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NETWATCH
Newbury and District Transport Group are looking for guest speakers on any transport theme for
their 2014 season. If you would like to offer your services, please write to me and I'll
forward your email to them.
Mike Morant has been busy updating his photo pages on Smugmug
http://mikemorant.smugmug.com/
Nigel Bird's book catalogue 79 is now available
http://www.nigelbirdbooks.co.uk/html/catalogue.html
Barry Coward has compiled a "then and now" video of Manchester Trams
http://youtu.be/CZzoiDBBaQE
(Spotter: Nick Wheat)
The GCR's new website
http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/
The Stereophonics new video filmed at Loughborough Great Central
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcguxHc4hiU
Churnet Valley Railway Spring Gala 24th February
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyLsdYXARTY
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Britain's 10 most scenic rail journeys - in pictures
http://tinyurl.com/bhmm72m
Britain's railways: fifty years after Beeching, this is still the age of the train
http://tinyurl.com/arq4fc9
Visit Wales 30 second commercial, which starts with the Welsh Highland Railway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhX_B3wDu8g
(Spotter: Jim O'Brien)
A recent exploration of Highgate High Level station
http://tinyurl.com/athlso6
(Spotter: Tom Baldwin)
A facebook page that aims to reunite owners with their old cars - Motors Reunited
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Motorsreunited/164498600369646
The top five most luxurious trains in the world
http://tinyurl.com/bkt2qd2
Zoggavia's propliner and jetliner collection
http://www.zoggavia.com/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Keeping Britain’s paddle steamers afloat
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/21634967
Bournemouth Trolleybuses (with empty roads and old cars)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=055SXuJ7FX4
(Spotter: Neil Kearns)
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IN THE NEWS
Baby born on train at West Malling (2F64 1818 Victoria-Ashford via Maidstone East)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-21708466
Wires Down Hanslope Jn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21627169
Franchising programme restarted
http://tinyurl.com/br3dhyv
Great Western franchise: Rail firms start legal action
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21704682
Tarka Line engineering works
http://tinyurl.com/d9o8zzd
Copper theft gang caught at Long Marston
http://tinyurl.com/bpy3gjs
Stafford area alliance for route improvement
http://tinyurl.com/c4skrwc
Proposals to improve Ely North Jn, effectively returning to pre 1982 track layout
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16731397
Shropshire resignalling delayed.
http://tinyurl.com/brpo8pf
RMT response to Shrewsbury-Crewe resignalling
http://rmt.live.rss-hosting.co.uk/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeId=170853
Hatfield Colliery slip
http://tinyurl.com/cxyuc2e
http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/Gallery?SubjectID=653
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-21626681
Passengers angered by decision not to sack train operator
http://tinyurl.com/bj7sorj
Ilkeston station: Derbyshire County Council agrees funds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-21671078
First class journeys on UK trains hit 10-year high
http://tinyurl.com/bo9q5j9
Damage to Campbell Road, Eastleigh, railway bridge
http://www.wnxx.com/content/070313/eastleigh050313.htm
Newbury bridge to be rebuilt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-21648624
Didcot A power station to close later this month ending coal trains from Avonmouth/Portbury
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-21698037
Crossrail rolling stock to be publically funded
http://www.rail.co/2013/03/01/crossrail-trains-to-be-100-publically-funded/
Crossrail Tunnelling
http://www.rail.co/2013/02/28/crossrail-releases-latest-tunnelling-images/
Plaque for Sir Nigel Gresley railway pioneer unveiled
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-21601214
Railway Queen is subject of exhibition
http://tinyurl.com/cc8qpkw
Borders Railway ‘will be ready by September 2015’
http://tinyurl.com/cuvs9ts
Borders rail link could cut 530,000 road trips
http://tinyurl.com/a4tpqds
50 years on from Beeching, North York Moors Railway is world's busiest heritage line
http://tinyurl.com/bdk7ahp
Report advising on the approach to completing the restoration of Flying Scotsman
http://www.nrm.org.uk/AboutUs/nrmdocuments
NRM statement on the report
http://ow.ly/izs81
Bluebell Railway extension
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaKJQvYNPvY
Elsecar heritage railway to re-open this month
http://tinyurl.com/a6qc88y
New operator sought for Cairngorm Mountain ski centre
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-21653741
The original Mind the Gap returns
http://tinyurl.com/ctgrwjw
Victoria Line service improvement
http://www.railstaff.co.uk/2013/02/27/mind-the-doors-quick/
Runaway Tube train: Operators fined £300,000
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21619842
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21640260
Angola to revive Luanda Port’s freight trains this month
http://tinyurl.com/c2p4w3p
New Paris area suburban stock delivered
http://tinyurl.com/c225tsp
Final contract awarded for Californian “Gold Line” extension
http://tinyurl.com/cb7zro4
Freight (trip working) derailment near Zurich
http://tinyurl.com/bm2bg72
Freight collision & derailment at Basel (traversing hydraulic jacks in use)
http://tinyurl.com/bwhgp4z
Derailment near Bern
http://tinyurl.com/c9tdg9f
Seltrac control to be used for new Vancouver “skytrain” route
http://www.therailengineer.com/2013/03/07/seltrack-goes-evergreen/
Dispute between Bombardier and DB over Berlin S bahn stock
http://www.rail.co/2013/03/04/bombardier-challenges-db-claims/
Birkenhead Tramway re-opens
http://www.mtps.co.uk/
Return of trams could get Aberdeen back on track
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/3151365/
Skoda to supply trams for Konya light rail system
http://tinyurl.com/d9gr2fl
10,000 buses to be bought for Indian cities
http://tinyurl.com/apgtjaq
Sutton Bridge to remain open despite Unison strike
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21670518
Former pilot recycles planes at airport base
http://tinyurl.com/a4h44lv
Pilot fell asleep on London to Los Angeles flight
http://tinyurl.com/adxe2jy
Taking to the skies on RAF's new transport plane
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21650779
New jumbo transport jet completes more tests
http://english.eastday.com/e/130304/u1a7230815.html
Southend Airshow cancelled by council economies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-21629927
Ryanair threatens cuts to Stanstead services
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-21631597
Dozens feared dead in DR Congo plane crash
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/03/20133420394485828.html
Butterley tunnel gets Scheduled Ancient Monument status
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-21666384
SS United States the Turkish years: what might have been
http://tinyurl.com/amo9zjl
102-Year-Old tall ship visits St George’s
http://bernews.com/2013/03/102-year-old-tall-ship-visits-st-georges/
Daw Mill: Hundreds of jobs go at fire-hit mine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-21696875
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
09/03/13 BBC2 2250-2350
"Ford's Dagenham Dream" The rise and fall of the car factory
10/03/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"Toughest Place to be a... Taxi Driver"
11/03/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" France
11/03/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" The Channel Tunnel
12/03/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Southern France
12/03/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Hythe to Hastings
12/03/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"The Railway: Keeping Britain On Track" 5/6 Railway on my doorstep
12/03/13 BBC4 2330-0030
"Heritage! The Battle for Britain's Past" 1/3 protecting monuments
13/03/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Hungary and Austria (1)
13/03/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Prestwick
13/03/13 BBC2 2320-0020
"The Railway: Keeping Britain On Track" 5/6 Railway on my doorstep
14/03/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Hungary and Austria (2)
14/03/13 BBC4 2100-2200
"Heritage! The Battle for Britain's Past" 2/3 protecting monuments
15/03/13 BBC2 1900-1930
"Great Continental Railway Journeys" Germany
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
08/03/13- North Norfolk Railway: The Standards Gala (Part 1)
10/03/13
http://www.nnrailway.co.uk
11/03/13 The Science Museum, London
"50 years of Beeching"
Why were some voices in Government so keen to close down the railways?
How did railways fight back and flourish again?
How can investment transform the railways in the future?
Join Michael Palin, Lord Adonis (Former Transport Secretary), David Higgins
(Chief Executive, Network Rail), Lord Faulkner (Co-author of 'Holding the Line'
a political history of the railways), Lindsay Durham (Head of Strategy,
Freightliner)
Tickets: £5
1830-2030
To book:
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/events/talks/beeching.aspx
15/03/13 Derbyshire Archaeological Society Industrial Archaeology Section
St Mary's Parish Hall, Darley Lane, Derby
"Clay Cross Tunnel - Plans and Reality" by Philip Cousins
Starts 1930
Non-members welcome, but note that the Society AGM will be held beforehand
16/03/13- The Midlands Garden Rail Show
17/03/13 Warwickshire Exhibition Centre, Fosse Way, Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN
http://www.largescalemodelrailway.co.uk/
16/03/13- North Norfolk Railway: The Standards Gala (Part 2)
17/03/13
http://www.nnrailway.co.uk
16/03/13- West Somerset Railway: Spring Gala (Part 1)
19/03/13
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
18/03/13 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Library, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start, finish 2155
Travelling with a Grandad pass by Steve Wimbush
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
18/03/13 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire
The Butterley Company 1790-2009, the rise and fall of an industrial superstar
by Gwilyn Roberts CBE, past President of the Institute of Civil Engineers
Starts: 1930, admission: £3.00
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
21/03/13- West Somerset Railway: Spring Gala (Part 2)
24/03/13
http://www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk/
22/03/12- Severn Valley Railway: Spring Gala
24/03/13
http://www.svr.co.uk/
27/03/13 National Railway Museum, York
"Back on Track"
What impact did Beeching have on communities up and down the country?
How are they developing the services they kept and reopening what was lost?
Join novelist Andrew Martin and Keith Brown MSP (Transport Minister in Scottish
Government), Rob Warnes (Planning and Performance Director, Northern Rail),
Alan Whitehouse (BBC transport correspondent (chair)), Prof Paul Salveson (Writer,
academic and rail campaigner), Lord Faulkner (Co-author of 'Holding the Line' a
political history of the railways)
Tickets: free, but booking is required
1830-2030
To Book:
http://www.nrm.org.uk/PlanaVisit/Events/beechinglecture.aspx
Cheers, Howard.
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