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Kestrel Railway Books has updated its "Mystery Pics" pages:
http://www.kestrelrailwaybooks.co.uk/ and follow the mystery pictures link
London Underground 150: Barry Coward's tribute to last week's events, typically well-produced
http://youtu.be/p9Jlv3P0SDA
Michael Clemens Railways - a huge archive of photos, WTTs, tickets, etc
http://www.michaelclemensrailways.co.uk/
German Steam - colour pictures from the 1970s
http://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/8405891657/in/photostream
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
A collection of old railway photographs (mainly Devon and Cornwall)
http://freepages.nostalgia.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cyberheritage/oldie.htm
Ural Locomotives, a company in Verkhnyaya Pyshma producing freight electric locomotives
http://englishrussia.com/2012/12/20/the-plant-making-locomotives/
Old transport advertising in Russia
http://www.vintag.es/2013/01/old-transport-advertising-in-russia.html
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
The Sheffield-Edale Rambler Folk Train
http://www.folktrain.org.uk/
Retours a digital magazine on railway history, design and photography
http://retours.eu/en/
(Nico Spilt via Mike Morant)
Trains in the snow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtlpYi9TYs8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcbNg_o6ZGY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOcK7G1zHak
A 3 x normal speed walk/drive-through of Combe Down Tunnel with a piece about Tucking Mill
viaduct at the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUxYis6h50E
The Widcombe Association
http://www.widcombeassociation.org.uk/Twotunnelsgreenway.htm
A very nice model of Evercreech New
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w51JJVdMYc
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Wymondham Abbey Halt platform resurfacing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVGp7QWCa68
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
The renovation of the Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxWpZsxH_qw
Video of Mickleover Model Railway Group and their Duffield station layout
http://vimeo.com/56720239
In pictures: Dolgarrog Aluminium Works
http://tinyurl.com/b5brx5o
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IN THE NEWS
HS2 'claimed damage' DVD released
http://tinyurl.com/ahrt7b6
One million passengers for LOROL orbital service since December opening
http://tinyurl.com/bhkw26j
Have train fares gone up or down since British Rail?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21056703
Search for ticket machine vandals
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21139497
SWT new ticket machines for pre-booked tickets
http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/ticketcollection.aspx
Derailment and fire at Salford (WCRC 47500)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-21168719
http://tinyurl.com/ba4u6rj
Signalling failure between Birmingham New St and International
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-21165415
Hitachi acquire train simulator company
http://tinyurl.com/acpdxfx
Trains slowed by Doncaster cable theft
http://tinyurl.com/ayp8p68
Northampton Bridge Street station line, last used 2005, to be legally closed
http://tinyurl.com/b34q7s4
Seconds before freight train, man climbs Lincoln crossing barriers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-21129526
Lincoln level crossing footbridge plans submitted after lives risked
http://tinyurl.com/b4w4ann
Researchers test 'bomb-proof' train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-21159423
Building the UK's largest high speed railway track bed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21185418
ScotRail chief’s £54,000 pay rise met with fury
http://tinyurl.com/abt42z9
Dundee Railway Station plans approved, but opposition remains
http://tinyurl.com/ae36uhr
Sleeper service on track for upgrade
http://tinyurl.com/bhycdsp
Teenage train surfers sought by police after they put their lives in danger
http://tinyurl.com/atag8s6
Lineside fire blocks Glasgow-Ayr route
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21141712
Plans backed for heritage trail on old railway line
http://tinyurl.com/a4pl5vj
North Suffolk steam train museum in expansion bid
http://tinyurl.com/bdk2kct
Bowes Railway Museum wins lottery fund grant
http://tinyurl.com/b64pslk
Four-bedroom home goes on the market, complete with its own railway viaduct
http://tinyurl.com/bk9k2f6
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-25619592.html
Railway carriage restored at Ffestiniog for Underground
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20964986
Snowdon 4x4 case: Craig Williams jailed for 22 months
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-21087633
Commuter trains collide in Austria (automatic route setting was switched off)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21120778
http://tinyurl.com/ahpxkkf
Athens 10-day metro strike ends
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21202065
Athens metro extension approved
http://www.rail.co/2013/01/16/athens-light-rail-expansion-approved/
Spanish CCTV shows dramatic metro rescue
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21137110
New station opens in Turin
http://tinyurl.com/b22ac8u
Testing extension on Denver Metro
http://www.rail.co/2013/01/15/testing-begins-on-new-denver-rail-link/
Metro drives Dubai to hit a million mark
http://tinyurl.com/b5gsmhg
Snow in Wien – image 6 for snowplough tram
http://tinyurl.com/b6mglvx
New trams delivered for Paris
http://www.rail.co/2013/01/17/first-t7-tram-arrives-in-paris/
Tram buses set for Birmingham in public transport revamp
http://tinyurl.com/azo85wz
First bus service slated in Dorset County Council report
http://tinyurl.com/b26s9j8
Bus problems in Winchester
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-21081224
School bus slides off icy road near Abercarn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21121284
First Midland-Bluebird fined for poor service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-21161607
Transport group Stobart warns on full year performance
http://tinyurl.com/adrlsnp
Bloodhound diary: Piece by piece
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21087193
Valuable print discovered hanging on garage wall
http://tinyurl.com/anhxyow
Another Spitfire joins the BBMF
http://tinyurl.com/a8z4ugt
Dreamliner crisis: Boeing halts 787 jet deliveries
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21095056
Boeing faces lengthy Dreamliner delay, former US transport chief warns
http://tinyurl.com/a9gprza
AirTanker performs first airline operations with A330 Voyager
http://tinyurl.com/aduqc2e
Airbus details bumper 2012 for military transport sales
http://tinyurl.com/apz76mr
UK confirms September retirement for aged VC10s
http://tinyurl.com/aatexa2
Bucket falls from US military aircraft leaving hole in building
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21095503
IAF flies 80-year-old Tiger Moth aircraft from Delhi to Vadodara
http://tinyurl.com/aqpz5f8
Subsidy for Isles of Scilly links rejected.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-21118734
Norway to launch first electrically powered car ferry
http://tinyurl.com/b8qxlop
Spectacular bid to transform Derby's Silk Mill
http://tinyurl.com/bz8yq38
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
27/01/13 BBC2 2200-2300
"Racing Legends" Chris Hoy on Colin McRae
28/01/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 1/5 Paddington to Warminster
28/01/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Welsh Railways" 1/4 The Welsh Highland Railway Part 1
28/01/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Brighton to Cromer
28/01/13 BBC4 2000-2030
"Art Deco Icons" The Orient Express
28/01/13 BBC4 2030-2100
"Britain on Film" Look at Life documentaries
28/01/13 BBC2 2320-0020
"Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways" 2/3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pz9m7
29/01/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 2/5 Salisbury to Castle Cary
29/01/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Welsh Railways" 2/4 The Welsh Highland Railway Part 2
29/01/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Waterloo to Brookwood
29/01/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways" 3/3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pz9m7
29/01/13 BBC4 2100-2200
"Jonathan Meades: The Joy of Essex"
30/01/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 3/5 Taunton to Minehead
30/01/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Welsh Railways" 3/4 Beating Beeching Part 1
30/01/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Enfield to Cambridge
31/01/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 4/5 Lynton to Exeter
31/01/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Welsh Railways" 4/4 Beating Beeching Part 2
31/01/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"Genius of Invention" 2/4 Speed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qb0r1
31/01/13 Channel 4 2100-2200
"The Restoration Man" Turning a railway water tower into a home
01/02/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys" 5/5 Exmouth to Newton Abbot
01/02/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Railway Walks" Julia Bradbury on the Monsal Trail
01/02/13 BBC1 South 1930-2000 (possibly!)
"Sea City" Documentary about the port of Southampton 3/3
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
25/01/13- Great Central Railway: Winter Steam Gala
27/01/13
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
26/01/13- Southampton Model Railway Society: Model Railway Exhibition
27/01/13 Barton Peveril College, Chestnut Avenue, Eastleigh, SO50 5ZA
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be attending with Zwiesboden
1000—1700 (Sat), 1000-1630 (Sun)
Over 20 Layouts and traders from around the country
Adult: £6.00, Senior: £5.00, Child (5—15) £3.00, Family (2+2) £15.00
Hot & Cold Refreshments Available
http://southamptonmodelrailwaysociety.wordpress.com/
02/02/13- Alton Model Railway Group: FebEx
03/02/13 Eggars School, Alton, Hants, GU34 4EQ
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be attending with New Stanton Lees
1030-1700 both days
http://www.altonmrg.co.uk/
02/02/13- Stafford Model Railway Exhibition
03/02/13 Stafford County Showground
http://www.staffordrailwaycircle.org.uk/
03/02/13 Mid-Hants Watercress Line: 40th anniversary of closure event
http://www.watercressline.co.uk/Files/2013-01/40thAnnTT.pdf
04/02/13 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Church, St John's Road, Hedge End
The Forest of Dean by Nigel Smith
Starts 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
04/02/13 Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Around Yorkshire, the North Midlands and North Lincs”
A slideshowby Mike Eggenton
1930 for a 1945 start, for a requested £3 donation on the door
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
Cheers, Howard.
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