
Pembroke trains disrupted as bridge hit by military vehicle
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-20578387
Four jailed after police uncover underground drugs factory
http://tinyurl.com/cfe78ne
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-20579592
Metro train dragged woman by the arm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-20581395
http://tinyurl.com/d7ks5rp
Bluebell rail extension
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-20606962
Channel tunnel services halted by lorry fire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20545637
Eurostar to test new service despite onerous British restrictions
http://tinyurl.com/bm285pk
Funding for new railway tunnel under Munich
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20121128-46443.html
Runaway wagons near Stuttgart
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20121130-46481.html
RailCruising launches
http://www.rotoruanz.com/media/industry_news.php?id=186
Bullet trains slow down as passengers can't resist lighting up
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-12/05/content_15986697.htm
Bombardier supply automated people mover for Dubai airport
http://tinyurl.com/cethnn7
Hangzhou metro starts operation
http://tinyurl.com/bl7z4ma
Birmingham cable car scheme being considered
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-20626454
Bus sliced open
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20623054
Wheelchair users problems with Arriva- North East
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-20591544
Back buses and Tubes to stop cars choking London
http://tinyurl.com/d7sqzna
Guernsey airport temporary closure
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-20587944
Skybus problems with waterlogged runway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-20588739
New Ryanair routes from Prestwick and Edinburgh
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-20594958
Singapore Airlines in talks on Virgin Atlantic sale
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20576420
San Diego International airport: a day's planes in 25 seconds - time-lapse video
http://tinyurl.com/a6lcqsm
Monmouthshire and Brecon canal 200th anniversary
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-20538144
Northern Isles strike ballot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-20579968
Channel island ferry deal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-20597099
Electricity museum to close
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-20583890
Reaching for the sky: The lift that travels 350m below ground
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20504312
Llan Colliery disaster: 1875 Gwaelod-y-Garth blast victims honoured
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-20597736
Mining firm in administration
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-20617306
Bomb Sight: London Blitz interactive map created
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20637222
Humbrol manufacturing returns to UK
http://tinyurl.com/c6pztw3
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
08/12/12 BBC Radio 4 0607-0630
"The Canal That Never Was" The Nettlebridge Canal, Somerset
09/12/12 Channel 4 2000-2100
"How the Bismarck Sank HMS Hood"
09/12/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"African Railway" A trip on the Tazara Railroad
10/12/12 Channel 5 1900-2000
"North Pole Ice Airport" 1/3
10/12/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Carlisle to Gretna
10/12/12 BBC4 2100-2200
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways" 1/2 Rescuing narrow gauge railways
10/12/12 BBC4 2200-2300
"Madness on Wheels: Rallying's Craziest Years"
11/12/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Glasgow to Carluke
11/12/12 BBC4 2000-2100
"The Golden Age of Coach Travel
12/12/12 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Swindon to Penzance
12/12/12 Channel 5 2100-2200
"Chris Tarrant's Extreme Railway Journeys" Adelaide to Darwin
12/12/12 BBC4 2200-2300
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways" 1/2 Rescuing narrow gauge railways
13/12/12 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Chris Tarrant's Extreme Railway Journeys" Adelaide to Darwin
13/12/12 ITV1 1930-2000
"Putting Young Drivers to the Test" Report on young drivers
14/12/12 Channel 5 2000-2100
"North Pole Ice Airport" 2/3
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
07/12/12- West Somerset Railway: Dunster by Candlelight
08/12/12
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
08/12/12 "The Matlock Cable Tramway" book signings by Glynn Waite
1000 to 1200: Bridge News, Matlock
1300 to 1600: Bill Hudson's bookshop on Matlock Station
10/12/12- West Somerset Railway: Carol Trains
12/12/12
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
15/12/12 West Somerset Railway: Murder Mystery
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
15/12/12 Sheffield Railwayana Auctions
The Gateway Centre, Derbyshire County Cricket Club, Derby
http://www.sheffieldrailwayana.co.uk/
21/12/12 Newbury and District Transport Group
Bayer House, Strawberry Hill, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1JA
My Life With Trains, part 2 by David Canning
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
26/12/12 Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Mince Pie Specials
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
26/12/12 Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway: Boxing Day Specials
http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk
26/12/12- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Mince Pie Specials
02/01/13
http://www.kwvr.co.uk
28/12/12 Peak Rail Sheffield Branch
The Library Theatre (by The Crucible), Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
“Railways Remembered” a film show by Rob Foxon
Starts 1930 (doors 1900)
http://peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch.html
29/12/12- West Somerset Railway: Winter Steam Festival
30/12/12
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
29/12/12- Churnet Valley Railway: Mince Pie Specials
30/12/12
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
Santa Specials only from here on...
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- South Devon Railway: Santa by Steam
09/12/12
http://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk/santa-by-steam
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
15/10/12- Eastleigh Lakeside Railway: Santa Specials
16/10/12
http://www.steamtrain.co.uk
15/12/12- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Santa Specials
16/12/12
http://www.watercressline.co.uk
15/12/12- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Santa Specials
16/12/12
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
15/12/12- West Somerset Railway: Santa Trains
16/12/12
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
15/12/12- South Devon Railway: Santa by Steam
16/12/12
http://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk/santa-by-steam
15/12/12- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Santa Specials
16/12/12
http://www.rhdr.org.uk
15/12/12- Great Central Railway: Santa Specials
16/12/12
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
15/12/12- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Santa Trains
16/12/12
http://www.e-v-r.com
15/12/12- Peak Rail: Shunter Hunter Extravaganza
16/12/12
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/
15/12/12- Churnet Valley Railway: Santa & Steam
16/12/12
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
15/12/12- Welshpool & Llanfair Railway: Santa Trains
16/12/12
http://www.wllr.org.uk
15/12/12- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Santa Specials
16/12/12
http://www.kwvr.co.uk
15/12/12- Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway: Santa Specials
16/12/12
http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk
15/12/12- Wensleydale Railway: Santa Specials
16/12/12
http://www.wensleydalerailway.com
18/12/12- South Devon Railway: Santa by Steam
23/12/12
http://www.southdevonrailway.co.uk/santa-by-steam
16/12/12 Moors Valley Railway: Santa Specials
http://www.moorsvalleyrailway.co.uk
19/12/12 Great Central Railway: Santa Specials
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
19/12/12 Churnet Valley Railway: Santa & Steam
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
20/12/12- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Santa Specials
24/12/12
http://www.rhdr.org.uk
21/12/12- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Santa Specials
24/12/12
http://www.watercressline.co.uk
21/12/12- Great Central Railway: Santa Specials
24/12/12
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk
22/10/12- Eastleigh Lakeside Railway: Santa Specials
23/10/12
http://www.steamtrain.co.uk
22/12/12- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Santa Trains
23/12/12
http://www.e-v-r.com
22/12/12- Welshpool & Llanfair Railway: Santa Trains
23/12/12
http://www.wllr.org.uk
22/12/12- Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway: Santa Specials
23/12/12
http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk
22/12/12- West Somerset Railway: Santa Trains
24/12/12
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk
22/12/12- Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Santa Specials
24/12/12
http://www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
22/12/12- Peak Rail: Shunter Hunter Extravaganza
24/12/12
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/
22/12/12- Churnet Valley Railway: Santa & Steam
24/12/12
http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk
22/12/12- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Santa Specials
24/12/12
http://www.kwvr.co.uk
22/12/12- Wensleydale Railway: Santa Specials
24/12/12
http://www.wensleydalerailway.com
Cheers, Howard.
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