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NETWATCH
Business for sale - Langwathby station
http://www.edwinthompson.co.uk/property_2243.shtml
London's Termini in the 50s, 60s & Early 70s
http://vimeo.com/20568509
The progress of Dominion of Canada at Shildon in pictures
http://tinyurl.com/c7zxsyt
The Great Centrals Swithland Steam Gala 27th April
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_OoeUoqdGk
North Yorkshire Moors Railway 40th Anniversary Festival 3rd May
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HKqRxzuoHQ
Operation PLUTO (Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv9lBqPVuoE
A Plane You Can Park in the garage: The ICON A5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51qTAbLiziI
(Spotter: Ted Millward)
Not their finest hour: Guy Wulfrunian
http://tinyurl.com/d6sqn7o
Alaska Air Fuel based at Palmer, Alaska have purchased two Douglas DC 4s from Brooks Fuel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9RAyaw21F0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IthsSqikTYI
All About Guppys
http://www.allaboutguppys.com/
(Spotter: Alan Rushworth)
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IN THE NEWS
Changes to the National Rail Timetable
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/48.aspx
Thousands claim free London Midland train tickets
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22439871
Taxi drivers' fury as New Street Station rank has space for only 11 cabs
http://tinyurl.com/budynhw
Level crossing dangers highlighted
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22428211
Northern Rail strike ballot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22432705
Class 68 locos under construction
http://tinyurl.com/cqeezud
Southwark's Cable nightclub shut by landlord Network Rail
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22408279
Stags and hens face dry train as drink ban gets green light
http://tinyurl.com/cpr49b7
Gowerton: Trains suspended over World War II bomb discovery
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-22458588
Bombardier wins 88m London order
http://tinyurl.com/d9dmbsv
National Railway Museum looks to improve food facilities for visitors
http://tinyurl.com/dxjsq9w
Letting off steam at North Yorkshire Moors Railway party
http://tinyurl.com/ck23qu2
Steam engine dispute settled after six years
http://tinyurl.com/d7khvhm
Train crash: Toxic chemicals on fire near Belgium's Ghent
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22415757
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22410751
DB electric loco order
http://tinyurl.com/dywuwwj
RAIB notification of open door incident on Croydon Tramlink
http://tinyurl.com/cmf5ytb
Luton-Dunstable guided busway delayed and over budget
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-22453324
A5 cash 'must go to other road projects' says CBI
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22444703
'Rubbish ruins the canal and hurts our wildlife'
http://tinyurl.com/d8r8dqw
Section of Ryde Pier Head gangway collapses into sea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22449289
Ship in collision with Ayr West Pier
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22462385
Dunkirk vessels mark first Southampton Maritime Festival
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-22420677
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics - E/S Orcelle
http://www.2wglobal.com/www/environment/orcelleGreenFlagship/
Thames airport 'should be rejected' - MPs report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-22469502
Salvage of a Dornier 17 from Goodwin Sands
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-22411430
Solar plane lands in Phoenix on first leg of US journey
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22414444
Time is up for post-WWII prefabs still lived in today
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22440287
More coaches for LOROL being built by Bombardier, Derby
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-22439772
Spotters: Richard Buckby, Neil Kearns, Reg Nerps, Mike Price, Alan Rushworth
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TV and RADIO
11/05/13 BBC2 1620-1705
"Coast" The Western Isles
11/05/13 BBC2 1705-1805
"Restoration Home" Coulton Mill, Yorkshire
12/05/13 BBC2 1900-2000
"Coast" 6/6 All at Sea
13/05/13 Channel 5 1900-2000
"Building the Panama Canal"
13/05/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Motor Morphers" Turning a milk float into a dragster
13/05/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" Coventry
14/05/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Great British Railway Journeys" St Pancras
14/05/13 ITV1 2000-2100
"Caroline Quentin's National Parks" 2/3 Snowdonia
14/05/13 BBC4 2000-2100
"NASA: Triumph and Tragedy" 2/2
15/05/13 BBC4 1930-2000
"Britain's Best Drives" Scarborough to Whitby
16/05/13 BBC Radio 4 1500-1530
"Open Country" The Minack Coast
16/05/13 BBC2 1900-2000
"The Dambusters: 70 Years On"
16/05/13 BBC2 2100-2200
"The Tube: an Underground History"
16/05/13 BBC2 2320-0020
"Dambusters: the Race to Smash the German Dams"
17/05/13 Channel 5 2000-2100
"Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers" 3/8
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EVENTS
All details are correct to the best of my knowledge, but no responsibility is accepted for
inaccuracies or changes.
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
11/05/13- Grand Centennial Parade of Trains
12/05/13 Vanderbilt Hall, Tracks 34-37, and other locations in Grand Central, NY
http://tinyurl.com/d3vqt2n
13/05/13 Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society
Underhill Centre, St John's Church, St John's Road, Hedge End
History of Liverpool Docks by John Murden
Starts 1945
http://www.hias.org.uk/
13/05/13 Peak Railway Association, Sheffield Branch
The Library Theatre (by The Crucible), Tudor Square, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
"Railways Remembered", a film show with Rob Foxon
1900 for a 1930 start
6 on the door or 5.75 in advance
http://www.peakrail.co.uk/SheffieldBranch
16/05/13 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Steam
http://www.e-v-r.com
18/05/13- Four Marks 9th Model Railway Exhibition
19/05/13 Four Marks Village Hall, Lymington Bottom, Four Marks, Nr Alton, GU34 5AA
1000-1700 (Sat), 1000-1600 (Sun)
Adults: 4, Child: 2, Senior: 2.50, Family (2+2): 8
Raildater Derek Gillkerson will be attending with New Stanton Lees
In aid of Four Marks Scout Group
Free Vintage Bus to and from Medstead & Four Marks railway station
(Aldershot & District Omnibuses Rescue & Restoration Society)
http://tinyurl.com/cmtgl5e
18/05/13- Nene Valley Railway: Diesel Gala
19/05/13
http://www.nvr.org.uk
18/05/13- Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: Class 31 Running Weekend
19/05/13
http://www.rhts.co.uk
18/05/13- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Steam Weekend
19/05/13
http://www.e-v-r.com
19/05/13 Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum: Big Wheels & Small Tracks
Coal Park Lane, Swanwick, Southampton, SO31 7GW
http://www.bursledonbrickworks.org.uk/
20/05/13 Friends of Cromford Canal - Talk
Ironville Church Hall, Casson St, Ironville, NG16 5NN
The Future of the Cromford Canal by Matthew Rogers
Starts: 1930, admission: 2.00
http://www.cromfordcanal.info
20/05/13 Newbury and District Transport Group
The Library, Kennet School, Stoney Lane, Thatcham, RG19 4LL
1915 for a prompt 1930 start, finish 2150
Narrow Gauge Steam by Neil Kearns
Non-members welcome
Admission and car parking free, but donations towards expenses welcome
1930-2200 (approx) - doors open 1900
24/05/13- Gloucester Warwickshire Steam Railway: Cotswold Steam Celebration
27/05/13
http://www.gwsr.com/
25/05/13- Didcot Railway Centre: Diesel Shed Bash
27/05/13
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk
25/05/13- Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Wirksworth Carnival Open Days
27/05/13
http://www.e-v-r.com
25/05/13- Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Walks
02/06/13 Includes a tour of both Crich railways and another following the exact
route limestone would have taken down the gangroad and along the canal
to the Butterley Works
26/05/13- Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway: May Fair
27/05/13
http://www.rhts.co.uk
27/05/13 National Bus Company Running Day and Rally
Operating from St Catherine's Car Park, Bar End, Winchester
Static display 1000-1630
Free shuttle service from railway station and The Broadway
http://hampshirebuses.weebly.com/nbc-running-day-2013-new.html
Cheers, Howard.
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