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NETWATCH
The J.W. Sutherland colour slide collection - quite a collection!
http://www.sutherland.davenportstation.org.uk/index.html
The Romance of Indian Railways - first transmitted in 1975, the 150th anniversary of global
rail transportation is marked by a visit to India to survey one of the world’s most impressive
railway networks (50 minutes)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0120460
Great Central Railway, Easter, 30th March
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nyuQSkXI1w
Llangollen Railway Spring Gala 20th April
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLx6bDxR6O0
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Introducing Guardian trains - Loco2 partners with the Guardian
http://tinyurl.com/bnao425
The Secret History Of London’s Pneumatic Railways
http://londonist.com/2012/11/the-secret-history-of-londons-pneumatic-railways.php
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
Czech steam on video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq6g3GGWk5A
Meiningen steam locomotive works
http://www.dampflokwerk.de/en/index.htm
(Spotter: Richard Buckby)
The Classic Aircraft Trust has relocated from Coventry to a new base at Newquay Airport
http://www.classicairforce.com/
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IN THE NEWS
Liverpool Lime Street underground station shut for refurbishments
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-22238584
PM’s backing for Ilkeston station campaign
http://tinyurl.com/cosbh7c
RAIB enquiry into crossing fatality at Witham
http://tinyurl.com/bq66zeu
Refurbishment of Worcester Foregate Street
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-22276397
Emergency engineering works at Waterloo (London Marathon weekend)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22215853
Driver cut free after lorry wedged under Rainham railway bridge
http://tinyurl.com/c854297
Assistance for blind passengers at Clapham Junction
http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/CJguidedpath.aspx
Cost of petrol drives people on to trains
http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/news.php?id=1271402
Unwanted, unreliable – but these trains are the answer
http://tinyurl.com/d4u27l2
Freight train plan for Fleetwood
http://tinyurl.com/bvz23fv
Gleneagles Station set for further Ryder Cup boosts
http://tinyurl.com/c3fzgey
North Norfolk Railway signal box blaze catches fire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-22252923
Elsecar coalfield heritage railway poised to expand
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-22218677
New platform designed to bring heritage railway into Northallerton
http://tinyurl.com/brpqwtp
Isle of Wight Railway Workshop news
http://tinyurl.com/btqxcdk
SVR Shares issue
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22230629
Research on stories about railways in Eastleigh
http://tinyurl.com/chsabv2
Bluebell Railway: Southern at War visiting loco 3205
http://www.bluebell-railway.com/event/southern-at-war-weekend/
Ballot for LUL drivers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22278119
Central line service suspended due to lineside fire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22258480
AC double decker train to Bangalore from Thursday
http://tinyurl.com/c389mst
Canadian Police stop terrorist attack on railway.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22258191
Tramspotting in the Economist
http://tinyurl.com/csvj2tm
Horse drawn tram to be restored
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-22279827
Birmingham to Pakistan bus route delayed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22285575
London taxi firm Addison Lee sold for £300m
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22230868
Monmouthshire canal pioneer Thomas Dadford Jr's plaque honour
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-22249663
Multiple defects on Twin Sails bridge at Poole
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-22278521
Hydrogen powered boat in Bristol Docks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-22229770
Signing a big deal as Clive's big boat a step closer
http://tinyurl.com/blqvn3s
Titanic 2 safety and construction review falls to Deltamarin
http://tinyurl.com/d3k24w5
Royal Navy submarine HMS Alliance restoration under way
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22263355
Captain 'Winkle' Brown: Is he the greatest pilot ever?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-22254048
Chinook helicopter carries historic Gloster Meteor jet to new home
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22246388
Fly-Be losses
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22232633
RTE losses and redundancies
http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2013/0425/385524-aer-lingus-ims/
Boeing begins modifications to the 787 battery system
http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2660
But Boeing 'may never find battery fault cause'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22251756
Inside the potash mine one mile under the North Sea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22263418
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
27/04/13 BBC4 2000-2100
"The Golden Age of Steam Railways" 2/2 Branching Out
28/04/13 BBC2 1800-1900
"Coast" 4/6 Rivers and seas collide
29/04/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" St Austell
29/04/13 BBC4 2000-2030
"Britain on Film" Look at Life films - Business
29/04/13 BBC4 2230-2330
"The First World War from Above" Looking down on the conflict
29/04/13 BBC4 2330-0000
"Brushing Up on British... Bridges"
30/04/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Cornwall
01/04/13 BBC Radio 4 1100-1130
"The Big Ditch - How the Panama Canal Changed the World" 2/2
01/04/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Derbyshire
01/05/13 BBC2 2000-2100
"Coast" 5/6 The Secret Life of Sea Cliffs
02/05/13 BBC4 2030-2100
"Brushing Up on British... Towers"
03/05/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers" 1/8
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
26/04/13- Mid-Hants Watercress Line: Diesel Gala
28/04/13
http://www.watercressline.co.uk
26/04/13- Keighley & Worth Valley Railway: Diesel Gala
28/04/13
http://www.kwvr.co.uk
27/04/13 Friends of King Alfred Buses
40th Anniversary of the end of King Alfred Motor Services
Display of vehicles in Winchester Cattle Market car park
1200-1700
Free services over ex-King Alfred routes in evening
http://www.fokab.org.uk
28/04/13 Pinnock Tunnel Trip: Par-Fowey-Par
Trips through the privately-owned tunnel on the Fowey Land Train
The tunnel is used as a road by Imerys to take their china clay lorries
to the docks at Fowey and access is usually impossible
First trip: 1400, barbecue from 1300
Adult: £5, Child: £2.50
http://www.parcommunity.org.uk/Pinnock%20Tunnel%20Trip.pdf
01/05/13 Belper Historical Society
St John’s Heritage Centre, The Butts, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1HX
A talk: The Belper and Morley Park and other railways
Starts 1930
01/05/13 Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History Research Workshop
National Railway Museum/University of York
In the Edmondson Room, NRM - (Sub)urban Public Transport
Lynne Baxter, Carolyn Hunter and Abigail Schoneboom (York Management School):
Shifting space: memory and movement in commuting
Craig Horner (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Nick Richardson:
On the Buses: deregulation in the 1980s - dogma or inspiration?
1400-1715
All welcome, refreshments served
04/05/13- Didcot Railway Centre: Steam Gala
06/05/13
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
04/05/13- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: May Bank Holiday Steam Weekend
06/05/13
http://www.e-v-r.com
04/05/13- Great Central Railway (Nottingham): Closing the Gap Gala
06/05/13
http://www.gcrn.co.uk
04/05/13- Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway: Branch Line Weekend
06/05/13
http://www.embsayboltonabbeyrailway.org.uk
05/05/13 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
05/05/13 Twyford Waterworks: Spring Rally Open Day
Hazeley Road, Twyford, Hampshire, SO21 1QA
http://www.twyfordwaterworks.co.uk/
05/05/13- Buckinghamshire Railway Centre: Spring Steam Gala
06/05/13
http://www.bucksrailcentre.org
05/05/13- Leawood Pumping Engine Steaming Day, Cromford Canal
06/05/13 Engine in motion 1200-1700
http://www.middleton-leawood.org.uk/
06/05/13 Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
The Harlequin Pub, 108 Nursery Street, Sheffield, S3 8GG
“Sheffield to Cleethorpes”, a slideshow by Howard Turner
1930 for a 1945 start, for a requested £3 donation on the door
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
09/05/13 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Steam
http://www.e-v-r.com
10/05/13- Swanage Railway: Diesel Gala and Beer Festival
12/05/13
http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk
11/05/13- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Steam Weekend
12/05/13
http://www.e-v-r.com
Cheers, Howard.
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