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NETWATCH
Great Central Railway: Winter Gala 25th January
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWBvhwBxzgA
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Crowle Community Forum railway photo gallery
http://crowle.org/?p=387
The world's most spectacular railway stations
http://tinyurl.com/bkkad5s
Futuristic station design
http://www.rail.co/2013/01/23/futuristic-railway-station-designs/
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
Worst tramway accidents
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUvy9LolWsg
(Mike Morant via Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
HS2:
Transport minister says 'upset' is inevitable
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21213008
Route details announced
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21221828
http://tinyurl.com/b5lpm9e
http://tinyurl.com/a2kgghq
Initial preferred route plan and profile maps
https://www.gov.uk/hs2-phase-two-initial-preferred-route-plan-and-profile-maps
More of an overview
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21235495
http://tinyurl.com/b2alf79
HS2 under Manchester
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-21230543
Station for 225mph trains to be built 10 miles outside Derby
http://tinyurl.com/auxgpj7
How will HS2 affect the quiet suburb of Toton?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-21234102
Long Eaton Victorian railway cottages may be flattened
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-21241878
The South Yorkshire street welcoming demolition
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-21251417
20 reasons why it can take 20 years to build a railway
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21231044
HS2 route to affect canal restoration plans
http://tinyurl.com/b7jvhe8
Beeching stations could reopen with Government cash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21192458
http://tinyurl.com/an3tbp6
Ilkeston railway station plans to be submitted
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-21247911
Study undertaken into reinstatement of Harrogate to Northallerton railway
http://tinyurl.com/b72dm8c
Nottingham station to shut for six weeks
http://tinyurl.com/bb83je9
Updated plans for Northampton station refurbishment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-21244507
Great Western London to south Wales rail contest scrapped
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21272542
“Plastic” footbridge installed at Dawlish
http://www.therailengineer.com/2013/01/22/bridging-dawlish/
London Bridge station chemical fear after four fall ill
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21243737
Crossrail: A rare look deep under London
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21196455
East Anglia rail: call for help to improve train speeds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21232655
East Coast gets record satisfaction rating
http://tinyurl.com/bcwaxfr
Train delays at record high
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21232447
Fire-damaged 47854 rerailed...
http://www.wnxx.com/content/250113/47500recovery.htm
...and "dumped" at MOSI
http://tinyurl.com/bbanhx3
Train delays through Reading after fatality
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-21213854
Reading West derailment caused by poor packing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-21233753
RAIB report on defective structures in Balcombe Tunnel
http://tinyurl.com/b5ynjsk
RAIB report into container train derailment at Reading West Junction
http://tinyurl.com/bcmncj8
Fences to stay around Carlisle Railway Viaduct
http://tinyurl.com/a6zz9lp
Nine out of ten ScotRail customers satisfied with train services
http://tinyurl.com/bct2avc
Conon Bridge station opening imminent
http://www.scotrail.co.uk/conon-bridge
Carillion wins £40m Cumbernauld electrification contract
http://tinyurl.com/bb7hgmn
Collision on level crossing in Pembrokeshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-21238691
Arriva train hits tree in Rhymney Valley
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-21257330
Swanage station revamp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-21230425
Historic steam engine's overhaul before summer season
http://tinyurl.com/b6pffw3
Three Mk 1 coaches arrive at Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik2oMFqW-fo
North Yorkshire Moors Railway guard crushed by train
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-21260659
‘Rocket’ confirmed for Great North Festival of Transport
http://tinyurl.com/a9a5e8j
Bowes Railway gets much-needed boost
http://www.hlf.org.uk/news/Pages/BowesRailway.aspx#.UQfmr2emGCg
Full steam ahead for bid to reopen train line
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3098673/
Siemens Vectron loco on test through Channel Tunnel
http://tinyurl.com/b4ry3sy
Report into derailment, Quebec Central station
http://tinyurl.com/agyks2u
CSX investment
http://www.rail.co/2013/01/25/csx-announces-2-3bn-improvement-plan/
Award for Washington Union station redevelopment
http://tinyurl.com/ba3yok6
60 years after barreling through Union Station, GG-1 rusts away in Baltimore
http://dcist.com/2013/01/post_55.php#photo-1
New York's Grand Central station is 100 years old
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFIQZVBY3IE
Grand Central original lights refitted for centenary
http://tinyurl.com/ajr4gjc
South Africa commuter trains collide near Pretoria
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21274511
WW2 bomb found at Japanese depot
http://tinyurl.com/ayhmd66
New Sheffield supertram line in ‘transport revolution’
http://tinyurl.com/aghevb8
Public inquiry into new city centre route for Tramlink
http://www.rail.co/2013/01/26/inquiry-into-new-metrolink-line/
Princes Street could ban all traffic except trams
http://tinyurl.com/atupau5
Prince Charles and Camilla take Tube to mark its 150 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21257034
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21263456
Commemorative £2 coins issued
http://tinyurl.com/bx3vwr3
Chennai eyes London-type transport model
http://tinyurl.com/a9yf3qb
Bus has roof torn off in Hampshire railway bridge crash
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-21229913
Premiere Travel collapse: Nottingham bus firms take on routes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-21236031
Bus fire near Dolgellau
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-21262091
Driver wedges lorry in Somerset village street
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-21291471
Timewarp Aston Martin tow car discovered in garage
http://tinyurl.com/adn722z
Commencement of Oxford-Edinburgh air service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-21205443
BA transatlantic flight diverted to Cardiff
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-21232826
Undercarriage fault on KLM flight from Norwich
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-21243135
Security alert at Guernsey Airport
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-21227244
Boeing 787 batteries “not faulty”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21230940
Hybrid wing uses half the fuel of a boring old normal plane
http://tinyurl.com/bknc8r6
China’s Y-20 transport conducts maiden flight
http://tinyurl.com/aesh8eg
Canal network 'needs millions in investment'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21292298
Work starts to repair breached Trent and Mersey Canal
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-21242754
Andover's town mill waterwheel rebuilt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-21246141
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Ferguson-Lee, Neil Kearns, Ted Millward, Reg Nerps, Mike Price,
Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
03/02/13 BBC4 1900-1930
"The Story of British Pathe" 1/4 The birth of the news
04/02/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys Goes to Ireland" 1/5 Killarney
04/02/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Railway Walks" 2/6 Discovering Snowdonia
04/02/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Ely to Kings Lynn
04/02/13 BBC4 2000-2030
"Decisive Weapons" The Russian T-34 tank
04/02/13 BBC4 2030-2100
"Britain on Film" 'Look at Life' documentaries
04/02/13 Channel 4 2235-0010
"The Plane Crash" A staged crash to aid research
04/02/13 BBC2 2320-0020
"Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways" 3/3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pz9m7
05/05/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys Goes to Ireland" 2/5 Waterford
05/02/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Railway Walks" 3/6 Cornwall
05/02/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Norfolk
06/01/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys Goes to Ireland" 3/5 Kilkenny
06/02/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Railway Walks" 4/6 The Whisky Train
06/02/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Ledbury to Holyhead
07/02/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys Goes to Ireland" 4/5 Co Tipperary
07/02/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Railway Walks" 5/6 Weymouth and Portland
07/02/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"Genius of Invention" 3/4 Communication
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qb0r1
08/02/13 BBC2 1830-1900
"Great British Railway Journeys Goes to Ireland" 5/5 Galway
08/02/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Railway Walks" 6/6 Gateway to the Highlands
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
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 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
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 slideshow by Mike Eggenton
1930 for a 1945 start, for a requested £3 donation on the door
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
16/02/13 Solent Railwayana Auctions
Community Centre, Mill Lane, Wickham, Hampshire, PO17 5AL
Viewing: 0800, Start: 1000
http://www.solentrailwayana.com/
16/02/13- South Devon Railway: Winter Gala & Ale Festival
24/02/13 Featuring GWR steam railmotor No 93
Details & timetables at
http://tinyurl.com/avczvkp
18/02/13 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Library, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start, finish 2155
The rise and fall of The Strathallan Collection (old aircraft)
by Dick Richardson
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
18/02/13 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
The Derby Canal by Doug Flack and Chris Madge
Starts: 1930, admission: £2.00
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
Cheers, Howard.
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